CCJS 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Money Laundering, Critical Criminology, Anomie

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Course: CCJS 100
• Professor: Justine Madoo

Document Summary

Anomie: a breakdown or disappearance of the rules of social behavior. Biological explanations: explanations of crime that emphasize physiological and neurological factors. Classical criminology: a school of criminology that views behavior as stemming from free will, demands responsibility and accountability of all perpetrators and stresses the need for punishments severe enough to deter others, Control theories: theories holding that criminal behavior occurs when the bonds that tie an individual to society are broken or weakened. Criminogenic: having factors thought to bring about criminal behavior in an individual. Critical criminology: theories that assume criminal law and the criminal justice system are primarily a means of controlling the lower classes, women and minorities. Cyber crimes: offenses that involve the use of one or more computers. Dark figure of crime: a metaphor that emphasizes the dangerous dimension of crimes that are never reported to the police. Integrated theories: theories that combine differing theoretical perspectives into a larger model.