Concept information
Preferred term
criminological theory
Definition
- any systematic attempt to explain the causes or etiology of crime. [Source: The Concise Dictionary of Crime and Justice; Criminological Theory]
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- attachment theory
- attribution theory
- biological theories of crime
- broken windows theory
- cognitive developmental theory
- concepts in crime and punishment
- conflict theory
- consensus theory
- conservative criminology
- constitutive criminology
- control theories of crime
- crime causes theory
- crime control theory
- criminology theory evaluation
- critical criminology
- cross cultural theories
- delinquent generations theory
- determinist theory
- deterrence theory
- developmental criminology
- differential opportunity theory
- drift theory
- economic theories of crime
- experimental criminology
- feminist criminology
- functionalism
- human security
- incapacitation theory
- integrated theories of crime
- integrative criminology
- just deserts theory
- juvenile delinquency theory
- maturation theory
- opportunity theory
- organizational theories
- psychological theories of crime
- radical criminology
- rational public choice theory
- routine activity theory
- situational theory
- social bond theory
- social control theory
- social learning theory
- strain theory
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URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-S1TGMCWD-3
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