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According to Emile Durkhiem (1893), crime is as a result of a neccesssary consequence of the existence of a collecctively supported
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Persons who have not been known or detected are refered to as criminals___
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The proponent of the feminist perspective is__
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Persons who have been tried and convicted for particular offences by law courts whether or not the offenders have committed the offences alleged are called criminal by___
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If the id or superego over powers the mediating force occurs
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An example of victimless crime is___
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Marx claims that crime is the product of inadequate___
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The attempt to achieve a culturally approved goal by unconventioanl means is called___
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The marxists believe that criminal behaviour arises from the wider social conditions or social structure of___economy
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The "Atavists" or genetic remnants of the primitive humanity find it difficult to be law abiding because they are___
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Crime is said to be dysfunctional when the society its capacity to provide for the well being of its memebrs
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The feminists are of the view that crime arises from___
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The eighteenth century understanding of crime emphasises the omnipresent temptation to which all human kind was
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Strain theory portrays a deviant as a person torn between___
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Victimology is the study and ______ of victims of crime
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The component of the sub concious mind that mediates between the contrasting needs of the id and superego is
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The social reaction to the initial action is called
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Transgressors of mores face the inposition of shame, ostracism and sometimes
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A violation of criminal law constitutes a violation of the
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Criminology means the scientific understanding of ___and ___
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The cultural transmission theory was postulated by___
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The feminist crime therefore arises from frustration, sub-service and___
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The main focus of the feminist criminologist is on the___
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Sutherland and Crassey defined criminology as the body of knowledge regarding _________ and _________ as social phenomena
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Social norms are concrete behavioural rules or guidelines that specify appropriate and __behaviour
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Criminologists recognises what determines and why individuals commit crime and juvenile delinquency as well as the steps neccessary in __Crime
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Criminality is used for behaviour that violates laws, while Perversion is assigned to behaviour that does not conform to
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Another name for "undetected offender infact" is criminals___
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Three basic body types were distinguished as signs of criminality, these are; mesomorphs, ectomorphs and___
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Social groups create deviance by making rules which if violated constitutes deviance and by attributing those reules to a particular person and labelling him as an
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Stake in conformity' as a cause of crime was propounded by___
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Differential association theory is refered to as the___
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Penology is the study of penal sanctions or ______
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Psychoanalysis theory opined that Crime is as a result of ____ Factors
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The norms that are looked upon by the members of a society or a group within the same society as being extremly important and the violation of which will normally result in severe punishment from the society or group is called
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are approved ways of behaviour which are passed from one generation to another
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Anomie as a concept was used in relation to the causes of crime by__
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The labelling approach to crime is also based on the assumption of _______
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These psychoanalysis factors are___, ___ And___ Respectively
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In the above definition the emphasis is on the function of law and the efficacy of the administration of justice in the _And control of crime
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The major branches of criminology are penology, victimology, criminalistic, empiricle research, method of investigation and ________
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Drop -outs, drug adicts and area boys can be likened to ___ according to the mode of individual adaptation
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Cesare Lombroso (1836- 1909) was credited for his develoopment of___
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Shaw and Mckay are of the view that___ influence individual behaviour to either commit crime or abstain from crime
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Crimes are classified according to the ___ of the offence
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A person who has suffered from emotional, psychological, economic and social loss is called__
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The most significant of the classical school of thought was the idea of _____
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Physiological, psychological social as well as _factors are important in determing why an individual comits crime
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The componenet of the sub concious mind that represents morality and conscience is
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The question often asked in criminology is "why do some peole commit crime and ________
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