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A violation of criminal law constitutes a violation of the
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One of the authors of the psychoanalytic theory is
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Technically, crime is composed of two elements; the act itself and ___
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Categories of crime are; victimless crimes, property crimes and___
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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 question often asked in criminology is "why do some peole commit crime and ________
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These theorist claim that the mesomorphic body types were more likely to___
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The major player in the Marxist school of thought is___
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Law is an act or ommission in violation of criminal law committed without defence or justification and sanctioned by the state as a felony or misdemeanor. This definition was given by
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A violator of folkways undergoes a __Where he viiolates the expected social behaviours of defined roles
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_Is the process of tagging, defining, identifying, segregating, describing, emphasising and evoking the traits that are complained of
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Cesare Lombroso (1836- 1909) was credited for his develoopment of___
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To study crime, the criminologist tries to identify the individual and the
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Three basic body types were distinguished as signs of criminality, these are; mesomorphs, ectomorphs and___
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An active player in the functionnalist school of thought is___
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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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The term Con-men in crime refers to ___
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If the id or superego over powers the mediating force occurs
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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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The major branches of criminology are penology, victimology, criminalistic, empiricle research, method of investigation and ________
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The social reaction to the initial action is called
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Differential association theory is refered to as the___
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These psychoanalysis factors are___, ___ And___ Respectively
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The feminists are of the view that crime arises from___
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In the course of defining crime, Emile Durkhiem divided law into 2 parts; criminal laws and
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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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Sociologists see the breakdown of ________ as the underlying cause of social problems
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Offences that are pronounced illegal because the laws of a particular society have declared it so, is called___
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Ceasare Lombroso is an___ Physician
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Victims who are regarded by the larger society as fullfldged members but are discriminated against are called socieconomically__
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It can be deduced from the definition of the functionalism that crime is blamed on the
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Differential association theory was propounded by___
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Empiricle research is done for analysing with regards to arrest, convictions and sentencing
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The marxist beleives that crimnal behaviour arises from the wider ________ Or social structure of politiccal economy
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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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Cesare Lombroso argued that criminals are born__
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Stake in conformity' as a cause of crime was propounded by___
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The functionalist theory sees society as a___
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The control theory of crime was propounded by___
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An example of victimless crime is___
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The psychoanalytic school believe that crime and delinquency are a consequence of imbalance between __Factors of the sub conciouse mind
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Little division of labour is a characteristic of Society
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Psychoanalysis theory opined that Crime is as a result of ____ Factors
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Skyes defines criminlogy as the study of the social origins of criminal law, the administration of criminal justice the causes of criminal behaviour and the _and control of crime
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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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The cultural transmission theory was postulated by___
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Strain theory portrays a deviant as a person torn between___
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Criminologists usually focus more on 'how, and why' Crimes are committed rather than __And providing proof of guilt
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Crime is said to be functional when the society has a characteristics and proper actions of a social organization
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