"Antisocial behavior", "behavior that is intended to cause harm to others or is indifferent<br /> to others" "Behavior theory", "the view that rewards and punishments strongly influence behavior" "Biochemical view", "the view that crime is a function of diet and other biochemical<br /> influences" "Biological positivism", "the scientific search for biological explanations of behavior" "Causation", "a relationship between two things in which one thing causes the other" "Cesare Beccaria", "an Italian criminologist and economist considered the father of<br /> classical criminology" "Cesere Lombroso", "an early criminologist who argued that criminality comes from<br /> biological traits" "Classical criminology", "a theoretical perspective suggesting that people choose to<br /> commit crime" "Cognitive theory", "the view that individual reasoning strongly influences behavior" "Correlation", "a relationship between two things" "Empathy", "the capacity to put oneself in another person’s shoes and understand their<br /> experience" "Evolutionary view", "the view that ingrained characteristics, evolved over time, influence<br /> crime" "Falsifiability", "the possibility that a hypothesis can be proven false" "Genetic view", "the view that criminal traits are inherited" "Ibn Rushd (Averroes)", "a key thinker of the Islamic Golden Age who studied Aristotle" "Insanity defense", "argument that a person is not responsible for their act due to a<br /> mental disorder" "IQ", "stands for intelligence quotient; a test score intended to measure a person’s<br /> intelligence" "Islamic Golden Age", "a period from the 8th century to the 13th century when scholars in<br /> the Islamic world" "Italian School of Criminology", "an approach that focuses on identifying biological traits<br /> of criminals" "Karl Popper", "a Austrian-British philosopher who emphasized the need for falsification<br /> in science" "Mental ilness", "a condition that affects a person’s mood, behavior, or thoughts" "Neurological view", "the view that criminals suffer brain impairment" "Personality", "reasonably stable patterns of behavior that distinguish one person from<br /> another" "Phrenology", "the pseudoscientific study of human skulls to identify character traits and<br /> thoughts" "Physiognomy", "the pseudoscientific use of a person’s appearance to determine their<br /> character" "Positivist School", "an approach that focused on the scientific search for explanations of<br /> behavior" "Preclassical period", "human history prior to the 17th century" "Primary prevention", "programs that seek to treat personal problems before they<br /> manifest as crime" "Prosocial behavior", "behavior that is intended to help others" "Pseudoscience", "practices that appear based on the scientific method but are<br /> significantly flawed" "Psychodynamic theory", "the view that early childhood experiences strongly influence<br /> development" "Rational choice theory", "a framework based on the idea that a person makes decisions<br /> rationally" "Reason", "the ability to think things through in a logical way" "Secondary prevention", "programs that provide treatment after a person has violated the<br /> law" "Social learning theory", "branch of behavior theory that focuses on the influence of life<br /> experiences" "Social-cognitive learning theory", "social learning that is based on perceptions of our<br /> environment" "The Enlightenment", "a movement in 17th and 18th century Europe focused on reason<br /> social contract - an agreement among members of society to live in a system of rules and laws" "Thomas Aquinas", "a Catholic priest who promoted the idea that reason can be used to<br /> understand the world" "Trait theory", "the view that criminality is a product of abnormal biological and<br /> psychological traits"
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