Theories of Criminal Behavior

THEORY	DATE	THEORIST	CATAGORY	CONCEPTS	PAGES
Marxist	1850	Karl Marx	Social Conflict	Surplus Value Power	237-252
Atavisim	1865	Lombroso	Biological	Atavistic anomalies Positivism	10-12 ; 139
Anomie	1900	Durkhiem	Social Structure	Anomie Functionalism	12;187
Genetics	1900	Christiansen	Biological	Twin Studies Adoption Studies XYY	147-148
Psychoanalytic	1920	Freud	Psychological	Ego Id Superego Repression Psychosexual Development	150-153
Ecological	1925	Burgess & Parks	Social Structure	Chicago School Natural Areas	174 ; 183-186
Social Disorganization	1929	Shaw & McKay	Social Structure	Concentric Zones Zones of transition Concentration effect	181-183
Somatotypes	1935	Sheldon	Biological	Endomorph Mesomorph Ectomorphs	140
Strain Theory	1940	Merton	Social Structure	Anomie Conformity Innovation Ritualism Retreatism Rebellion	187-189
Cultural Conflict	1940	Sellin	Social Structure	Norms Culture	193
Differential Association Theory	1945	Sutherland	Social Process	Differential Association	209-212
Attachment Theory	1950	Bowlby	Psychological
Labeling Theory	1950	Lement	Social Process	Primary & Secondary Deviance	220-223
Delinquent Subcultures Theory	1955	Cohen	Social Structure	Reaction Formation Middle Class Measuring Rod	194
Differential Opportunity Theory	1960	Cloward& Ohlin	Social Structure	Criminal Gang Conflict Gang Retreatist Gang	195-197
Focal Concerns	1960	Miller	Social Structure	Value Systems
Neutralization Theory	1960	Sykes & Matza	Social Process	techniques of neutralization subterranean behaviors drift	214-215
Containment Theory	1960	Reckless	Social Process	self-esteem conformity internal pushes external pressures external pulls	217
Moral Development	1967	Kolberg	Psychological	Preconventional Conventional Post Conventional	158
Social Control Theory	1970	Hirschi	Social Process	Social Bond Attachment Commitment Involvment Belief
Social Learning	1970	Bandura	Psychological	Behavior Modeling Social Learning	153-156
Sociobiology	1975	E.O.Wilson	Biological	Evolution Gentic Fitness Selfish Gene	140
Differential Reinforcement Theory	1977	Akes	Social Process	Learning Theory Modeling	213-214
Sociopathy	1980	Eysnck	Psychological	Cortical Arousal Introvert Neuroticism	160
Neurophysiological Theories	1985	Moffitt, Yeudall, Ellis	Biological	ADD MBD Hormones	144-147
Biochemical	1985		Biological	Hypoglycemia testosterone estrogen	141-144
Institutional Strain	1990	Rosenfeld	Socail Structure	American Dream Relative Deprivation	189-191