• Classical Criminology • Utilitarianism • Free will to choose legal or illegal behavior • Crime is attractive • Crime may be controlled through the fear of punishment • Punishment works best when perceived to be: - Severe - Certain - Swift
• Sociological Criminology • Quetelet and Durkheim • Relationship between social factors and crime • Crime is a social phenomenon that can be reduced by improving social and economic conditions • The Chicago School
• Conflict Criminology • Karl Marx • Burgoeisie - Owners of production • Proletariat - Laborers • Critical Criminology - Economic system produces the conditions that support a high crime rate.
• Devolopemental Criminology • Gluecks’s • Complex View • Integration of sociological, psychological, and economic elements • Delinquency
• Contemporary Criminology • Rational Choice Theory • Trait Theory • Social Structure Theory • Social Process Theory • Critical Theory • Developmental Theory