Rule of Law - who becomes a criminal

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People are born criminals and you can recognise this from their physical features: asymmetrical face, high cheek bones and eyebrows that meet.

Cesare Lombroso - Lombroso theory

Each individual chooses what is best for him - Adam Smith. according to Marcus Felson this also applied to criminals > if the chance of being caught is low, the temptation to steal is greater.

Rational choice theory

All of our behaviour is determined by the structure and activity of our brain > fixed by our genetic backgrounds (Edward Wilson)

sociobiology
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People who have few or no bonds are more inclined to give in to anti-social and criminal tendencies (Travis Hirschi)

the bonding theory

There is a connection between criminal behaviour and a disturbance in our psyche - id, ego and superego. (sigmund Freud)

psychoanalysis

Criminal behaviour is learned - Edwin Sutherland

learned-behaviour theory

People are more inclined to display criminal behaviour if they do not succeed in life - Robert Merton

Anomie theory

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