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  • 81Social control theory — In criminology, Social Control Theory as represented in the work of Travis Hirschi fits into the Positivist School, Neo Classical School, and, later, Right Realism. It proposes that exploiting the process of socialization and social learning… …

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  • 82CRIMINOLOGY — Traditional Jewish criminal law based the treatment of the offender on the idea of the freedom of will and on the principle that the severity of the punishment should fit the nature of the violation. Until modern times no consideration was given… …

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  • 83CRIME — INTRODUCTION Jews in the Diaspora have generally been less involved in crime than the populations among which they lived. Their closely knit communities, cohesive family life, high educational standards, moderation in the consumption of alcohol,… …

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  • 84Subcultural theory — In criminology, subcultural theory emerged from the work of the Chicago School on gangs and developed through the symbolic interactionism school into a set of theories arguing that certain groups or subcultures in society have values and… …

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  • 85Right Realism — In criminology, Right Realism (also known as New Right Realism, Neo Classicism, Neo Positivism, or Neo Conservatism) is the ideological polar opposite of Left Realism. It considers the phenomenon of crime from the perspective of political… …

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  • 86Criminology — and penology Theories Causes and correlates of crime Anomie Differential association theory …

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  • 87Organized crime — Crime syndicate redirects here. For the DC Comics group of villains, see Crime Syndicate. For other uses, see Organized crime (disambiguation). Al Capone, a name often associated with organized crime …

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  • 88Meda Chesney-Lind — is a feminist criminologist and an advocate for girls and women who come in contact with the criminal justice system. She works diligently to find alternatives to women’s incarceration and she is the leading advocate for humanitarian solutions to …

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  • 89Conduct Disorder —    The medicalizing of persistent antisocial behavior on the part of children goes back to Cesare Lombroso and the degeneration theorists of the nineteenth century. (See Criminality and Psychiatry; Psychiatric Genetics: degeneration theory [1857] …

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  • 90Child savers — The child saving movement emerged in the United States during the nineteenth century and influenced the development of the juvenile justice system. Child savers stressed the value of redemption and prevention through early identification of… …

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