CrimiPhobia

The study of crime has been marked by multiple theoretical currents seeking to answer one of criminology’s most persistent questions: why do people commit crimes? For much of the 19th and early 20th centuries, biological and psychological explanations predominated, attributing crime to innate traits, mental deficiencies, or individual predispositions. However, these theories were insufficient to… Lee más: DIFFERENTIAL ASSOCIATION THEORY

Deviance is not an intrinsic quality of an act, but the result of social definition processes. A person becomes “deviant” when audiences with power (institutions, authorities, media, peers) successfully apply a label. That label reshapes identity, opportunities, and relationships, and can increase the likelihood of future deviant behavior. Key authors and contributions Frank Tannenbaum (1938)… Lee más: LABELLING THEORY

The Übermensch is the ideal of the human being proposed by Nietzsche in Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1883–85): someone capable of creating their own values and living in affirmation of life in a world where the old certainties have collapsed (the “death of God”). It is not a “stronger” individual in a biological sense, nor a… Lee más: ÜBERMENSCH: NIETZSCHE’S “SUPERMAN” THEORY