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Criminological theory
* Criminological theories point to a broad array of factors associated with criminal behavior.
* Most criminological theories posit a cause of crime.
* is related to various types of criminal activity.

Critical theory
* Critical theories aim at emancipation and enlightenment.
* attempts to develop thoroughgoing criticisms of western society and ideology.
* encourages a reflection on the meaning of work, life, etc.
* is interested in reflection on modes of knowing in themselves.
* seeks to uncover the underlying power relations within cultural phenomena.

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Current theory
* Current theories are that both cancer and aging result when genes fail to repair themselves
  - explain factors
  - gain acceptance
  - hold the universe is finite in size but has no boundary
  - indicate that estrogen has extraordinarily complex biological effects
  - suggest that antibiotic resistance is linked to long-term exposure to antibiotics
* Some current theories model the human mind as analagous to a computer.
* has it that the gneiss was formed nearly a billion and a half years ago.
* holds that most stars form in large clouds of gas and dust
  - spoken and visual languages stimulate very similar responses in the brain
  - there are several possible causes of autism
* is that the solar system organized from a nebula - a diffuse cloud of solar gas.
* says that universes are being created all the time.
* suggests that self esteem potential index of quality of life in children.

Decision theory
* can apply to conditions of certainty, risk, or uncertainty.
* is concerned with decision making under conditions of risk and uncertainty
  - the study of decision making in the presence of uncertainty
* uses mathematics and logic to analyse decision-making.

Diffusion theory
* attempts to explain the spread of an innovation through a group or society.
* is developed to examine the space-time variation of neutrons in fission devices.

Ecological theory
* Many ecological theories have a mathematical basis.
* underpins the risk and resiliency perspective.

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Economic theory
* Economic theories are primarily Marxist in origin
  - contribute toward understanding the economic aspects of social policy choices
  - predict values
* Most economic theories predict values.
* Some economic theories have practical applications.
* has a great deal to say about business behavior and business decision making.
* is aimed at the understanding of efficiency
  - dominated by abstract structures
  - obsessed with 'small open economies'
  - simply a tool that can be used to find the best policy
  - sufficiently powerful to explain many varieties of exchange relationships
  - used for projections and forecasting
* is used to examine environmental and natural resource problems and policies
  - study asset valuation and financial decision making in business
* looks at the supply and demand for all sorts of goods.
* provides a framework, an approach, for making time management decisions.
* rests on a set of assumptions about human nature.
* says that equilibrium rates occur where supply of land equates with demand for land.
* shows that there are many possible market failures.
* states that immigrants learn English as long as incentives exist to do so
  - prices are determined by supply and demand factors
* teaches that gaps tend to fill in quickly
  - monopolistic output restriction is inefficient

Educational theory
* assumes there can be no exterior source for moral values.
* is applied to professional practice
  - related to effective classroom practice