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The Anomie Theory of Criminology

misguided ideas about what the discipline is all about. Many consider the science of criminology to be an outdated pseudo-science,...

An Overview of Sociobiological Criminology

tension between the need to maintain social order and the actions of some individuals which threaten that social order. This tensi...

Conflict and Social Control Theories of Criminology

as criminality is at its root a subset of the totality of human behavior, and even after hundreds of years of dedicated research, ...

Contrasting 2 Criminology Models

competing models: the "Crime Control and Due Process models" (Klein, 2006, p. 2023). The following discussion contrasts and compa...

Crime in the Newspapers: An Anomie-Oriented View

the crime being committed. First of all, the report indicates that the suspect was in his late 20s, had a beard, and wore a sloppi...

The Feminist Movement and Criminology

Liberal feminism is characterized by operating with existing social structures to accomplish its goal or illuminating womens probl...

Research in Criminal Justice

internal and external stressors. b. Repeat offenders repeat their crimes because there are no other options. B. Incapacitation 1....

Delinquency Topics

to the ways in which individuals rationalize their behavior when their personal choices go against societal norms. Matza and his a...

Qualitative Criminology Research and the Importance of Sampling

comparing levels of antisocial feeling among different inmates would be more qualitative. It is notable, however, that there is s...

Problems Associated with Gaining Reliability in Criminology Qualitative Research

The writer considers the argument that the weaknesses associated with quantitative research has the potential to undermine the pr...

Criminal Justice II

ended at the boundaries of the Catholic church which was barely recognized by Anglicans. Not until the mid-18th century was...

Periodical Topics' Approach Evaluation

Writing Contest. The text of the article published in Defense Counsel Journal and retrieved from Gale Groups InfoTrac OneFile dat...

Operant Conditioning, B.F. Skinner, and Criminal Behavior

pigeons to coin the now infamous term "operant conditioning" to describe the phenomenon of learning occurring in response to an or...

Influence of the Chicago School of Criminology

of the most commonly applied sociological theories brought forth from the Schools influence and provide a closer look at the resul...

Criminal Woman by Cesare Lombroso and G. Ferrero

and Ferrero 107). He proposes that through analysis of the skulls, brains, and facial anthropometry of female criminals, including...

Social Organization and the Self Control Criminology Theory of Michael Gottredson and Travis Hirschi

interest of society as a whole, criminals have not. Gottredson and Hirschi attribute this failure to inadequate or improper child...

4 Theories of Criminology

illegal activity even when they are wholly aware of what is right and wrong. This accepted justification of antisocial behavior r...

Criminology Research and Investigation of Differences V

have their place and are crucial in other disciplines (Creswell, 2003), but to have value in criminological research, subjects "mu...

3 Criminology Questions

system. Treating individuals differently because of what they are accused of constitutes assuming the individual to be guilty unt...

Questions on Criminology Organizational Management I

change - have no place in business management. Each individual appears to be operating from a personal bias when the better appro...

Criminology and Labeling Theory

involves the notion that it is perhaps best not to do anything to minor offenders because labeling them criminals and punishing th...

The Liza Minnelli Case

have been abused themselves will inevitably abuse others if in fact they do not get help. Simpson (2000) writes: "In those familie...

Report Compilation in Criminal Investigation

course, depends on the specifics of the crime. Some of the types of observations that might be made are expected and others are s...

Theories in Criminology

the author notes that labelists do not generally support such simplistic notions (Goode, 1994). In other words, one label does not...

Choice Theory from a Marxist Perspective

really not obvious in violent scenarios as it appears that everyone involved loses. The more obvious reasons that crime is committ...

Three Theoretical Perspectives on Deviance and Social Control

its broadest definition is the study of demons from a Christian perspective (What is Christian demonology?, 2007). In this traditi...

Rational Choice Theory

to look at the thinking process in the planning stages as well as during a later involvement in an offence ("Rational Choice Theor...

Deviance and Crime

problems-for instance, many states have ridiculous laws on the books (often dealing with things like proper handling of horses and...

Dahmer, the Mind of a Serial Killer

marriage broke-up and their was an acrimonious divorce (Jeffrey Dahmer, 2009). Dahmer developed alcoholism in high school. After g...

Why Study Criminology

she will not accept mental illness or any other cause except personal choice as the impetus for crime. Likewise, judgment must be ...