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Children Who Murder

of youthful homicide perpetrators present with a history of adverse familial factors," such as "physical abuse, sexual abuse, inst...

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...

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...

Carl B. Klockars’ Approach to Research in The Professional Fence

understand the workings of the organized crime figures mind and how he can justify his illegal activities. Klockars research is e...

Case Study Analyses in Criminal Justice

M. is a serious risk. Because there were few witnesses to the actual event, and there is only scant negative history, it is diffic...

Durkheim, Lombroso, and Beccaria on Crime

Cesare Lombroso was an Italian medical doctor, psychiatrist and criminologist, who created a sensation with his book that was publ...

DNA Database Crime Laboratory Necessity

Aspects such as hair, eye, and skin color, height, weight, bone structure are only a few example of the physical characteristics w...

Integrating Various Theories of Criminology

as presented by traditional explanations (Elliott, 1985). Through integration, Elliott (1985) proposes that one achieves a theoret...

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...

A Criminology Overview

(Henry and Lanier 2). The field itself is a branch of social science, in which criminologists endeavor to better understand crime...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Criminology Issues and Theories

considerations. CHAPTER 5 The basic assumptions about human behavior and the structure of society as they relate to the theories...

Differential Association Theory and Crime

the subject. When approximations become regular, the psychologist the changes the expectations, and redirects the subject to an e...

Criminology from American and British Perspectives

In six pages criminology in the United Kingdom and the United States are considered in a comparative analysis of similarities and ...

19th Century US' Penitentiary System

more advanced in containing the criminal element than other states at the time. If not, why would the pair go to America to study ...

Corrections and Strategic Planning

In ten pages this paper discusses the importance of strategic planning in the prison system with criminology theories also examine...

Peer Influence Journal Article Reviewed

In seven pages the article 'The Influence of Delinquent Peers What they think or what they do' that appeared in a 1994 issue of ...

Delinquency and Peer Pressure

In five pages the journal article featured in a November 4, 1994 issue of Criminology (Vol. 29) entitled, 'The Influence of Delin...

Deviance Theories and Organized Crime

In six pages this paper applies criminology and deviance theories to Gambino 'family' organized crime group. Six sources are cite...

Modern Criminology Theorists and Positive Thought

In twelve pages this paper discusses modern criminology principles and the Italian school's positive thought. Eleven sources are ...

Essays on Deviant Behavior

In seven pages essays based on deviant behavior and criminology textbook are presented with theories and concepts such as politica...