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Criminology Theory and The Effects of Class, Gender, and Race

In six pages this paper examines theoretical criminology in a consideration of the impacts of class, gender and race. Seven sourc...

Jeffrey Dahmer and Applications of Reckless' Containment Theory of Delinquency and Gottredson and Hirschi's Self Control Theory

as a whole, criminals have not. Gottredson and Hirschi attribute this failure to inadequate or improper child-rearing which resul...

Marxist Criminology - An Overview

first understand where it differs from traditional schools of criminology, as the Marxist view is typically regarded as being a fo...

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...

Neighborhood Watch Research Study

of ideas in regards to the motivations of criminals. Some of these principles are that human beings are rational; the human will c...

Labeling Theory and Columbine

noted that they had previously made a video, for their class, wherein they killed "a jock on school grounds" (Bramwell, 2004). Thi...

Crime and Punishment and Philosophy

was important to history, especially at a time when the slave trade was prominent in the New World. [2] Think about Martin Luther...

Peter Maas' Story of Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano, Underboss

points and major events that are outlined by Maas as a central part of their own paper. In 1992, Gravano was the highest ranking ...

Criminal Justice II

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

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...

Delinquency Topics

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

Criminologist Sheldon Glueck and His Theory on Juvenile Delinquency:

in 1950 was named the first Roscoe Pound Professor of Law (Rubenser 183). In Unraveling Juvenile Delinquency, which was first pub...

The Biological Theory of Crime: The Social Implications

to criminal behavior are not so far-fetched. This paragraph stresses the risks of being too aggressive in intervention of "crimi...

Criminology Foundations

the components which make up the "ruling class domination" in regards to crime and why some criminal actions come to the attention...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

Corrections and Strategic Planning

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

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...

Essays on Deviant Behavior

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

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...

A Criminology Overview

also known as drift theory ("Control," 2001). This theory, as the name suggests, speculates that delinquents drift in and out of c...

Field of Forensic Psychology

Forensic psychology is examined in this fifteen page overview that includes criminology theories, law, applications, and case stud...

Application of Criminal Schools of Thought

In ten pages this paper examines criminology in this theoretical overview that discusses conflict, social process, cultural devian...

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 ...

Differential Association Theory and Crime

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

Content and Process Based Motivation Theories

relationship (Armstrong, 2009, p320). Process theories place an emphasis on the differences that are found in employees, and inste...