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Robert K. Merton's Social Strain Theory

In seven pages the delinquency social strain theory of Robert K. Merton is examined in this overview. Seven sources are cited in...

A Social Crime Analysis of Carlito's Way

This five page essay examines the film by Brian DePalma in reference to the social crime theories of Walter B. Miller. This film ...

Violence and Postal Workers

In eight pages this paper discusses postal workers and their aberrant behavior incidences in a consideration of theories including...

Curing Crime Through Sociology II

In four pages 5 potential sociological 'cures' for crime are examined and include the crime causation theory of Southerland. Two ...

Analysis of Date Rape

In seven pages attribution theory and its date rape behavioral relevance are analyzed. There are more than twelve sources cited i...

Essays on Deviant Behavior

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

Criminology and Deviance Theories

In ten pages this fictitious case study featuring person arrested for pot possession intending to sell explores various deviance t...

Is Society to Blame for Jack the Ripper?

In ten pages social scientific theory is applied to the argument that Whitechapel is the bearer of blame for the Jack the Ripper m...

President Kennedy's Lone Assassin Was Lee Harvey Oswald

In thirteen pages this paper debunks the conspiracy theory that has been swirling around the assassination of President John F. Ke...

Opposing the Conspiracy Theory in the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy

the Warren investigation (Lacayo, Cohen, Kamlani, Rudulph, Duffy and Thompson 40), but government secrecy and its unwillingness at...

Social Problem of Teenage Alcohol Use

In seven pages differential association and functionalism are among the theories examined in this sociological consideration of te...

Literature Review on Teen Drug Abuse

In five pages this research paper examines various theories regarding teenage drug abuse in a consideration of peer pressure and o...

Marijuana Use and Its Effects

This paper consists of five pages and employs various theories to assess the impact of using marijuana. Five sources are cited in...

How to Community Drug Abuse Before It Starts

services to the unique needs of the residents. By providing a broad range of services, the agency has traditionally been a focal p...

Gangs and Teen Involvement

This paper consists of seven pages and examines social theories within the context of teen gang involvement. Four sources are cit...

Crime Control Through Stigmatization

In eight pages labeling theory is among the topics discussed in this proposed control of crime through stigmatization. Eight sour...

The Argument for Community Policing

This research report examines the concept of community policing and argues that it should be implemented. Ideas about the beat cop...

Law Enforcement and Public Administration

to accomplish community policing, all of these extend beyond the law enforcement agency and involve members of the community. New ...

Espionage and Game Theory

In ten pages this paper considers espionage through an application of game theory and as it has evolved from the fiction of James ...

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...

Prostitution and Theories of Systematic Deviance

In four pages this paper examines prostitution through an application of systematic deviance sociological theories. Two sources a...

Crime Causation

attachments to family, school, and religion are weak. Lowered self-concepts can result from negative family and school experience...

Explanation of Social Theories

In ten pages this paper explains such social theories as alienation, social stratification, social strain, differential associatio...

Criminology Theories

In five pages social learning and labeling theories are applied to a consideration of criminal behavior. Ten sources are cited in...

Overview of the Labeling Theory

According to Bartusch, "The delinquent label, in turn, influences the self-image of the youth, who comes to view himself or hersel...

Security Management and Social Theory

has decreased 50 percent overall. The psychology has changed and it is working. Enforcement forces in those cities are no longer t...

A Gang Subculture Sociological Analysis

In this paper consisting of nine pages the text Monster The Autobiography of An L.A. Gang Member by Sanyika Shakur is examined as ...

Social Learning Theory in '8 Ball Chicks'

there is nothing else "but us" to provide protection, safety and survival for the girls who join gangs. Within those gangs, they ...

Social Theory Application in the Polly Klaas Murder Case

The sociological reasons for committing crimes are considered in this paper consisting seven pages with the emphasis on Polly Klaa...

Sociological Analysis of El Salvador's El Mozote Massacre

In twelve pages this paper applies theories by Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, and Karl Marx to this El Salvador massacre. There are m...