Jackson's Four Sociological Theory Analysis

Introduction
The quest for a clear and complete understanding of human activities and things around them did not occur unaccompanied by different dimensions. A lasting preference for, or attempt to surmount this plurality under, a universal procedure of making sense of the world (Jackson, 2011), at the expense of others, gives rise to disputed assumptions about the relationship between consciousness and existence. Jackson in his quest to promote a pluralistic philosophical framework, distinguished taxonomically, individual’s understanding of what constitute reality (ontological commitment) alongside his/her epistemology; how we make sense of the world. This paper, will go beyond Jackson’s four epistemological categories to examined five theory of
This swing in criminal activities comes alongside the emergence of various antisocial groups and incivility, necessitating, the need to hypothesized crime from different perspectives. Approaching crime from diverse grounds and nature, will reveal how implicit as well as explicit assumptions of human conditions inform the reality of crime. By definition, crime can be considered as any act contrary to the legally acceptable way of doing things within a given society that is punishable. Sociologists such as Durkheim and Merton considered crime a social function and argued that understanding of crime should not be limited to its negativity, but as a sign of discrepancy between society’s expectations and way of attaining them (Young, 1999). This explanation is one way of understanding crime based on the scientific umbrella of knowing. It will be of much significant therefore, for the researcher and the researched, to examine crime from broader perspectives to attain a more comprehensive understanding of crime and a successful means to overcome