Name of Course: The Explanation of Crime Code of Course: CMY3701 Semester Code: 02 - Second Semester Assignment Number: 01 - Compulsory Student Name: Riëtte du Bruyn Student Number: 4238-255-6 Unique Number: 363036 Assignment Closing Date: 22 August 2013 Rational Choice Theory Table of Contents Section A: 15 marks 3 1. Introduction 3 2. Definition of Rational Choice 3 3. The Six propositions of Rational Choice (Joubert 2009:19-20) 3 3.1 First: Crimes are deliberate acts‚ committed
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Biological Explanations of Crime Biological Explanations of Crime Crime Statistics from the Chicago Police Department Biological Explanations of crime Cesare Lombroso William Sheldon Neurological Defects Conclusion Biological Explanations of Crime In society today‚ crime rates are increasing at alarming rates. For decades‚ extensive amounts of research have been collected and analyzed in attempts to find out why people commit crime. In the city of Chicago‚ according
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Before answering the question asked in this essay‚ it is important to understand what exactly a “Deterministic System” is. A Deterministic System is a system in which no randomness is involved in the development of future states of the system. It is the system in which we can predict the coming output or behavior of the system with the help of analyzing the previous behavior or outputs. A Deterministic System will always produce the same output‚ however this doesn’t really spell out that in the later
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some of the ways in which Marxists explain crime (12 marks) Marxists idea of crime is strongly linked to capitalism and the way it creates conditions for crime through exploitation and competition. There are two branches of Marxism; traditional and Neo-Marxism. They both focus on the idea of criminogenic state‚ however Neo-Marxist theory links in with the labelling theory to explain crime. Traditional Marxists such as David Gordon (1976) argues that crime is a conscious‚ rational response to the
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Psychological Explanation is based on someone’s mental behavior. A person’s personality and learning factors can cause them to commit a crime. According to some early childhood experiences it can have a major effect on personality and development. Also according to Psychological Explanation crime is stemmed from abnormal urges and desires. Many link criminal behavior to certain concepts as innate impulses‚ psychic conflict‚ and repression of one’s personality.The Psychological Theory relates
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Dictionary defines crime as ‘An action or omission which constitutes an offence and is punishable by law’. Crime can be any aggressive‚ violent‚ or delinquent behaviour that benefits an actor at the expense of others‚ it involving the infliction of costs on others‚ but this infliction may directly involve other people or indirect. Violence refers to aggressive behavior that involves the intentional use of physical force to cause harm‚ injury‚ or death to another. Some of the crime are directly inflicted
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School‚ which believed that crime was a characteristic of human nature and instead believed that criminality was inherited. From this belief‚ he developed a theory of deviance in which a person’s bodily constitution indicates whether or not an individual is a "born criminal." These "born criminals" are a throwback to an earlier stage of human evolution with the physical makeup‚ mental capabilities‚ and instincts of primitive man. Biological theories of deviance see crime and deviant behavior as a
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Outline and assess Marxist theories of crime and deviance. (50 marks) Marxists argue that the nature and organisation of capitalism‚ creates the potential for criminal behaviour. Gordon states that capitalism is characterised by class inequalities in the distribution of‚ for example‚ wealth and income‚ poverty‚ unemployment and homelessness. Gordon argues that the ideology of capitalism encourages criminal behaviour in all social classes. The term ‘crime’ means behaviour that breaks the law. For
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Crime is defined an act that breaks the law established by a society and is punishable by the legal system in that region. Deviance‚ on the other hand‚ is considered to be behaviour that is unaccepted or frowned upon by the society or culture an individual belongs to. There are many explanations to what causes crime and deviance. However this essay will expound the main three theories and critically evaluate them to provide an overall conclusion. The first explanation is the sociological theory.
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December 2013 Crime Rates: Explanation for the Decline Introduction The United States is marked by criminal justice difficulties. In a nation as diverse as this country‚ it is complex to effectively establish a manner in which to deflect crime. Since the middle of the 20th century the crime rate soared quickly. This held true especially for violent crimes. However‚ since the 1980’s crime rates in the United States have felt a steep decline. According to the FBI Uniform Crime Report‚ the 2012
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