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    view that crime and deviance are the product of the labelling process. Some argue that crime and deviance is caused by labelling‚ as after an offender is labelled by society this often leads to a spiral of repeat offences‚ as he/she is not given a chance by society so therefore leads to a deviant career for them. However this may not be the cause of their further deviance as it could be to strains and poverty‚ this theory has also been criticised for a number of reasons. Labelling Theory • This

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    Use Psychological theories to explain aggressive behaviour.  Describe three method’s a coach might use to eliminate aggressive tendencies of performers and to encourage an active and healthy lifestyle. (6 Marks) Aggression is the attempt to harm outside the rules of the game. There are many different theories of how aggression is formed. Instinct theory was proposed by Freud and is the trait view of behavior and shows the drawbacks of this perspective‚ that behaviour is at all

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    The issue of whether decision making by criminals is a rational process is a heated topic of discussion when one asserts that crime is the role of choice. Before the classical school of criminology‚ crime was thought to be the product of the paranormal occurrence of demons‚ witches‚ ghouls‚ and other creatures. The time prior to the classical school of criminology‚ called the preclassical era‚ is divided in two parts. Before the time of state intervention into private matters‚ each individual dealt

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    Juvenile Delinquency and Single Parent Homes Juvenile delinquency has been around as long as there have been juveniles. There seems to be some siren call that leads young men and women into acts that are frowned upon by society. There are many types of juvenile delinquency‚ from the benign to the life altering serious kind. I will be looking at the family dynamic and how‚ and if‚ it affects teens and their delinquent activities. Approximately 28% of our nation’s children live in one parent

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    Social Theories and White Collar Crime Criminology 302 Social Theories and White Collar Crime Edward Sutherland believed that without including white-collar criminal offense as its own category it would contribute to errors in how we depicted the crime‚ understood the cause of offense‚ and evaluated crime in the justice system. (Simpson & Weisbud‚ 2009) Sutherland’s idea did not hold up well with scholars‚ due to missing information of the criminal‚ so his idea never took hold. Still

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    Crimes are happening all day every day in the United States. Crime is a behavior that violates official law and is punishable through formal sanctions (OpenStax 2013:150). Upper-level crimes are now of great interest because of its growth in corporate America today (Roche‚ Schwartz‚ Steffensmeier 2013: 449). It is harmful to everyone and comes with extensive consequences (Roche et al. 2013: 449). White collar crimes are illegal activities committed by high status people in their course of occupation

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    Discuss two social psychological theories of aggression (24 marks) One social psychological theory of aggression is social learning theory. SLT argues that like all behaviour‚ aggression is learned through both direct and indirect reinforcement. Behaviour which is reinforced‚ be that positively or negatively – positive reinforcement occurs when the behaviour causes desired outcomes‚ negative reinforcement occurs when the behaviour causes undesirable outcomes - is more likely to be learned and repeated

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    This essay will attempt to explain a crime chosen from an article by applying a criminological theory. The article chosen is ‘Girl in critical condition after fire that killed mother and siblings’. The writer of the article describes the events of a suspected arson attack that killed five members of the family after their home was set alight. The article then mentions another suspected arson incident that caused damage to a car belonging to a family living opposite the victims‚ which appears to

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    Social disorganization theory has become populare as an explanation for crime trends all over the country. This theory was built as precendt by shaw and Mckay(1942) in which they reached three significant conclusions. The first of these conclusions is that bneighborhood ecological conditions shape crime rate chararcteristics more that the characteristics of individual residents and that location as supposed to race determine how they area relates with crime. What they meant by this is that certain

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    Trying juveniles has been a topic to the public we hear about in the judustrial system. It contains a lot of arguments which has its pros and cons. Considering being a juvenile delinquent you must commit a crime that is under the age of 18. Prosecutors can charge juveniles as adults when they are suspected of violent offenses or crime. Back in time when this happened‚ this treatment involved the death penalty. As of today it involves being prosecuted through adult courts and incarcerated in the adult

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