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    Crime Theories Jaime Morris Professor Al CIS170-Wk.4Ass.2 11/04/12 Digital crimes are believed to be caused by different types of theories. The Strain theory could be the cause of digital crimes because the strain of everyday life. The Strain theory is a sociological theory. The strain of an individual’s everyday life is causing people to “give in” to the pressures in society. Some of these individuals feel that they can’t survive without crime. Strains such as peer pressure

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    1. Throughout the course‚ we have learned many different theories and how they all try to define and explain deviance. Yet‚ the most influential force that always comes into play is society and how we get perceived as individuals. Two of the most convincing theories that we talked about in lecture are Labeling theory and Social Disorganization theory. Both blame society for creating deviance in people who would not otherwise be deviant if it weren’t for the constant pressure of the civilization where

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    Robert Agnew’s General Strain theory to the city of San Jose in reflection that the theory focuses on three different types of strain that can cause deviant behavior. Agnew’s theory claims that criminal behavior is caused by the various strains and stressors and individual faces in their everyday life. This strains can lead a person to engage in negative emotional responses‚ that lead to criminal behavior (Agnew‚ 1992). Ferguson‚ Bender‚ and Thompson (2016) applied the strain theory to explain the processes

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    Agnew’s general stain theory also believes that anger plays a significant role in leading to crime. For Agnew‚ anger and frustration are ways of coping with these power imbalances‚ experienced as “negative social relations” (Lanier and Henry‚ 2015 p. 229). This indicates that strain that is created by the denied achieved goal (job)‚ negative emotions merge (anger)‚ which result in criminal behavior (robbery). If someone becomes upset‚ frustrated or anxious they will turn to crime in order to deal with

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    sociological context describes actions or behaviors that violate cultural norms including formally-enacted rules (e.g.‚ crime) as well as informal violations of social norms.” People consider an act to be a deviance act because of the three sociological theories: control theory‚ labeling theory and strain theory. It deeply reflected in the movie called "Menace II Society". Control theory. Portrayed in this movie‚ there are 2 control systems working against our motivations to deviate. Inner controls (things

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    assumptions of strain/anomie perspective basically discuss that social structures within our culture could coerce people into group and situations that would push them to commit crime. The reason why I chose this over subcultural perspective is because the strain/anomie perspective has more application to explaining the causes of crime though expounding upon certain goals and motivations than to claim that certain groups and subcultures of people just have a great affinity for crime that others. I

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    Theories of Crime Biological Positivism Lombroso (1876) believed that evolution could explain behaviour. He thought that many criminals were found to have a distinctive physique‚ such as protruding ears‚ sloping foreheads‚ long arms‚ a prominent jaw and a receding chin. He described criminals as being ‘atavistic’ similar to an earlier form of evolutionary life. Sheldon (1949) also believed a criminal was determined by someone’s body type‚ he believed there were three body types‚ endomorph: short

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    three factors‚” including‚ “time‚ place and public consensus or power.” ( Thio 160) Sadly‚ in the world today we encounter a fair amount of crime‚ however‚ the incarceration rate can come as a disadvantage for many. For example‚ “Whites in the United States have a much higher crime rate than blacks in African Countries.” However‚ U.S. Blacks have a higher crime rate‚ “Major

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    Strain Theory of Nathan McCall What causes people to commit crime? This million dollar questions has place many criminologists and researchers searching for answers. In the past decades‚ people have tried to explain crime by referring to the earliest literature of criminal’s atavistic features to human biology. Recent studies have shows that crime is described in the social environment. While‚ no one theory can prove the causes of crimestrain theory has gain support in academic research for its

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    Before one can truly try to implement a strain theory based policy‚ one must first be able to understand what the theory entails. Strain theory‚ as defined in criminology‚ involves the social configurations that serve as elements of a society that can influence/force individuals to move towards criminal behavior. This can be subdivided into two forms‚ structural and individual strains. Structural strains are societal processes that have an impact on the way an individual view what he/she has‚ wants

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