Crime is a Mindset
Create Your Own Theory
Discipline Criminology
Description
Five page paper, double spaced, 12 point font, Times New Roman, APA style. Research paper plus powerpoint presentation. Instructions: Must use 3 criminology theories that focus on socioeconomic issues. Must be at least 3 credible scholarly sources from websites. Construct your own theory building on the research of three theorists that focus on socioeconomic structure and crime. Describe the relationship between these different theories. How is your theory different, or the same? If a juvenile is a member of the lower class does it predispose that person to a life of crime? What risk factors does your theory address? Must use 3 criminology theories and theorists must be provided. Very important that it includes a powerpoint presentation, only accept this if you are fluent in powerpoint.
This are the theories to use
Social Disorganization Theory by Clifford R. Shaw and Henry D. Mckay. Anomie Theory by Robert K. Merton. Institutional Anomie Theory by Steven Messner and Richard Rosenfeld.
answer preview
Several theories have been advanced, trying to shade light on socioeconomic set up and crime. However no single theory has exhaustively explained this phenomenon and how the factors that give rise to crime are interconnected. Crime can be termed as unlawful conduct and can be punished under law. It affects the economic and social wellbeing of a society and it cripples several functions of the government. From the three theories that have been used in this research, it is evident that some factors can be borrowed and be applied by other theorists. On the other hand, other factors considered by other theorists as causes of crime can be disputed e.g. Lombroso says that creatures that didn’t fully evolve engage in criminal activities. In respect to this, it will be hard to completely explain crime and factors that give rise to it. However, all these theories acknowledge that crime is as result of human thinking and doing and it can be averted…………………………..words 1501