Example Of Criminological Theory
Criminology Assignment – Essay Which Draws Upon Criminological Theory
“One of the last unsolved murders committed during the more-than-decade-long underground drug war” (Younger and Hancock, 2017) has been solved 13 years later with the conviction of contract killer Stephen Josh Asling for the murder of a known gangland figure, Graham Kinniburgh.
Asling was contracted by Williams, a known drug lord, who himself has been murdered in prison in 2010, approximately 6 years after the crime was committed. He was originally contracted to kill Lewis Moran, Williams’ drug rival, but after months of no success he was asked to move his efforts on to Moran’s associates which unfortunately led to Kinniburgh’s demise. The murder had reportedly been planned for approximately four months between Asling and Terrence Blewitt, who was contracted along with Asling to kill Kinniburgh. Blewitt however has had a similar fate to Williams in which he was found dead after being reported missing soon after Kinniburgh’s murder. Asling and Blewitt murdered Kinniburgh when he returned to his home in …show more content…
This therefore may provide us with an explanation as to why Asling would work as a contract killer. It would seem as if Asling has the cultural goals of material success but does not have the institutionalised means to achieve his goals. Due to this, Asling has resorted to the deviant adaptation, innovation. In order to achieve his legitimate and traditional aspirations of material success, Asling has had to find a different, deviant means to achieve it which may be why he became a contract killer. This, however, makes us question why Asling would choose to become a contract killer rather than turning to other deviant acts such as drugs which would still achieve his goal of material success without the horrific act of
“One of the last unsolved murders committed during the more-than-decade-long underground drug war” (Younger and Hancock, 2017) has been solved 13 years later with the conviction of contract killer Stephen Josh Asling for the murder of a known gangland figure, Graham Kinniburgh.
Asling was contracted by Williams, a known drug lord, who himself has been murdered in prison in 2010, approximately 6 years after the crime was committed. He was originally contracted to kill Lewis Moran, Williams’ drug rival, but after months of no success he was asked to move his efforts on to Moran’s associates which unfortunately led to Kinniburgh’s demise. The murder had reportedly been planned for approximately four months between Asling and Terrence Blewitt, who was contracted along with Asling to kill Kinniburgh. Blewitt however has had a similar fate to Williams in which he was found dead after being reported missing soon after Kinniburgh’s murder. Asling and Blewitt murdered Kinniburgh when he returned to his home in …show more content…
This therefore may provide us with an explanation as to why Asling would work as a contract killer. It would seem as if Asling has the cultural goals of material success but does not have the institutionalised means to achieve his goals. Due to this, Asling has resorted to the deviant adaptation, innovation. In order to achieve his legitimate and traditional aspirations of material success, Asling has had to find a different, deviant means to achieve it which may be why he became a contract killer. This, however, makes us question why Asling would choose to become a contract killer rather than turning to other deviant acts such as drugs which would still achieve his goal of material success without the horrific act of