closeted. This could be used to explain some of his deviance. There is the Strain Theory that says his sexual need was something that he felt had to be done in private and this led to the thrill of the capture and then the pleasure of doing whatever he wanted because he was clever enough to not get caught for some time. This theory says that offenders are under a “strain” to get what they need and this causes them to commit crimes. His inability to have a normal relationship and the later thrill of the
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The Psychological Theories of Crime Researchers in many disciplines have tried to understand why crime takes place and they have develop several theories for explaining crime. (Barkan and Bryjak‚ pg. 41) There are three different theories that explain the reasons of crime. Rational choice‚ deterrence and routine activities theory‚ biological and psychological theories and sociological theories. My focus on this paper are the different psychological theories for explaining crime Psychology is the
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Liar‚ Liar‚ Pants on Fire Everyone hates lies‚ but everyone lies. It sounds ironic‚ yet it is the truth. This is one of the most detestable vices in people. Some people may distinguish between ‘white’ lies and outright blatant lies‚ however‚ in my opinion‚ such a distinction is flawed‚ even flattery is a lie. In other words‚ lying is a mere deception for some gains. Lying is never holy‚ whether it is for other’s own good or one’s own selfish intention. If the truth comes to light‚ the person
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Unlike the other theories of criminology‚ the control theories have a primary focus on the reason individuals choose to not commit crime. In other words‚ the overall point of this theory is to explain what elements and factors prevent individuals from becoming criminals. The thinkers behind this theory faction advocate the idea that crime is present and‚ rather then focus on why crime occurs (which is a very hard thing to pinpoint the answer to‚ they concentrate on the idea that criminals‚ simply
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The stress-strain diagram is generally accepted as the plotted results of a tensile test completed under carefully controlled conditions on a speciman of a metal. The stress-strain diagram important for design engineers in that it establishes the physical properties of the material under test including the yield strength‚ the ultimate strength‚ the elongation at fracture‚ the elastic limit etc. Ductile materials‚ which includes structural steel‚ as well as many alloys of other metals‚ are characterized
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The theory of Ecology‚ meaning disorganized neighborhoods‚ is the theory that best explains the causes of crime. Ecological criminology was the first social criminology. This developed during the 1920s at the Department of Sociology at the University of Chicago. Ecology is the study of relationships between an organism and the environment it lives in‚ and this type of theory explains crime by the disorganized eco areas where people live instead of the kind of people who live there. The major factors
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In assessing the usefulness of subcultural theories it is first important to understand what subcultural theories are. They are an explanation of deviance in terms of the subculture of a social group arguing that certain groups develop norms and values which are to some extent different from those held by other members of society. There are a number of sociological theories‚ which strive to understand a cause for crime and deviance. Subcultural theorists posit the idea that there is nothing “wrong”
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The situational crime prevention theory examines how crime opportunities are created by the physical and environment and the every day actions of individuals (Bohm & Vogel‚ 2011). Ronald Clarke’s research is correlated with the situational crime theory‚ and Clarke argues crime reduction is dependent upon reducing the physical opportunities to needed to commit crime and increasing the risks of be caught (Bohm & Vogel‚ 2011). Furthermore‚ my police department created a park smart initiative that
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Anyone can take part in a crime act‚ but there are individuals whose situation‚ environment and health will place them at a higher risk of committing crimes. These crimes fall into four main factors; psychological‚ biological‚ economic and social. one or more of these factors are used to explain an individual’s act s act of criminal offence. The more risk factors an individual has‚ the greater the risk of their crime. The psychological factor is broken down into four key traits‚ which will be explored
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Biological theories of crime causation adhere to the principle that many behavioral predispositions‚ including aggression and criminality are constitutionally or physiologically influenced and inherited of the first basic principles of biological theories is the mind and locus of personality which is the organ brain. The brain is the organ of behavior. We have the basic determinants of human behavior passed on from generation to generation. Human behavior and traits are genetically based to a considerable
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