R. V. Grant Case Study

CRIMINOLOGY: R. v. Grant
We can apply different theories of criminology at any time in our everyday lives as police officers. Criminology is an interdisciplinary profession built around the scientific study of crime and criminal behaviour, including their forms, causes, legal aspects, and control. In the fallowing, I will identify a few theories that are the essential reasoning behind the criminal in this case.

The case history of R. v. Grant is that, Grant, an eighteen year old at the time of his arrest, was identified by two plain clothes officers in a high crime area, in front of a high school. The plain clothes officers thought that Grant looked suspicious walking by them, so they asked a uniformed officer to have a chat with him. The uniformed officer stood in Grant's path, told him to keep his hands in front, and began to question him. The plain clothes officers stood behind the uniformed officer. All the officers were bigger than Grant, and moved to maintain their position every time Grant moved. Grant was first asked only for identification, but the conversation turned to whether or not he had ever been arrested and
The ecological theory, also called the Chicago School of Criminology, is a type of sociological approach that emphasizes demographics and geographics and sees the social disorganization that characterizes delinquency areas as a major cause of criminality and victimization. This theory is linked to the Grant case because the demographics for Grant is that he comes from the surrounding of a rap culture population, the lower class population of Toronto. The geographic of where Grant was arrested is in the Toronto projects. He comes from a high risk area where crime is a way of life. Grant is a typical victim of the ghetto factor. He is surrounded by criminal activity which is a major contribution to his involvement in criminal