Two Different Forms Of Crime And Criminal Behavior

The punishment should be swift, certain, and proportionately severe regarding the crime that has been committed.

The punishment or the threat of punishment can act as a deterrent; which are two different deterrence. There is general deterrence which is where one is supposed to learn from the punishment received by others. The second deterrence is the specific deterrence where someone so supposed to learn from punishment received by a certain individual just so the act of delinquency is not repeated. The next form of criminal behavior is the positivist view. The actions are determined by biological and cultural factors. The purpose of the law is to avert revolution and convince the masses to accept the social order.

The focus is on the criminal; advocate for rehabilitation for offenders instead of incarceration. Another form of criminal behavior is the theories of crime and criminality. The first theory is the rational choice theory while a crime is a conscious decision committed when the benefits of a crime outweigh the costs. There is also the lifestyle theory where criminal behavior is one part of an anti- social lifestyle. There is also the routine activity theory where a crime is a conscious choice when three factors are present. …show more content…
Social control theories mainly focuses on why people do not commit crime- social bond with family and community discourages criminal behavior. Learning theories can be identified as both psychological and sociological theories; criminal behavior can be learned by observation or participation. The differential association theory says that criminal behavior learned through communication within intimate groups; criminal behavior continues because of positive reinforcement. Critical theories combine free will and deterministic theories, that crime is committed because of both personal choice and societal