1) A $100 bill is lying on the ground in the middle of campus. No one is close to it and there are few people outside. Is the money taken?
- I chose rational choice theory because the money is lying on the ground, and no one is out asking if they have found a specific amount of money. He is making a conscious decision as to whether pick up the money or not. He is not stealing the money from anyone, and no one is questioning him about finding any money. The money is just lying on the ground. No, the money would not be taken. If I was that person I would ask those few people if they have lost any, and if they all say no then I am going to go on about my business and thank God for blessing me with that money. Rational choice is described in the book by a perspective that holds that criminality is the result of conscious choice and that predict that individuals choose to commit crime when the benefits outweigh the costs of disobeying the law.
2) A car is left running at a video store. It is snowing heavily and it would take 30 minutes to …show more content…
Deterrence theory is described by the book as the prevention of crime. I feel like they should not chose to be a drug mule because they could end up in jail and those kids in a foster system, but then again why not chose to be a drug mule and earn a quick $4,000 to feed children and pay bills with. This single parent’s crime could have been prevented if they would have had a full time job and if the parents, family, and friends did not have any money troubles either. The parent knows that deciding to be a drug mule could possibly get them caught and be thrown jail, but they are only looking at the money they are going to earn for the bills that they have to get paid. If better choices would have been taken in the persons past then maybe they would not be in this situation depending on family to give them money, and they would have to worry about becoming a drug
- I chose rational choice theory because the money is lying on the ground, and no one is out asking if they have found a specific amount of money. He is making a conscious decision as to whether pick up the money or not. He is not stealing the money from anyone, and no one is questioning him about finding any money. The money is just lying on the ground. No, the money would not be taken. If I was that person I would ask those few people if they have lost any, and if they all say no then I am going to go on about my business and thank God for blessing me with that money. Rational choice is described in the book by a perspective that holds that criminality is the result of conscious choice and that predict that individuals choose to commit crime when the benefits outweigh the costs of disobeying the law.
2) A car is left running at a video store. It is snowing heavily and it would take 30 minutes to …show more content…
Deterrence theory is described by the book as the prevention of crime. I feel like they should not chose to be a drug mule because they could end up in jail and those kids in a foster system, but then again why not chose to be a drug mule and earn a quick $4,000 to feed children and pay bills with. This single parent’s crime could have been prevented if they would have had a full time job and if the parents, family, and friends did not have any money troubles either. The parent knows that deciding to be a drug mule could possibly get them caught and be thrown jail, but they are only looking at the money they are going to earn for the bills that they have to get paid. If better choices would have been taken in the persons past then maybe they would not be in this situation depending on family to give them money, and they would have to worry about becoming a drug