Crime Control Theory Research Paper

As society has grown so has its need for control. An example of its need for control would be the current Crimean justice system. Crime has become a large problem in many societies. Many have posed questions of how we can fix this problem. From that question control theory was created. Control theory is a theory that views crime as the outcome of an imbalance between impulses towards criminal activity and controls that deter it. Within this Control Theory it's is theorized that criminals are rational beings who will act to maximize their own reward unless they are rendered unable to do so through either social or physical controls. This simply means that society will create ways to control the population with societal order and laws. The premise of majority of laws out in place have been to reduce crime rates from increasing. Two crimes that have plagued society for many years are murder and robbery. In questioning ways to reduce crime, two ideas that can reduce high levels of crime would be surveillance and use of the broken windows theory.
There are many ways to reduce crime in society one of the most effective ways that I believe that we can fix it is by putting more cameras in areas …show more content…
This theory was thought of in 1982 by James Q. Wilson. The idea of this theory is to crack down on lower level crime to stop higher level crimes from happening. I like this theory because I believe that if you take down lower level offense criminals that would have created higher level offenses, these criminals would think twice because they know that there will be consequences for their actions. For criminals it will become apparent that if the people around them that are committing small crimes like selling narcotics, grand theft auto, and other petty crimes are getting arrested for those crimes and are harshly charged they will not commit any higher level crimes or any at