Methodology
Independent Variables
There is previous information on crime and what factors will influence crime. For this study, multiple independent variables will be used. The independent variables are age, race, abuse as a child, social class, gender, and substance abuse. Age is one of the factors that can influence crime occurrence. Sweeten, Piquero, and Steinburg research suggests that a majority of crime is committed by people between the ages of 12-25. The peak at which crime is committed frequently is around the age of 16. On the other hand, the decline of crime will happen at the age of 25. In addition, the research concludes that social control, procedural justice, learning, strain, psychosocial maturity, and rational choice explain …show more content…
Rich people tend to commit a crime just for fun or because they can. They think they can get away with it or that they can bribe officials. Poor people commit crime out of need because they are desperate.
According to Tittle (1983), there have to be outside factors that influence social class and crime.
Another independent variable that may affect crime is gender. One of the most consist research findings in the criminology field is that females commit less crime than males do (Heimer, 2000). When women commit a crime, they tend to commit the most heinous crimes like murder. This is why society tends to overlook women being able to commit crime due to being fragile.
The last factor that can influence crime is substance abuse. Alcohol and drugs are implicated in an estimated 80% of offenses leading to incarceration in the United States such as domestic violence, driving while intoxicated, property offenses, drug offenses, and public-order offenses (Wilcox, 2015). Since the war on drugs, people of every race and gender are being arrested more. These offenses are small but a lot of people have to spend time in jail and now have records do to the war on
Independent Variables
There is previous information on crime and what factors will influence crime. For this study, multiple independent variables will be used. The independent variables are age, race, abuse as a child, social class, gender, and substance abuse. Age is one of the factors that can influence crime occurrence. Sweeten, Piquero, and Steinburg research suggests that a majority of crime is committed by people between the ages of 12-25. The peak at which crime is committed frequently is around the age of 16. On the other hand, the decline of crime will happen at the age of 25. In addition, the research concludes that social control, procedural justice, learning, strain, psychosocial maturity, and rational choice explain …show more content…
Rich people tend to commit a crime just for fun or because they can. They think they can get away with it or that they can bribe officials. Poor people commit crime out of need because they are desperate.
According to Tittle (1983), there have to be outside factors that influence social class and crime.
Another independent variable that may affect crime is gender. One of the most consist research findings in the criminology field is that females commit less crime than males do (Heimer, 2000). When women commit a crime, they tend to commit the most heinous crimes like murder. This is why society tends to overlook women being able to commit crime due to being fragile.
The last factor that can influence crime is substance abuse. Alcohol and drugs are implicated in an estimated 80% of offenses leading to incarceration in the United States such as domestic violence, driving while intoxicated, property offenses, drug offenses, and public-order offenses (Wilcox, 2015). Since the war on drugs, people of every race and gender are being arrested more. These offenses are small but a lot of people have to spend time in jail and now have records do to the war on