General strain theory provides an understanding of crime that people can relate with even those who are not involved in crime or perpetrators. General strain theory uses the emotions that people have when they are treated unfairly by others and this gives rise to the urge to commit a crime. When people are treated negatively by others, they are anxious and an urge for revenge arises and the revenge might be directed towards someone else who is different from the pope who treated them negatively. In this digital age, people are getting online more easily and society has become more integrated making it really easy for someone to feel neglected or treated negatively by others especially when treated negatively. With a growing society where the
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The deterrence crime theory means to ensure that people are aware of the tough punishments that they risk receiving when they are committing a crime. It is meant to counterbalance the huge benefits that people associate with crime as people do not have to put so much effort in what they do. Deterrence is divided into various categories and it they inform on the specific strategy which is going to be used. Specific deterrence is meant to deter specific crime, while general deterrence covers various crimes which society is being affected by. (DeKeseredy, Ellis, & Alvi, …show more content…
(DeKeseredy, Ellis, & Alvi, 2014) When it comes to digital crime, deterrence theory is more lenient to digital crime and this makes it easier for people to commit the crime. The continued leniency on digital crime has led to an increase of digital crime. The social conflict theory has been in existence for some time and in recent years it has been expounded in as digital crime has taken a new face (Hammersley, 2008). Digital crime has been instigated by criminals by the upper class in society upon the poor and this has greatly affected the living status of different people. This is through personal belief d also the influence that they have and they are able to spread this influence through the media platform which reaches more people and propagates them to commit various
The deterrence crime theory means to ensure that people are aware of the tough punishments that they risk receiving when they are committing a crime. It is meant to counterbalance the huge benefits that people associate with crime as people do not have to put so much effort in what they do. Deterrence is divided into various categories and it they inform on the specific strategy which is going to be used. Specific deterrence is meant to deter specific crime, while general deterrence covers various crimes which society is being affected by. (DeKeseredy, Ellis, & Alvi, …show more content…
(DeKeseredy, Ellis, & Alvi, 2014) When it comes to digital crime, deterrence theory is more lenient to digital crime and this makes it easier for people to commit the crime. The continued leniency on digital crime has led to an increase of digital crime. The social conflict theory has been in existence for some time and in recent years it has been expounded in as digital crime has taken a new face (Hammersley, 2008). Digital crime has been instigated by criminals by the upper class in society upon the poor and this has greatly affected the living status of different people. This is through personal belief d also the influence that they have and they are able to spread this influence through the media platform which reaches more people and propagates them to commit various