Edwin Sutherland

Shoplifting Shoplifting is a type of larceny that refers to the theft of merchandise from a store or business (CBA, 2016). This crime costs, on average, $33.6 billion per year to US retailers, including both from customers stealing and employee theft (Schmalleger, 2015). Shoplifting is done primarily by juveniles (Schmalleger, 2015). In adults, shoplifting is typical among all social classes even though the most serious is found within the lowest class, however among juveniles the classes almost…

Sociologist Edwin Sutherland studied the theory of differential association which states that we learn deviant behavior from others close to us who are role models of and opportunities for deviance. Deviance is less a personal choice and more a result of a socialization…

Introduction This essay examines the Anti-social behaviour Orders, that were implemented in the United Kingdom, and disputes the fact that it socially excludes already ostracized and disadvantaged persons within society. This is due that it only removes the problem behaviours from particular environments and doesn’t address the cause of the offending. Firstly, this essay will address antisocial behaviour orders and the will give a brief overview of there implementation and there indented outcome…

Sandy’s Background Sandy is currently 17 years of age, which is around the average peak offending age for males within Scotland. Sandy has resided his whole life on the notoriously deprived council estate: Ferguslie Park, Paisley. This small area boarding Glasgow has been identified by The Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (2016) as being the area with the greatest level of deprivation within Scotland, exceeding with soaring unemployment levels, low incomes, low levels of skills,…

Form of Deviance Drug abuse has been around for a very long time. "Efforts to fight drug use in America date back just as far as the drug use itself—which is to say, to the earliest days of European settlement in the country. Every single drug ever to achieve widespread use in America—from caffeine to crack—has been subjected, at one time or another, to attempts at serious government restriction" (Schmoop Editorial Team , 2008). Individual's that abuse drugs are considered deviant because…

Society is constructed of many expectations on the proper way to behave in a given situation, and those expectations are considered to be the norms in society. These norms are written, spoken and otherwise indicated, and are in place to create peace and harmony for all the members of society. The rules overriding these norms are divided into several categories known as folkways, mores, taboos and laws. As we compare the many rules that govern our society in the form of folkways, mores, taboos…

Evaluating Cost Reductions PPC is a small public plastics manufacturing organization which. The organization first became a publicly listed organization three years ago, and has experienced a large impact of the recent recession. The organization has taken several steps within the past year to reduce costs. The question has arisen as to whether said cost reduction actions are an operation issue or a control deficiency, of if said cost reductions are a material weakness or a significant…

Social Control Theory is one of the most widely accepted theories for explaining criminal behavior and delinquency. Being first titled social control theory by “Travis Hirschi in his 1969 book, Causes of Deliquency.” (Costello, 2010) Social control theory has had the influence from earlier criminologists like Hobbes, Bentham and Beccaria where they stated that basically every individual’s human nature is selfish (Costello, 2010) and due to that selfishness people will usually commit delinquent…

Throughout history there have been numerous influences on organizing. From social organizers to monumental social movements, organizing continues to evolve. Even today, organizing is continuously expanding as more knowledge evolves. Community organizing has become a major factor in social work and has increased in popularity. Community organizing has been identified as utilizing tactics and strategies to encourage negotiations and agreements through means of nonviolent civil disobedience…

The predicament with those in the world who refute the death penalty is that they have forgotten about the victims. Dejectedly, the victim 's voice is often suppressed by the grave. Murderers on death row chose their course, a decision made the first time they took someone’s life. They pay no attention to human life and must endure the consequences for taking that life. Why should a murderer be permitted to breathe as his or her victims lie 6 feet under? Murderers no longer serve a useful…