Rational function

wants to benefit from the crime he/she is about to commit. In rational choice theory it states just that. It states that the offenders are rational people who think about their crime before committing them, they think of the benefits it will bring such as money along with the costs, such as the possibility of getting arrested (Robb, 2017). Through this theory one can apply it to the crime of drug smuggling, for it involves a rational offender who knows what he/she is doing and still decides to…

say that before committing any crime, offenders weigh up the possible costs and benefits of offending behaviour. He said that individuals are motivated to offend by the possibility of gaining a profit. This theory was given the name ‘rational choice theory’. Rational choice theory says that if an individual believes that the benefits outweigh the punishment then the individual is more likely to part take in the activity. In this case, it could be argued that individuals are only…

The theory of constrained choice is a model that shows how different levels of social organizations can influence the lives of people, and how they can lead to unfavorable health consequences in men and women. There are five levels that are associated with the theory of constrained choice: individual, family, workplace, community, and the nation. What happens at these levels, and the limitations they impose on individuals, can cause people to be restricted in the choices they can make and…

So the power didn't lie with any one person it lay with the people, with the attainment of a classless communist society. There is however a theory of power completely different to Karl Marx's. This theory of power is known as Elitism and was developed by two Italian Political scientists, Pareto and Mosca. They believed that power lay with an Elite over the powerless minority. An elite would be someone with supreme psychological characteristics; historical…

environment around them, and these could turn the people into criminals or killers if they see that bad behavior is acceptable or has no consequences. This was the case with the main character in the movie Monster and two sociological theories, both have rational choice theory and differential association theory, strengths and weaknesses in how they explain the main character in the movie. The movie Monster (2003) is about a female serial killer named Aileen Wuornos, who is a prostitute,…

The use of technology is becoming increasingly apparent in todays elementary and high schools. Although technology and social media has many positive qualities, the shortcomings of this modern technology are putting adolescents lives at risk. Cyberbullying is an ongoing and increasingly problematic social issue in today’s society. Cyberbullying is “the use of electronic communication to bully a person, typically by sending messages of an intimidating or threatening nature” (“Oxford Dictionary”,…

The theory of Rational Choice emerged during the year 1200-1400 from Italian criminologist, jurist, philosopher, and politician Cesare Beccaria. The theory of Rational Choice assumes that all criminals and crimes are rationalize when they are committed. It states that people choose to commit crimes after weighing the costs and benefits such as the consequences of their actions; whether their choice brings them pleasure and reduce pain. (Akers L.) For example, in recent U.S. history, James Holmes…

theories of crime focus’ on a macro level around three of its leading theories: strain theory, social learning theory and control theory. There are also many other theories such as the social disorganization theory, strain theory, labeling theory, and rational choice theory.etc. Each theory has its individual way of defining the social environment and its own and each one a distinctive reasoning as to why the crime was caused. On July 27, 2013, a young boy was shot down by a Toronto…

Immanuel Kant is most notably known as the man whose ideas on morality have greatly shaped the landscape of Ethics. Perhaps most important is his concept of rational humans having inherent dignity, but is this philosophy still true today and if so is it still relevant in a society that has so many more facets in a world far more complex than the time he lived. By introducing and explaining Kant’s concept of inherent dignity and showing how some people or groups of people have been at the both a…

1950s and early 1960s because it was centralising, clung to the notion of a unitary public interest and failed to accommodate changing forces or circumstances in the outside world. Blueprint and synoptic planning form part of what is known as the rational-comprehensive approach and falls within the social guidance tradition described by…