Theories of political behavior

While reading chapter eleven of Introduction to Criminology, one of the theories that I’ve read was the Feminist Criminology. Feminist criminology was emerged during the 1970s which was evolved by liberal feminists with the realization that gender was ignored from criminology theory. It was hard to understand why it was ignored seeing as gender played a big part of criminal behavior. This led to feminists realizing the limitation of criminological perspective, which didn’t examine the issue of…

which those interactions form groups and the world at large. However, it provokes us to search for the links between the personal people’s behavior and the organization of the world that they live in. Normally, as individuals, we tend to think of the world as just natural and that it exists just like the air does. We think less on how it impacts us and our behavior. Through sociological perspective, we look at the world and its setting. We always question how this kind of society impacts us. In…

can be linked to numerous criminal theories that may explain his life choices that led him to live the life of a criminal. From poverty to rejection, Jim Jones’ manipulative behavior may be able to be defined by theories listed in Criminology: The Core, written by criminologist, Larry Siegel. Because Jim Jones grew up in the Great Depression, his criminal career has potential to be categorized under the subtheory social structure theory. Social structure theory is “the view that disadvantaged…

born really affect their personality? This question has been apart of the psychological community since the start. The research of Alfred Adler in the early 20th century began birth order theories across the community. Although Adler’s theories are thought by some to be almost as skeptical as Freud’s radical theories, Adler started the argument that scientists still debate today. (Kausar) The majority of psychologists think birth order does not have an effect on personality, but the topic is…

The theory suggests that audience are passive and cannot resist the media message. Walter Lippman (1922) -through what was later termed the Agenda Setting theory by Max McCombs and Donald Shaw- observed that people see a world shaped primarily by the media. During the world war, Harold Lasswell proposed the theory of propaganda and noted how people whose world is shaped by the media become victims of propagandist messages which influences audiences’ behaviour prominently. The media message can…

Tim Carnevale Feminist exercises 1-3 Exercise 1) The first assumption of Empowerment Feminist Theory is that social and political forces shape an individual. These forces in a person’s environment help shape an individual’s values, expectations, and behaviors. For example, a business man values hard-work, time management, and assertiveness. This man is socialized into a business environment. This environment stresses that individuals be hard-working, have good time management skills, and be…

al. Pg. 322, 2013). The biggest problem many corporation face is defining corporate crimes. In order to understand the causation of crime and criminal behavior, these corporations need to become familiar with early interpretation and theories of criminality. Towards the end of the 1930s Strain theories, developed by Emile Durkheim. Strain theory, observes a crime as the normal result of an "American dream", where by the people set their hopes too high, and certainly notice the strain (Jeffery,…

Child and Adolescent Development Child and adolescent behavior has developed over time and “no one theory of development is universally accepted” (Matorell, Papalia, & Feldman, 2014, p.39). it all began with the organismic and discontinuous theories of Freud, Erikson, and Piaget. Then, the mechanistic and continuous theories of psychologists, such as, Watson, Bowlby, and Vygotsky found popular support. They were all catalogue into the five theoretical perspectives; psychanalytic, learning,…

Critical Theory 1. In order to comprehend the ideas behind critical theory, one must examine the postmodern criminological thought towards critical theory. According to Lilly, Cullen, and Ball (2015), “crime is not simply a violation of formal law or an objective fact that can be discovered by using the scientific method” (p. 210). This means that the application of the five (5) step scientific method simply does not need to be applied in order to “scientifically” understand critical theory.…

structures the lives of the lower class individuals making them more prone to deviant behavior, due to the lack of education, little to no political supremacy, and deplorable living conditions. Inequalities due to a disorganized society, predisposes people to a life of unlawful conduct (Cole, Smith, & DeJong, 2013, p. 76). However, research will show that there is a great deal of controversy with Robert Merton’s theory that societal disorganization is the main factor contributing to deviance.…