law criminology

Compare and contrast three different criminological theories
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“Compare and contrast three different criminological theories that have been covered in the module” This essay will be outlining the different theories such as strain, labelling and control theories all are important within the industry. Each theory will be described in detail and how it affects criminology and crime within UK. Also this essay will be identifying links between the theories if there are any. Crime and law-breaking that is capable of overpowering the disapproval of previous strain theories. Labelling theory is a descriptive model for theories of criminal law-violating actions. Control theory general theory of crime and related behaviour. This paper presents a general strain theory of crime and delinquency that is capable of overcoming the criticism of previous strain theories. In the first section, strain theory is distinguished from social control and differential association/social learning theory. In the second section, the three major types of strains are described: (1) strain as the actual or anticipated failure to achieve positively valued goals, (2) strain as the actual or anticipated removal of positively valued stimuli, and (3) strain as the actual or anticipated presentation of negatively valued stimuli. In the third section, guidelines for the measurement of strain are presented. And in the fourth section, the major adaptations to strain are described, and those factors influencing the choice of delinquent versus non-delinquent adaptations are discussed. General strain theory (GST) is usually tested by examining the effect of strain on crime. Researchers, however, have little guidance when it comes to selecting among the many hundreds of types of strain and have trouble explaining why only some of them are related to crime. This article builds on GST by describing the characteristics of strainful events and conditions that influence their relationship to crime. Strains are said to be most likely to result in crime when they (1) are…

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