In the 21st century one of the most intriguing fact is there is an increase in female crimes and decrease in number of female child. Law students and people in general are aware or made aware of criminology theories given by Male criminologists more and less of Female criminologists. Feminism and criminology is not forgotten, but less remembered. The tragic consequences seen today against females clearly indicate that it has a strong history. But traditionally the scenario is that Criminology is
Applying General Strain Theory to School Bullying Leslie Poulos – 120305250 November 18th, 2014 CC 300 Introduction General strain theory was first developed and introduced by Robert K. Merton in the book Social Structure and Anomie, and it has been further developed and refined over time. The most notable development of this theory was by Robert Agnew in the article Pressured Into Crime: General Strain Theory. This theory contends that individuals experience a wide variety of strains
Some people believe that crime is most likely carried out by members of these communities as they belong to the working class lower classes formed in modern day society. These classes are considered to be financially disadvantaged and the people of these classes are defined as 'living on the poverty line' therefor it is perceived that some may rely on crime in order to provide for their families, such as shop lifting and drug dealing. The relation between poverty and crime is strong and is a difficult