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Part A
Discussion Board #1
Bureau of Justice Statistics Exercise
Instructions: You will use the Bureau of Justice Crime Statistics toolLinks to an external site. to help you recognize trends in crime data of areas of interest. For this assignment, you will complete two tasks:
1. Examine your current state and city crime trends in the past five years. Give three trends that you noticed over those five years. Fayetteville NC
2. Pick a state AND city you are interested in living in and examine the crime trends for the past five years. Give three trends that you noticed over those five years. Pick your state.
Part B
Discussion Board #2: Criminal Mind
After reading your chapter, you have the basics of criminal theories. Watch the video below and from a criminal psychologist's perspective using a criminal theory or theories from Chapter Five to explain Mr. Murdaugh's intentions, and motives for his behavior. Remember, students must post their initial response on Wednesday by 5:00 p.m. and post comments to two peers by 11:59 p.m. Saturday. Your response must be 150-300 words in APA format.
The Murdaugh Murders (41:33)Links to an external site.
Criminological-Theory-Map.docx
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Course Prefix and Section:
Criminological Theory Map
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Ex) Differential Association Theory |
Edwin Sutherland (1947) |
His theory attempts to explain how age, sex, income, and social locations are related to the acquisition of criminal behaviors. He ascertains that criminal behavior is learned based on whom the person associates with. |
Social Learning |
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Instructions: Using what you learned from Chapter 5 of the text, choose four (4) theories that you found interesting. For each theory, using the table below, identify the theory’s name, founder, theme, and classification (Classical, Social Learning, Strained, Controlled). Refer to the example provided for you in the table below.
