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Theory of Crime Causation

Introduction

“Crime” is a violation of public rules of behavior as inferred and articulated by the criminal law, which replicate community belief, traditional values, and the point of view of people presently holding social and political power. Individuals who violate these rules are subject to punishment by state authority, social stigma, and loss of status.

Discussion

The criminology literature has various different theories pertaining to the subject of crime causation. Crime is a very complex phenomenon, and that is reason, it can't be explained in a single theory which covers all the situations of a ...