Month: October 2022

Rational choice and determinist theorists have very different ideas about what causes people to engage in criminal and deviant behaviors. Describe the main differences between the two. The main difference between rational choice and determinist theory is that the rational theory is more about calculated decisions and the determinist theory is more about predetermined events. … [Read more…]

Outline the main tenets of classical criminological theory “the study of the processes of making laws, breaking laws, and reacting towards the breaking of laws” (Sutherland & Cressey, 1974, p. 3) Theory and methodology are essential components of criminological theory. Hedonistic calculus: the weighing of pleasure versus pain Assuming that people have free will to … [Read more…]