Compare and Contrast the Various Theories of Crime Causation

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Compare and Contrast the Various Theories of Crime Causation Jeffrey C. Wilson CopLaw.com ©

ECONOMICS Classical School Response to the pre-1789 Crime Prevention Free Will & Human Rationality Not a Study of the Causes of Crime Emphasis Legal Definitions of Crime Make Laws Create Legal Process Punishment = Deterrence

ECONOMICS Criminal Behavior can be explained and impacted using the tools of Economics The Chicago School of Economics Gary Becker (Nobel Prize Winner for Economics) Richard Posner (US Appeals Court 7th Circuit) Steven Levitt (Freakanomics) Radical Criminology

Psychological Psychoanalytic – Sigmund Freud Id, Ego & SE Personality – Hans Eysenck Biological Social Learning Behavior – Sutherland, Akers and Burgess General Theory of Crime and Self Control Theory of Crime – Travis Hirschi

SOCIOLOGICAL Chicago School of Sociology Concentric Zone Theory – Ernest Burgess The Gangs: a Study of 1313 Gangs in Chicago – Frederic Thrasher Differential Association Theory – Edwin Sutherland James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling Thinking About Crime 1972 Broken Windows Theory 1982 Geographic

BURGLARY ARS 13-1506. Burglary in the third degree; classification A. A person commits burglary in the third degree by: 1. Entering or remaining unlawfully in or on a nonresidential structure or in a fenced commercial or residential yard with the intent to commit any theft or any felony therein. 2. Making entry into any part of a motor vehicle by means of a manipulation key or master key, with the intent to commit any theft or felony in the motor vehicle. B. Burglary in the third degree is a class 4 felony.