Critical Analysis of Criminology Theory

It’s better to look at one person rather than a group because you might find that the people in a group are only acting a certain way because they are influenced. Looking at each person as a single analysis then they have to be in an environment that they are most use to so they can act in a way that they normally would. It’s an honest look into their social life and the society in which they grew up. Doing that will better determine if those are the…

Minorities are represented excessively in arrest statistics (Wortley & Tanner, 2004, p.200) and mostly to be arrested for violent offences (Webster & Doob, 2008, p.4). Can it then be inferred that they are more criminally inclined? According to criminology research, crime and violent behaviours are randomly distributed across classes and groups (Lawrence, 2011 p.6). Therefore, I am arguing that, it is not the committing of the crime that has lead to their vast arrest and incarceration; rather,…

While college acts as the prepping stone into the working world, a student’s college major is the pathway towards their specific career goals and future opportunities. Typically, Biology majors want to go into the medical field; Political Science majors aspire to be lawyers, while Business and Economics majors dream of becoming successful in the corporate world. Analyzing trends in college major choice is a key factor to understanding the foundation of inequality within the workforce. The study…