Due Thursday
Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:
What are the prevailing theories of crime control? How does these crime control theories impact the overall policing function and its success? How does the data support the notion that crime control theories positively (or negatively) impact policing functions? Explain.
Due Monday
Reply to at least two of your classmates. Be constructive and professional in your responses.
Response 1
The integrated theory happens to list the major types of control such as direct control, stake int he conformity and the internal control. With each type has more than two components. The direct control is when most people think they have the control they happen to think of direct control which would be someone watching over the people and happen to sanction them for the crime. When committing a crime you always think about why someone did that. Control theorists happen to think differently. The theorists believe that the people have needs and desires and sometimes are easily satisfied through the crime that has been committed.
People don’t engage in crimes because of the controls that are placed on them. The controls may be viewed as the barriers to crime which would refer to the factors that might prevent the engaging in crime.
Response 2
In the criminal justice system there are several prevailing theories. These theories place an emphasis on reducing the crime in society through increased police and prosecutorial powers. One prevailing theory is the Crime Control Model. This model prioritizes the power of the government to protect society, with less emphasis on individual liberties. In the political crime of F.B.I. agents, C.I.A. agents, the military as well as corporate officers and organized crime employees, there are goals, rules, sanctions, hearings, adjudications, rewards and promotions. This is where social control comes into play. Those who are in favor of the Crime Control Model are characterized as proponents of crime control. Another theory is the Differential Association Theory. This is one of more major theories that are more commonly used. It does not explain why some behavior is criminal and other behavior prosocial; however, it does reveal how social power arises and is deployed. This theory adumbrates both prosocial behavior and criminal behavior. Differential Association Theory avoids the question of why individuals are engaging in crime. It is important to the organization of criminal behavior. This model can help and impact the police functions by way of teaching them what to look for in regards to criminal activity.