Theories of Crime Causation

Theories of Crime Causation

Introduction

This paper focuses on the topic relating to the crime causation, in which we have discussed the theories regarding the topic with the similarities and differentiation. The crime causation is a set of negative socio-economic, demographic, ideological, social, psychological, political organizational and management phenomena that directly generate, produce, reproduces and determines crime as a consequence. These phenomena and processes, which themselves do not generate crime, but, accompanying reasons, and influencing them, provide them with action, leading to a specific investigation (set of acts that violate the criminal law).

Researches for the causes of crime reveals that the nature of the social negative phenomenon, explains its origins, shows what determines the existence of the crime, which contributes to its preservation, and recovery, and that it opposes. Only through such knowledge one can provide an effective fight against crime: to anticipate the changes occurring in it, to define and implement the necessary measures to prevent criminal manifestations in order to reduce them.

Theories of Crime Causation

Sociological Theory

Sociological Theories are associated with the social structure that flames motivation for committing crime. Sociological Theories are divided into four types: Social structure theories, social conflict theories, rational theory and social process theories.

Well as from biology and genetics can explain the causes of criminal behavior as that which is caused by heredity factors, abnormalities, toxic influences, abnormalities caused by blows, injuries and head injuries, or instincts of the animal species, we can analyze the causes (etiology) from the Social Sciences: from sociology and psychology (Welsh, 2008).

Legal Crime is operationally defined according to the statutes. This is the reference guide to social public policy that helps identify which behaviors are unacceptable therefore formulated in rules and laws, where the violation of any rule is punishable and guilt. All code in this case the criminal is a product of historical and social arrangements. They are human product and the proposed solution to search maintenance and guarantee a certain social order. From time immemorial philosophers called these agreements, the "social contract".

Dr. Walker

Poverty, unequal participation in existing financial resources, contributes to alienate and hurt people belonging to lower social classes. Walker raises the poor person is over-exposed to limitations and frustrations that make them react in three ways: (a) try to achieve the goals and aspirations using learned socially deviant and unlawful means, for example, drug sales, may react aggressively to the frustration of their goals are not achieved, e.g., venting his anger at vandalism; are adapted to their poverty with resignation, fatalism, passivity, lack of faith toward their future , lack of confidence, among other things, for example, seeing the crime but doing nothing to stop it.

Dr. Madeline Roman

Dr. Madeline argues that crime is a problem of social structure. The state criminalizes the acts of people with an unfortunate tendency to do so in greater proportion in poverty areas. The definitions of crime are policy instruments that favor control and interests of the ruling classes. Believes that governments have used mechanistic cutting strategies ...