Criminological Research On Youth Violence

Background: Most research shows that the public believes that law enforcement's major goal in many urban and suburban areas is to prevent gang activity. Gang activity is certainly not a new phenomenon, but has been part of human history since Ancient Times (Rome, Greece, the Middle Ages, etc.). In most countries, gang violence patterns the sociological development of society and the evolution of criminal activity - as criminal activity becomes more sophisticated, so do gang activities. While most

Criminology is the scientific study of crime as an individual and social phenomenon. Criminological research areas include the incidence of crime as well as its causes and consequences. They also include social and governmental regulations and reactions to crime. Nation master.com (2013) highlights that “in criminology the positivist school has attempted to find scientific objectivity for the measurement and quantification of criminal behaviour”. The Positivist School of thought presumes that

has provided many opportunities for me to gain research and teaching experience making me well-suited for this position. I am particularly interested in this position because of the opportunity to continue conducting quality research, teaching students, and serving the discipline of criminal justice at a well-respected University. My primary research interests include juvenile justice and delinquency, cybercrime, program evaluations, and criminological theory. Within these areas I am especially interested

Introduction Following the 2011 riots, the UK’s Government has reviewed the existence of gangs and the extent of violence caused by these gangs. An intensive prevention strategy has been put into place and has been running for a small number of years. Failing to evaluate the effectiveness of the project; the Home Office have spent over £10 million on their ‘Ending Gang and Youth Violence’ programme (House of Commons, 2017). It is paramount that a unified definition of the term ‘gangs’ is understood

substantial increase of gang membership among the youth living in impoverished communities throughout the last thirty years. Prior to 1990, many individuals associated gang activity with specific communities, but as youth gang violence was drastically increased across the United States’ inner cities, the public’s perception of this emerging social issue shifted. Due to the rapid rise of gang violence and the rise of youth membership, delinquent behavior by youths began to receive a substantial amount of academic

Theory on Terrorism Annotated Bibliography Agnew, R. (2010). "A general strain theory of terrorism." Theoretical Criminology 14(2): 131-153. This article critiques recent works on terrorism that use the strain theory. They use their own research to create the general strain theory of terrorism. There are general strains and collective strains. These collective strains are what leads to and increases the liklihood of terrorism. Berrebi, C., & Ostwald, J. (2011). Earthquakes, hurricanes, and terrorism:

Differential association theory was Sutherland’s major sociological contribution to criminology, similar in importance to strain theory and social control theory. These theories all explain deviance in terms of the individual’s social relationship. Sutherland’s theory make tracks from the pathological perspective and biological perspective by features the cause of crime to the social context of individuals. “He rejected biological determinism and the extreme individualism of psychiatry, as well as

victimization on later offending among those with higher and lower criminal propensity. Regardless of their criminal propensity, youth who experienced victimization were more likely to engage in antisocial behavior compared with those who were not victimized. The results are mixed regarding Agnew’s thesis and suggest that victimization experiences may push justice-involved youth into further crimAssignment #1 Per the assignment instructions, this paper will present the prospective study’s guiding theoretical

Do Violent Video Games Influence Youth Violence Noel Averruz EN1420 ITT-Technical Institute Ever Since Violent Video Games were invented People have been trying to prove that they influence Violence in Juveniles. Although many prospective studies have been done on video game violence and the affect they have on the youth, none have been able to completely validate the claim that violent video games do influence the youth to become violent in their everyday lives. Out of the many studies that

“School Violence and Social Control Theory: An Evaluation of the Columbine Massacre.” International Journal Of Criminal Justice Sciences 2.1 (2007): 1-12. SocINDEX with Full Text. Web. 10 Nov. 2015. In this finding, Michael Pittaro analyzes research relating to school violence, mainly the subject of school shootings. Michael Pittaro completes his evaluation based off of the research from the criminological perspective of Hirschi’s social control theory