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Question: Your initial post should include applied research. You can use your reading materials (book), or any other outside sources. Provide the reference to your source in the body of your original post, such as providing an in-text citation where the source information is applied, to include a full reference at the end of the post. Your original post should be two or three paragraphs in length. There is no word count, it just needs to be meaty, and academic - with applied research. You will not see other student posts until you have posted your original response to the question.
All 5 weekly discussions will require these described standards. Look at the grading rubric for this assignment as well. Due Thursday Respond to the following: A local community in your area is reporting a recent increase in criminal behavior. They are asking police to explain the change and to implement a program to reduce the crime. Choose 1 of the following scenarios to use to answer the provided discussion questions:
Scenario 1: Residential burglaries between 10:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m. and 2:00-4:00 p.m. have increased in the area since school started. Several juvenile students in the area have already been apprehended.
Scenario 2: Several individuals have been apprehended for possessing illegal weapons. There are reports of multiple individuals in the area working together to traffic and sell illegal weapons. Reply to the following for your selected scenario as if you were a police officer serving the neighborhood:
Briefly explain Sutherland's differential association theory, social learning theory, or another theory of criminology from the course's learning activities so far. How might a criminologist use this theory to interpret the criminal behavior? What kind of community program would you recommend to help the neighborhood in this case?
Name another criminology theory from the course's learning activities that could be used to challenge this interpretation. What is 1 way this theory could be used to justify a different approach? What other kind of community program would you recommend to help the neighborhood in this scenario?