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Case Study: A local community in your area is reporting a recent increase in criminal behavior. They are asking the police to explain the change and to implement a program to reduce 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 on the site have already been apprehended.

Scenario 2: Several individuals have been apprehended for possessing illegal weapons. Reports of multiple individuals working together to traffic and sell illegal weapons.

Question: 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 criminology theory from the course's learning activities. How might a criminologist use this theory to interpret 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 one way this theory could justify a different approach? What other kind of community program would you recommend to help the neighborhood in this scenario?