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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.

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?