Explain the causes of the criminal activity

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For this paper, each student will select any crime problem or type of crime, and after supplying an overview of the issue, apply criminological theories that tend to explain the causes of the criminal activity.

1. Select any crime problem or type of crime, and after supplying an overview of the issue, apply criminological theories that tend to explain the causes of the criminal activity.

2. References should include a balance of journal articles, textbooks, and current popular literature.

3. An example of a paper might include an overview of recent riots with a criminological explanation that the crime is so because people in authority are abusing their power. This might be explained through the application of Conflict Theory. A more simplistic approach could be that according to Classical Theory, people are making a free choice to riot and break the law.

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