Criminology, Crj 3680 Your Theory Of Crime - 1689 Words

Patricia C. Bà ¡ez Solivà ¡n April 19, 2016 Criminology, CRJ 3680 Your Theory of Criminality Social process theory and more Crime comes in all shapes and forms. Some people define crime as breaking the rules defined by society; other people define it as breaking the laws established by society. The key difference in this assertion is that rules like General Douglas Mac Arthur said are meant to be broken, but the law is not, which creates a society in distress. Living in these huge cities, it would probably be expected for things to be different and maybe even better, but the truth is that is not†¦show more content†¦It is believed that sometimes human beings commit a crime because they have so much more to win, than to lose. They do not see crime as a prohibited act by the â€Å"law of the land†, and something considered serious to search for a penalty and punishment (Darrow, 1922). Nowadays, individuals commit crime because the judicial system is not as strong as it should be. The criminal justice system has loopholes that are needed to be fixed; changes are needed to be made human beings have to stop creating a society of criminals whom have no respect of a punishable government. Because an uneasiness toward â€Å"crime has probably been around as long as crime itself† (Schneider et al., 2007). Individuals act the way they do because society holds them down, and because of that they become rebels trying to make their voices be heard, and to feel some kind of relief from the guilt of not having control over situation. There are no ways to justify a crime, but a criminal seems to commit a crime to feel a boost of satisfaction in their system. The criminal defines crime as â€Å"an attack on an anonymous victim, committed with accomplices, prepared and motivated by a mixture of utilitarianism and hedonism...† (Le Blanc et al., 1989). The primary cause of violence comes from the regulations society lays on us. Freud, in his book called Civilization and Its Discontents, establishes that there are 3 sources for humans to suffer from: The power of nature, the expiration of our