Crisis of Crime
Crisis of Crime aims to educate about criminology and criminal justice reform. Is our Criminal Justice System broken, or working as intended? I suppose it would depend on who you ask. Join me as I explore criminological theory as well as topics such as systemic racism, discrimination, and reforms.
Crisis of Crime
Criminological Theories with Examples from TV and Movies
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Rachel Means
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Season 1
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In this episode, I will be going over the most popular Criminological Theories and giving a brief history of Criminology as well. I will also give examples from Movies and Television to help you better understand the components of each theory. The theories I'll be covering are: The Demonic Perspective, Classical, Positivist, Anomie, Strain, Differential Association, White Collar Crime, Deterrence, Biosocial and Trait, Broken Windows, and Collective Efficacy (in that order).
Source:
Cullen, F., Agnew, R., Wilcox, P. (2014). Criminological Theory: Past to Present (5th Edition). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.