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Criminology
Any article in national or local newspaper that describes any type of crime, e.g. narcotic sales, white collar crime or cyber-crime. (Articles must be within one year.) Explain the underlying reasons or that crime by considering the two theories of crime causation. Research includes:
- A description of the crime reported in the article
- Use Choice Theory to describe the crime reported in the article
- Use Trait Theory to describe the crime reported the article.
This solution examines one newspaper article that describes on various dimensions and applies two theories of crime causation (Choice and Trait Theory) to describe the crime reported in the article.
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