There are various sociological theories involved with the death the penalty. ... To better understand and question the affects of the death penalty many sociological theories and concepts must be applied. ... Thomas theory is a sociological theory founded in 1928. ... This is also shown from the article's results in which passengers on an airport were given three short newsletters showing three different perspectives about the death penalty. ... The first theory involved is the sociological Thomas theory which is applicable in many scenarios and can be applied in any social issue where th...

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The social perspective sees deviance as a function of the surroundings or environments that a Juvenile lives in. ... Bynum (1996) explains the fundamental sociological concept in description of deviant social status is defined as the prestige position of a person in relation to other persons is the social group or society." ... The young people are extremely important from a sociological perspective as a major contributing factor to the problem of juvenile deviance. ... Auguste Comte (1798-1857), of France as the founder of Sociology, commented by his studies while imprisoned that people pas...

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Official criminal statistics have informed sociological thought for many years. It forms the basis for much sociological theory because the statistics are so easy to manage and provide a full picture. ... They also benefit sociology because the methods they use to collect the data are scientific and scientific research is more likely to receive external funding. ... The main problem is that they are not an accurate representation of the countries crime rate but it depends on your perspective for why you believe this to be the case....

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The moral perspective provided by both Utilitarian and Kantian morality is not particularly helpful in determining this issue because ethical claims can be logically argued both for and against trying juveniles as adults. ... As the argument stated thus far point out, Kantian and Utilitarian perspectives are not particularly helpful in deciding the morality of this issue, per se, because each one can be slanted to support both sides of this debate. Rather, what is needed in this case is a broad sociological view that takes into consideration more then merely the end result of the situation, e...

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Scientists representing the fields of psychology, sociology, and biology have attempted to explain the etiology of delinquent and criminal behavior. ... Another perspective to look at is that at least 10 percent of adolescents suffer from psychological disorders. ... Psychologists with a cognitive perspective focus on mental processes and the way people perceive and mentally represent the world around them, how they solve problems, and how they perceive their environment. ... Not a single theory, whether it be a sociological, psychological, environmental , or criminological can solely expl...

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There he changed his major from history to sociology. ... Differential Association theory was Sutherland's major sociological contribution to criminology. ... Therefore, what is deviance from one perspective is conformity from another. ...

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Research on adult differential association theory is limited when one searches for studies that includes in the analysis measures of both theoretical perspectives. ... (JRCD Vol. 37 No.2 May 2000) In the 1940s, Edwin Sutherland's theory of differential association expanded upon the learning perspective. Sutherland's model for learning in a social environment is still the most recognized within the learning perspective. ... Social learning theory has not had the same influence that differential association has on sociological theories, but it can be seen put into practice in preventio...

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After his teaching stint he enrolled in the University of Chicago where he received his doctorate in sociology (Williams and Mcshane, 2004). Sutherland originally came to the University of Chicago as a history major, but soon changed his major to sociology due to the University of Chicago's influence on social environment's factors on a person's behavior (Williams and Mcshane, 2004). He took a liking to the perspective that an individual's social structure can determine the way he or she behaved because at the time most sociologist/criminologist believed that a person'...

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