To help better understand and explain deviancy, it is important to bridge such theories with the accompaniment of a certain quality of mind called the "criminological imagination"." ... Therefore, in order to critically use and acquire the criminological imagination, it is important to have a good understanding of what the sociological imagination is. ... Understanding the complexity of society in terms of all the institutions, contexts, and interpretations and how all these are related is an important milestone in the study of criminology; to further study in criminology one needs to accept...

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Unarguably one of the most influential sociologists of our time, Merton has also made numerous contributions to the field of criminology. ... This is how Merton's most famous essay, Social Structure and Anomie (1938), was produced into a masterpiece according to many areas of specialization, including criminology. ... This became a production of one of the most influential theories in the field of criminology. Part II - Contributions to Criminology Robert K. Merton has made numerous contributions to the field of criminology. ...

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He arrived at these tenants through his different experiences with the theory, and the different versions of his book "Principles of Criminology". ... He stated in his principles of criminology text "The ultimate objective of the sociologist should be to make universal propositions about society. ... Before authoring his first version of his book Principles of Criminology in 1924 Sutherland had a numerous amount of influences for creating his text (Sutherland, 1924). ... Sutherland along with Thornsten Sellin developed a research for the Social Science Council to make criminology mo...

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Lombroso's theory did bring with it positive advances in criminology, however. ... It is this which has seen Lombroso hailed as "The father of modern criminology"(Shaffer 1976) as his further studies have paved the way for most disciplines within modern criminological research. ...

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The movie "Empire" is a dramatization of the life in the shoes of one of four heroin dealers in the New York City area known as South Bronx. It is a story told by Victor Rosa, the main character referred to by many as Vic, as the viewer follows him around the city. The movie begins by naming all the main drug dealers and their territories across the South Bronx region, Victor's territory noticeably bigger than the others. Out of the four competitors, we only see one that Victor has any trouble with later in the movie and that is the drug dealer known as Tito. Tito is another successful, H...

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In the book "All God's Children" author Fox Butterfield delivered his point of view and his theory on the Bosket family and the American tradition of violence. Fox Butterfield was born in 1939 in Lancaster PA, graduating from Harvard University, Fox Butterfield became a famous journalist and author working with Times bureau chief in Saigon, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Beijing, and Boston and as a correspondent in Washington and New York. Around that time Butterfield was honored with the Pulitzer Prize as a member of The New York Times team that published the Pentagon Papers, the Pentagon...

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The dominant, highly visible and popular commonsensical representations of crime, offending and perpetrators that have been illustrated leave in their shadow a number of important and significant criminological and victimological wisdoms and knowledges. ...

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From the late 1980s, research on gender, crime and social issues, has hugely focused on the study of masculinity, and how there has become a correlation between masculinity and violence. Feminists have researched extensively on all types associated with gender, including gay and lesbian, thus acting towards the literature on masculinity slowly increasing within the past 20 years due to the pressure from feminist works. In this essay, I will begin by reviewing theories on masculinity, and evaluating why such ideas create the assumption that violence appears to be associated with masculinity. I ...

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After consulting a criminological text such as The Fence: In the Shadow of Two Worlds, one comes to find that common criminal theories are not only evident in criminal society but also tie closely with criminal beliefs and values. ...

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