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differentiation association
An interpretation of the development of criminal behavior proposed by Edwin H. Sutherland, according to whom criminal behavior is learned through association with others who regularly engage in crime

Different type of people associate with different people
lableing theory
LAbeling someone affects a person's motives and sense of self.

Primary deviance: Doing deivent things but know one knows

Secondary deviance: everyone knows you are doing deivent things and people judge and label you from it
According to Shaw and McKay's Social disorganization Theory, how does concentration of poverty affect crime?

know the concentration effect and collective efficacy mean
- poverty ridden transitional neighborhoods because its not stable.. people are coming and going.
What are the three types of gangs? and why do people join them?
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Robert Merton's Strain theory of deviance:

5 types of adaptations individuals make to the opportunity structure of society:
1. individuals desire sucess, dependent on opportunities for success

2. when opportunities are blocked, feel anger, frustration, and resentment= atomic...which leads people to find alternatives to conformity

-societies goals

Conformists (not deivent person)
innovators (cheaters)
ritualists (tries to follow the rule but doesn't really)
retreatests- (ecoterrorism)
rebels
history of community policing and how it is effective in crime prevention
history: in the u.s.a. police officers were known as peace officers which led to bribery and Corruption, so August Vollmer create the uniform crime report and had a vision that cops would be trained to be the best with no corruption but that led to a lost connection of neighborhoods so william bratton developed community policing.

effective because it focused on building Community relationships between the police and community members
Broken window theory of crime
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why do plea bargains undermine the criminal justice system?
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What percentage of convicted felons are arrested within three years of their release from prison?
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Why is the McKean federal prison one of the most effective prisons in the United States?
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