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Social Control Theory Social Control Theory was developed in 1958 by Ivan Nye as more theories about deviance developed. It suggests that people tend to commit deviance once the forces binding them...

Social Disorganization Theory Social Disorganization Theory is a theory meant to describe how deviance and crime evolve in social areas such as neighborhoods, countries, cities, or countries...

Deviance Deviance is a topic characterized by ambiguity. Accordingly, various researchers have unique conceptions of deviance. Notably, Inderbitzin et al. (2017) describe three conceptions of...

Crime Control Individual Crime Control Methods            Individual crime prevention methods border around the actions that individuals can undertake to reduce the chances of crime at home or the...

Probation and Parole Today, in America, probation and parole is a correctional system administered by over two thousand separate agencies at the federal, state, and local levels (Petersilia, 2011)....

Community Justice According to the Neighbourhood Justice Centre ( n.d.), community justice refers to the community’s involvement in justice delivery and crime prevention. Community justice...