BCJ 2000

Scholarly Activity: The Chicago Area Project

Unit 4 Scholarly Activity Columbia Southern University The Chicago Area Project This project was established by Clifford Shaw to put his theory that social structure when pertaining to crime, can be impacted by social action. Shaw wanted to reduce the number of delinquent children in transitional neighborhoods. He tried to increase opportunities for the younger …

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Scholarly Activity: Positivism Theory

Positivism Theory Unit 2 Scholarly Activity Columbia Southern University Positivism Theory Early positivists used date from the fields of biology, anthropology to identify physical abnormalities that criminologists thought could be used to distinguish criminal offenders from other people (Pearson, 2016). It rejects free will and replaces it with scientific determinism. It also rejects focus on …

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