Crime Fighting Methods Paper

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inology is the sociological study of, crime, criminals, and the punishment of criminals. Therefore, understanding criminology in the past, present, and future is extremely important to prevent further crimes from occurring. This paper will review new laws and organizations, which have been created since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The paper will also review of specific crime fighting methods for preventing future criminals entering the United States and future crimes from occurring on American soil, social policies, evolving technologies, and how the technology is affecting society, and the future of crime fighting within the United States. Specific crime fighting methods After the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks the biometric community has made vast technological improvements in protecting the United States and its borders (The Biometric Consortium, 2012). Biometrics is an automated method of recognizing an individual based on a physiological or behavioral characteristic. Biometrics includes features such as face, fingerprints, hand geometry, handwriting, …show more content…

This theory tries to explain why there is a surge of crimes in the lower classes and poorer communities because they are trying to keep up with the majority of society. These individuals do not care if they have to break the law in order to get more means to stay even or somewhat even with the rest of society, just as long as they get it. It is the “strain” that individuals are put under that causes them to commit crimes in order to fit in with society. In most of these cases anger seems to play a big role, being frustrated not being able to compete against others that had a fair chance in life. (Robert Agnew’s Strain Theory, n.d.) They almost feel justified in the crimes that they commit because they feel as though society has pushed them to the point of no

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