Holistic Theory Of Crime

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We can see from our reading and research for this week that integrated theory is an attempt to by researchers of criminology and criminal behavior of individuals in society (Schmalleger, 2012). This meaning that researchers evaluate groups of research theories to assess their connection between each of them and how these relationships can provide strong analysis to support the ideas of these theories (Jeffery, 1959). When looking at the holistic theory of crime, we see that the research is not integrated with other research and can stand on its own by the evidence that it has produced from the data collected within the theory.
For me, I think that holistic theory of crime is the stronger of the two types of methods because of its ability

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