Criminal Justice Essay – Does the Perceived Risk of Punishment Deter Criminally Prone Individuals?

Each response should be at least 1 page in length (do not

base it off word count, it needs to be atlease 1 complete

page in a Microsoft Word Document) and absolutely no

PLAGIARISM!!! The work will be checked using turnitin
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Support your contentions with citations from scholarly sources.

Journals:
#1

The article “Does the Perceived Risk of Punishment Deter Criminally Prone Individuals? Rational Choice, Self-Control, and Crime” (found at http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.334.8921&rep=rep1&type=pdf) examines the relationship between the perceived risk of punishment and criminal behavior (Wright, Caspi, Moffit, & Paternoster, 2004). After reflecting on the article, discuss the findings of the study and why you think the research reached the results. In addition, explain the terms associated with the study of crime and criminology that are used in the article.
#2

The article “Is It Important to Examine Crime Trends at a Local ‘Micro’ Level?: A Longitudinal Analysis of Street to Street Variability in Crime Trajectories”( found at http://elizabethgroff.net/documents/groff_etal_2010_jqc.pdf?origin=publication_detail) discusses the impact of criminal proceedings on crime victims as secondary victimization (Groff, Weisburd, & Yang,2010). After reflecting on the article, choose two criminological theories, and use them to explain why the crime trends are at their current rates and how any of the major components of the classical school of crime causation can address the aforementioned crime trends.