Week 4 Assignment 2

Crime Theories

Francis Marino

Professor M. Stone

Information Technology in Criminal Justice

CIS170025VA16-1144-001

April 29, 2014

CRIME THEORIES

For this assignment I had to select one of the crime theories indicated to be the cause of digital crime and explain the crime theory as it relates to crime in general. Also I will describe why the crime theory chosen could be recognized as the most relevant in terms of being a cause of digital crime. Finally I will provide at least two examples of non-digital crimes that could be considered caused by this same crime theory. The crime theory I chose to be the cause of digital crime is the Differential Association Theory.

Differential association is a theory of delinquent and criminal conduct originated in the...