Importance and Purpose of Theory and Research in the Criminal Justice Field

Importance and Purpose of Theory and Research in the Criminal Justice Field
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Importance and Purpose of Theory and Research in the Criminal Justice Field
Theories and research aspects are important aspects of life. Starting with research, research is an important aspect as it incorporates methodologies that one can use to study a topic and come up with profound findings on the study topic. Theories, on the other hand, explains some phenomena or mystical happenings in the environments. In the field of criminal justices, theories and research techniques are vital they help one to come up with findings on causes of crime and drive patterns from several behavioral sequences that help in crime management (Daly, 2011). The paper relates theory and research and shows their application from a criminal justice perspective.
Psychological theories are vital in reducing crimes. Federal units rely mostly on psychological theories from research to control crime (DeLisi & Piquero, 2011). The reason behind this is that the criminals use similar behavioral patterns to commit offenses. On the other hand, research shows that most offenses and crimes are somehow repetitive (Siegel, 2012). Scholars have found out that most criminal activities in the contemporary society have happened before, depicting a similar psychology. Besides, the law enforcement units can apply formulated strategies in dealing with old crime and formulate new techniques to deal with new crime trends (Moore, 2011). The reason behind this is that there ar...