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criminology week Final Paper Criminological Theory CRJ 512 In this paper I will evaluating the theoretical study of crime and crime causation by examining the crime of an offender and applying a criminology theory discussing why the offense occurred. The specific crime that I will be using fo...

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Criminological Theory CRJ 512




In this paper I will evaluating the theoretical study of crime and crime causation by

examining the crime of an offender and applying a criminology theory discussing why the

offense occurred. The specific crime that I will be using for this paper is going to be about Alex

, and Derek King who were 12 and 13 when they murdered their father in their home with a

baseball bat in Florida and then burnt the home down. The theory that I feel would describe this

crime the best is rational choice theory and not how it was used properly it the sense that typical

normal reasonable thinking humans use it but how it might have been used by a couple of young

teenage boys might of used it when they are being influenced by an adult or someone who is

suppose to be protecting them. In this paper there will be multiple different points that I hit

involving this crime and the theory that I have chosen. The first point I will be hitting is I will

explain the theory in detail. The second topic I will be going over is I will discuss the theorist

responsible for coining the theory including the year the theory was created. The third topic I

will be discussing is I will describe the premise of the theory. The fourth topic I will be going

over is I will explain how it is applicable. The fifth point is I will discuss both the offender and

the crime in detail or in this case the offenders. Then lastly, I will discuss how the theory

explains the actions of the crime I have selected from the list about.

The first paper I am going to talk about is the actual crime itself involving Alex and

Derek King. The boys were brother that lived in Florida who at the time of the crime were aged

12 and 13. The story starts with the two brothers being controlled by a known sexual predator by

the name of Rick Chavis who had convinced the brothers that in order for the three of them to be

together they needed to get rid of their father Terry King (Alex and Derek King 2020). The night

the murder happened the two boys fatally beat Terry King to death using a baseball bat and then

afterward set the house of fire where initially it was believed he had died from smoke inhalation

but was quickly discovered it was from blunt force trauma.Once the trials were completed Derek

King would receive an eight-year sentence and Alex King would receive a seven-year sentence.

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