Individualistic Explanation Assignment PDF
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Assessment 1: Explaining the actionsof an individual by reference to theory
Table of ContentsMAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3I. Introduction.........................................................................................................................3II. Individualistic Explanation................................................................................................3III. Interactionist Explanation.................................................................................................4IV. Sociological Explanation..................................................................................................5V. Postmodern Explanation....................................................................................................6VI. Summary and Personal Explanation................................................................................7VII. Conclusion......................................................................................................................7REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8BIBLIOGRAPHY............................................................................................................................9
MAIN BODYI. IntroductionPresent case of R V/S Paul Raymond Smith is related with criminal Jurisdiction in TheDistrict Court and Jurisdiction was passed by her Honor. In this case the offender was charged with severe charges of trespass in a place of resident(penalty- life imprisonment), assault (penalty- 2-year imprisonment) and damaging the property(penalty- 10-year imprisonment). Smith, the accused have pleaded guilty in this case and thiswill give him an immunity as reduction of 10% in his punishment which can be instrumentationof fine or imprisonment or both.The crime was committed by Smith as a revenge to the boyfriend of her stepdaughterwho involved with that person as a result of long term offending her father1. Smith believed thatboy-friend of her daughter have introduced to drugs and used to assaults her very often.On the day of crime, he was present in the vicinity of house of boyfriend without any intention ofhurting him and randomly went to his house assaulted him and damaged his property.The major issue which was to be authenticated in this case was to check whether Smith wasmentally competent or not at time of committing offense. Two doctors agreed to the fact that hewas suffering from a low-grade manic episode in the context of a Bipolar 1 Disorder at time ofcommitting offense. He also had a shaky childhood including separation of pedants, sexual abuseby father, and left school in 5 or 6th class. And have done various jobs in lifetime and when hecommitted crime he was under anti-psychotic medication to aid him sleep.II. Individualistic ExplanationThe theory of criminology can be defined the reason that instigate a person and drive thebehavior of a person to commit an offense. These theories find out the true reason and motivebehind a criminal mind as why people commit crime2. There are mainly following theorieswhich are found in individual criminology1R v Paul Raymond Smith. Sentencing Remarks. (2018)<http://www.courts.sa.gov.au/SentencingRemarks/Pages/lightbox.aspx?IsDlg=1&Filter=7538>.2Eriksson, Li, and Lisa Broidy. Strain Theory and Crime. The Palgrave Handbook ofAustralian and New Zealand Criminology, Crime and Justice. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham,2017. 543-556.
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