Describe the historical and intellectual background of a theory, and then clearly describe its causal arguments.

Each student will prepare a research paper that systematically reviews and critiques a major theory of crime causation. The audience for your paper is researchers seeking to do work on that theory.

Every paper should accomplish three goals. First, it should describe the historical and intellectual background of a theory, and then clearly describe its causal arguments. Second, it should describe the empirical research that has sought to test those causal arguments. Third, it should discuss the important issues to be addressed in future research.

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