Criminology: Thou Shall Not Kill

Citation

Brown, S., & Esbensen, F. (1991). Criminology: Explaining crime and its context (8th ed., p. 578 pages). Cincinnati, Ohio: Anderson Pub.

Five Main Points

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Chapter eleven starts off with a Biblical commandment. “Thou Shall Not Kill ' ' has played one of the most important role in military behavior that happened during the American Civil War (1881-1885). This conflict took place between Americans, both in the North and the South, but it was especially moved by Christian belief. The section goes on to explain the number of soldiers that died while on the battlefields, and also from diseases and other causes. There total numbers that of casualties exceeds the number of those of Americans deaths in every other military war. Brown, Esbensen & Geis states that "Some soldiers on both sides in the Civil War refused to fire at the enemy because of their religious beliefs"( Brown, Esbensen & Geis, pg449). This quote explains that either side of the Civil War has refused to fire at the enemy because of their religious beliefs. The authors go on to explain that the soldiers that killed defended their actions by referring to them as self-defense. They also relied on their beliefs that they killed for their caused. According to Faust, the killing was from remote gun batteries that numbered to concerned

Children and women usually possess little power in relation to their assailants. Conflict theory has also been utilized to explain family violence. There has been an absence of serious threats of punishments that factors into some cases. Finally, the section goes on to explain that social learning theories hold the most explanatory power. This has suggested the intergenerational character of family violence. There have been a wide variety of theories that hold the promise for being able to understand violence that is directed against family