Classical Theory Bullard High School

I choose classical theory because I believe that it is one of the most common theories and it is one of the more used theories throughout society. I can definitely say most, if not all high school students and people young and old use classical theory even though they might not know that that “classical theory” is the actual term for their actions. Classical theory is one of the more amazing theories to me because of its age and how many people probably use it on a daily basis. I am one of those people who most of the day I am using this theory. Although it is not usually a crime that would get me in trouble with the law but more with my parents like not paying attention in class or not doing homework. Because there are so many other things

Classical and Choice theory are in most ways interchangeable except when it comes to proceeding with the crime itself. It seems that with choice theory the person will look at the positive and the negative aspects of the crime in order to make a decision in taking action or not. Whereas classical theory suggests that the person will consider the positive and negative consequences but still see committing the crime as more beneficial to them than not committing the crime. Also in choice theory thinking about the punishment involved would deter the crime from happening. My personal belief is that they are basically one and the same. Potato, patato right? This is why I choose it as the classical theories corresponding theory. In some ways I think that people get them confused and even mixed up. Because I know I get them mixed

Then after looking over the Bullard High School Psychology 1 criminology theory notes, I realized that the best one for me would be one that I could really relate to . I kept looking over the notes really trying to find one I most related to and I was reading over the definitions for probably the third time. That is when I realized that the best one for me would be classical theory or choice. So I went and started out with some light research on it and it seemed right down my alley. I think it was just the fun of being able to put myself in a category, no matter how miniscule. Because I feel like this theory applies to everyone at least once in their like they had to have said screw it and did what they wanted knowing the consequences and knowing they could get into to some trouble. So in conclusion what really inspired and / or convinced me to pick this theory was the teachings of a wonderful teacher named Doctore and just the prospect of finding out more about it, because it was intriguing to