Topic

Rational Choice and Punishment Administration

Instructions

The summary must be in paragraph format and should be approximately 150 words. Each summary should focus on three primary areas. Please use the following headings to organize your summary:

Summary of Learning. This includes the major areas of content found in the lectures and reading materials for the week.
Personal Learning. This should cover items that have personally impacted your thinking and practice.
Application to Career and Professional Goals. This should include information pertinent to your current and future career.

Answer preview

Rational choice theory approaches that there is rationalizing of a decision in the commission of a crime and in the violation of any laws (Ahmad, & Traqina, 4). It is premised on the concept that individuals choose crime dependent on the circumstances either for personal or situational factors. The concept strains that there are several reasons that personally condition people to choose crime and also influencing the decision made on the crime, what, when and whom to target.

Word count: 168, 169