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6 pages in length. This two-part project randomly interviewed a dozen young men and women from a cross-section of society: Three Latinos, three African-Americans, three Caucasians and three Asians, all within the age bracket of eighteen to twenty-four years old and all from various socioeconomic backgrounds. Secondly, it examined the socially and emotionally underdeveloped characters of Rebel Without a Cause, with each one demonstrating various aspects of Hirschi's Social Control Theory in conjunction with their juvenile delinquent behavior. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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the age bracket of eighteen to twenty-four years old and all from various socioeconomic backgrounds. Secondly, it examined the socially and emotionally underdeveloped characters of Rebel Without a Cause,
with each one demonstrating various aspects of Hirschis Social Control Theory in conjunction with their juvenile delinquent behavior. The qualitative research method is
the most appropriate for human nature-related studies, which begins with intent to review a certain area. The researcher then collects data through observations and interviews and generates his or
her ideas and hypotheses from these data, inferences that are largely made through what is known as inductive reasoning. The strength of the quantitative approach is in its reliability
or the repeatability of the pattern; the same measurements should yield the same results every time. The strength of qualitative research resides in its validity or closeness to the
truth; as such, good qualitative research - by using a diverse number of data collection methods - should actually touch the core of what is going on rather than just
skimming the surface of the facts. Choosing to use qualitative methods tends to uncover a deeper reality, inasmuch as the aim is to "study things in their natural setting,
attempting to make sense of, or interpret, phenomena in terms of the meanings people bring to them [by using] a holistic perspective which preserves the complexities of human behavior" (Greenhalgh,
1997, p. 740). Summary of findings indicates a higher propensity toward violating crime when social class and economic standards are lower. When posed with the question, "If the opportunity
arose where you were able to pocket a digital camera without any chance of being caught - in a store that was liquidating and going out of business - would
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