1) Read “Are Human Beings Inherently Bad?” on page 163 and decide which theorist—Merton or Hirschi—has assumptions about the nature of human sin that best aligns with biblical principles. Explain that alignment.
***Use the GCU Library for sources (https://library.gcu.edu/ )
The DQ response must be at least 200 words and should have at least one reference in APA format
2) Write a 100-word response to each student in first person as if you were writing it to the students. Talk about how you agree with their ideas and add your own thoughts. Make sure it’s respectful.
Student 1) Merton has assumptions about nature of human sin that best aligns with biblical principles. Merton argues that individuals commit crimes when they experience strain as a result of their inability to meet society’s goals with the resources available to them. Merton thus assumes that humans do not have a natural tendency to engage in offending behavior, but that it is strain that causes them to do so. When we think of the biblical principles human beings was not created to sin ; which aligns with the natural tendency to not engage in offending behaviors. When I think of the Hirschi’s social theory is based on the world; which biblically we are guven the choice of right and wrong.
Reference
Adler, F., Laufer, W., & Mueller, G. O. (2018). Criminology (9th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Education ISBN-13:9780078140969
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