These trends are what lead to new theories in criminology. ... Even with these limitations, Uniform Crime Reports are still an essential tool, used as a part of the decision making process for policing crimes, and developing theories in criminology in the United States. ...

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Many armed robberies happen in impoverished communities and "Stratification is sociology to many, and in criminology it comes as no surprise that deprivation theories privileging materialism and economic motives are perennially popular" (Sampson, 2000. ...

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