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What attracts people to the development of general or grand theory?
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Criminological Theory: A Brief Introduction

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  • General theories are grand perspectives that purport to account for all types of crime and deviance, often across time and space.
  • Seeks to explain crime "in general" and in total and address "what makes society possible?"
  • Some sociologists argue the utility of explaining crime through general or grand theories (functionalism, symbolic interactionism, and conflict stratification).
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