What is criminology?

What theory in criminology is clive owen's characther in "inside man"?

• i am watching inside man for a criminology class and have to explain what kind of criminal he is through criminology theories. what kind of criminal would he be considered since he is very patient with his plan and plans it with such precision and uses his brain to outsmart police officers in the movie.. if you have not seen movie then maybe you can even answer what kind of theory would that be? for a bank robber to plan his actions and rob a bank for the money and hold hostages even though he does not want to become violent and hurt any hostages?

• Answer:

  You need to look at the motive for the crime rather than how good he was at going about it. Classical theory-benefits outweight the consequences, so he perceived that he could and should rob the bank in his confidence he wont get caught Differential association-crime learned through associations of groups to which the crime itself is almost justified. So he felt he could rob the bank because it was owned by someone who had established it on stolen/traitorous money Integrated theory-combine strain theory, social control theory and social learning into one theory