At present,
most famous criminologists believe that the future trend of criminology theory is
to construct the general
theory of crime by theoretical
verification and theoretical integration. On the basis of criticizing
the two construction methods separately, this study finds that in the future,？only the crime theory that general theory of crime of unlimited
approaching can be constructed. And it puts forward the construction methods:
one is the good and evil of human nature is integrated. The second is the integrated
explanation of law-abiding
behavior and crime behavior. The third is the integrated
explanation of conducive to criminals and crime behavior.
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