Criminological theory is an explanation to make sense of our observations explaining the causes and measure of crime.

Logical
Testable
Validity
Parsimony
Scope
Range



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Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil, commonly referred to as Leviathan, is a book written by Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) and published in 1651 (revised Latin edition 1668).[1][4][5] Its name derives from the biblical Leviathan. The work concerns the structure of society and legitimate government, and is regarded as one of the earliest and most influential examples of social contract theory.[6] Written during the English Civil War (1642–1651), it argues for a social contract and rule by an absolute sovereign. Hobbes wrote that civil war and the brute situation of a state of nature ("the war of all against all") could be avoided only by strong, undivided government.



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Bellum omnium contra omnes, a Latin phrase meaning "the war of all against all", is the description that Thomas Hobbes gives to human existence in the state of nature thought experiment that he conducts in De Cive (1642) and Leviathan (1651). The common modern English usage is a war of "each against all" where war is rare and terms such as "competition" or "struggle" are more common.[3]


Environment was not a sanctuary within 15-1600s for many.
Meaning they did not comprehend what they observed.

Assumed humans were in fact in conflict with one another.
Assumed humans pursued their self interests.
Assumed humans were rational beings.
Assumed wanted a government humans would control to create a social contract.