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ROBERT AGNEW - advocated the General Strain
Theory, a revised version of the strain theory by
Robert Merton. The General Strain Theory is based
on the idea that "when people are treated badly
they may get upset and engage in crime".

ROBERT EZRA PARK – an American sociologist
known for his Human Ecology Theory, the study of
the interrelationship of people and their
environment, a way of looking at the interactions
of humans with their environments and considering
this relationship as a system.

ROBERT FRANK BORKENSTEIN - was an American
police officer and scientist, and inventor of
the Breathalyzer, a device for estimating blood
alcohol content.

ROBERT KING MERTON – an American Sociologist,
considered the premier sociologist of the modern
days who advocated the Strain Theory.

ROBERT PEEL – Famous being known as “father of
modern policing system’. The founder and chief
organizer of the London Metropolitan Police
through the enactment of the Metropolitan Police
Act of 1829, which created the Scotland Yard. This
act had a tremendous impact on the history of
criminal justice in general, and on the development
of criminal investigation specifically. He introduced
the techniques of detecting crimes such as:
detectives concealing themselves, and secretly
photographing and recording conversations.

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