Assignment:
Criminology
Part 1
1: Compare and contrast determinate sentencing and truth-in-sentencing practices. How would social problem and responsibility perspectives argue for one or the other?
2: How would you respond to David Abrahamsen's statement, "The American dream is, in part, responsible for a great deal of crime and violence because people feel that the country owes them not only a living but a good living"?
Part 2
1: How do illegitimate opportunity structures assist in explaining delinquency and criminal behavior? How is this associated with different types of subcultures?
2: What is a self-fulfilling prophecy? What role does this play in continued deviance?
Part 3
1: What reasons might people provide for not reporting property crimes to the police?
2: Would the association between drugs and crime disappear if drugs were legalized or decriminalized? Should certain drugs be decriminalized? If yes, which ones? Why?
Part 4
1: Should regulating practices on the Internet be the responsibility of parents or the government?
2: Of all current and possible strategies aimed at crime, which do you find most persuasive? Why?