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Menninger (1968) says, Society secretly wants crime, needs crime, and gains
definite satisfactions from the present mishandling of it!
Using legal, political, sociological, and psychological perspectives from your text, how
would each view the link between crime and deviance?
Given the difficulty in identifying potentially violent criminals, how much faith do you
have in the ability of selective incapacitation as an effective strategy to reduce and
control crime, particularly with career criminals?
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"?
Read the following: You are the criminologist advisor to a member of the state
legislature. The legislature soon votes on a bill that would double the maximum prison
term for anyone convicted of armed robbery.
What does the Henry Thomas Buckle quote, Society prepares the crime; the criminal
commits it mean?
What does William Faulkner quote, Its like it aint so much what a fellow does, but
its the way the majority of folks is looking at him when he does it mean?
Faulkner, W. (1987). As I lay dying: The corrected text. New York, NY: Vintage Books.
What is your initial response to the idea that criminal behavior is learned the same as
anything else?
Review the Week Five Learning Team writing assignment and discuss how the team
will be organizing the work load and assignment sections of the assignment.
Read the following: A small suburb of a large metropolitan area has implemented a
neighborhood watch program. The mayor has asked you to determine if the program
is having any effect on complaints received about suspicious behavior, deviant
behavior, and crime.
According to some sources, drug abuse is less of a problem now than in previous
years. Why are drugs at the forefront of the crime policy agenda?
To what extent are the typologies offered for serial killers useful for understanding
these offenders and offenses? Why?
Do you call the police, call the boys parents, tell your son, or do something else?
Write a 1,400- to 2,100-word paper, explaining your response.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
Preview Week the Week Five Learning Team assignment in preparation for this
week's Learning Team assignment.
Begin working on the Criminology in the Future Paper and Power Point Presentation
assignment due in Week Five. Each learning team member
What challenges do new crime-fighting technology and new types of crime pose for
law enforcement and the criminal justice system?
How does international terrorism affect daily life in the United States?
Read the following: A doctor has applied for a patent on new technology, involving the
use of advanced computers to create a new type of organism. One goal is to
genetically alter these organisms for use in human organ growth and transplant. The
doctor says that, if she is not granted a patent, she will continue her research.