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Questions
1. Analyze the perspective of critical criminology. What are differences between traditional and critical criminology? Utilize the posted video on Walmart to analyze how critical criminologists would view and categorize the practices by this corporate entity?
2. Discuss the concept of developmental criminological theory and the three perspectives explaining the causes of criminal behavior. How does the trajectory model account for the various social causes of criminal behavior. Utilize the Laub article in explaining developmental theory and the concept of informal social control?
3. Analyze the concept of violent crime and its impact on society. What are some of the reasons for the occurrence of violent crime? How does Donnerstein understand the connection between violent crime and exposure to the media?
4. Discuss the nature of political crime and the interrelationship between political crime and terrorism. What is the origin and impact of terrorism? Utilize several posted videos on terrorism and the World Trade Center incident to explain the government and individual group sponsored forms of terrorism activity.
5. Analyze the nature and impact of economic crime. Fully discuss the impact of economic crime on American society. Discuss the nature of the Madoff case and how such criminal actions can be dealt with through government intervention.
6. Discuss the overall concept of public order crime. Choose one area (prostitution-drugs-pornography) and elaborate on the impact and government response to this form of public order crime. Discuss the Klein and Ingle article on prostitution and how CB radio prostitution reflects the overall view of prostitution.
7. Discuss the nature of and relationship between cybercrime and transnational crime. How does transnational crime in combination with cybercrime impact on foreign governments? Utilize several videos in analyzing hacking as a recently enhanced form of cybercrime.