What is a situated transaction

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Assignment: Criminology

Read: David Luckenbill (1977). Criminal homicide as a situated transaction. Social Problems 25: 176-186.

1. What is a "situated transaction"?

2. What types of homicide would not fit Luckenbill's situational explanation?

3. What other crimes, other than homicide, might fit this situational explanation of crime?

Read: Patricia Yancey Martin and Robert Hummer (1989). Fraternities and rape on campus. Gender & Society 3: 457-473.

1. In what respects does the social context of fraternities facilitate sexual assault and rape?

2. How are fraternity members socialized into cultures of masculinity and violence? Is the socialization process effective? Explain why or why not.

3. How do fraternities "commodify" women? How does commodification contribute to sexual assault and rape?

4. To what degree does a lack of institutional control contribute to the problems of sexual assault and rape on college campuses?

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