QUESTIONS
(ALL ANSWERS Required to be approximately 100 – 200 words).
After watching the documentaries, and reading chapter 1of the article, you must answer the questions.
1. Please view the following video Brooklyn Missing Boy: Police Arrest Man the Dismembered Child Had Asked for Directions to refresh your recollections on this story. There are two videos on the left margin of that page which you should also view.
After viewing them, please write a 15-20 sentence piece on your reactions. In particular, discuss how the Criminal Justice system should handle this case and what can be done to prevent another crime of this nature in the future. The postings will be graded on a 10-point scale with attention given to
The use of proper writing
The thoughtfulness of the posting
The connection(s) made to our class (especially after we complete the first chapter as students should begin to incorporate new knowledge into future postings)
2-Chapter 1 begins with our country’s obsession with crime. We are equally obsessed and fearful of crime even though victimization rates (the probability of being a victim) differs according to gender, race, age, social status, etc.
Answer the following:
How has this crime/criminal justice movement impacted you and your life?
3- Underlying theories about criminal behavior are assumptions about human nature–are people basically good or bad, for example.
Answer the following:
What is your opinion about humanity and human nature?
4- Our text explains the three perspectives (outlooks on criminal behavior) and I subscribe to the Sociological Perspective for several reasons.
First, I firmly believe people’s environmental factors and forces impact their lives including outlooks, values, beliefs and ultimately behavior. Simply put we are products of our environments and if we want to change humanity, we need to fix the social ills of a society such as poverty, racism, etc.
Second, the structural inequalities of American society are those barriers which block access to success. One example is how the vital resource of education is not equally distributed to our youth resulting in children not being prepared for future study and/or careers.
Third, I believe the crime is the manifestation of the social ills within a society and not the individual.
Answer the following:
Please discuss which criminological perspective do you most identify with and why.
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