CRIJ5302: Advance criminology

1. Evaluate our current system of punishing offenders using the criteria for effective punishments listed by Beccaria. In particular, do we satisfy the criteria listed by Beccaria?….

2. What does it mean to say that a community is socially )sorganizedàWhy is crime less likely to occur in an organized community?………

3.  How might Akers explain the fact that males have higher rates of crime than females?….

4.  What policy recommendations might Merton make for controlling crime?…

5. What is the main reason that people have low self-control? In turn, based on Gottfredson and Hirschiàtheory, what would be the best way to try to reduce crime?…..

6.  Based on his defiance theory, how would Sherman want police to act when arresting suspects?  

7. What are Colvinàfour types of control? Which type is most likely to produce serious offenders? Why?   

8. What is the liberation thesis? How does this relate to Adleràviews about the ©se of a new female criminalænbsp;