Q/A - 2

ASSIGNMENT THREE

Please be sure to fully answer each of these questions in complete sentences. Please note that in answering these questions you are showing me that you not only read the text, but that you understood it. Consequently, your answers should be comprehensive and detailed.

1.  Define what crime is and summarize 5 major types of crime.  Be sure to give an example of each type. (chp 5)

2. Using the link to the 2019 Uniform Crime Report in this module, click on violent crime and then under the "Browse by Offense" section, click on murder.  In 2019, what was the estimated number of murders in this country?  Was it an increase or decrease compared to 2018? 

3.  Using the same report, click on the property crime and under "Browse by Offense," research to find what was the most common type of property crime in 2019.  Be sure to give the estimated number and indicate whether it was decline or increase from 2018.  

4.  Summarize the relationship between inequality and crime according to the conflict perspective. 

5. Compare and contrast the anomie theory of crime with that of the differential association theory.  

6. The textbook proposes three ways of controlling crime (retribution-deterrence, rehabilitation, and prevention). Summarize each of these methods.  Do you support giving people behind bars an opportunity to earn a high school or college degree as part of the rehabilitation process?  Why or why not?

7. After watching the video 'How Norway's prisons are different from America's,' summarize the differences in a paragraph between prison in this country versus in Norway.  

https://youtu.be/zNpehw-Yjvs - How Norway's Prisons Are Different from America's | NowThis