CPSS240W2DISCUSSION

· Describe the development of rational choice theory

· Discuss the most important concepts of rational choice theory

· Depict in your own words how criminals structure crime

· Categorize the elements of general deterrence

· Articulate the basic concepts of specific deterrence

· Understand the development of trait theory

· Cite examples of the different research techniques used to link genetics to crime

· Correlate behavior theory to crime

· Identify the elements of personality related to crime

· Discuss the history of sociological criminology

· Discuss the association between collective efficacy and crime.

· Differentiate between the different forms of cultural deviance theory.

· Articulate what is meant by the concepts of strain and anomie