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THIS
IS ASSIGNMENT 8
Questions on Criminology Goes to the Movies, pp. 67-74
Be sure to specific in your answers and provide examples.
DO NOT REPEAT THE READINGS'S WORDS--USE YOUR OWN!
The material you will need to respond correctly to the following questions will often spread over several pages, so don't go looking for that one sentence that's the answer.
1) According to the Chicago School, how and why is the city itself criminogenic? (you will, of course, have to know what "criminogenic" means)
Organize your response around the familiar claim/evidence/warrant format and be sure to have at least two pieces of evidence from the text in the form of direct quotations of no more than 10 words. (see here for how to reduce quotations)
2) How might someone who believes in the Chicago School use the idea of "residential succession" to argue against someone else who believed that high crime rates in a neighborhood reveal the greater criminality of the ethnicity living there? This question might require several sentences to answer.
3) Thinking carefully about pp. 67-74, why would the collection of data and statistics be so important TO THE CHICAGO SCHOOL? This question might require several sentences to answer. Be sure to be specific.
(5 pt extra-credit question-- but see that there are more, REQUIRED questions below)
Why, according to Sampson (a modern day adherent of an updated version of the Chicago School), might a poor neighborhood where people moved in and out frequently experience high levels of crime in ways that have nothing to do with "broken windows"
Organize your response around the familiar claim/evidence/warrant format and be sure to have at least two pieces of evidence from the text in the form of direct quotations of no more than 10 words. (see here for how to reduce quotations) |
REQUIRED Questions on The Slums and Crime
4) According to
The Slums and Crime, what impact does housing have on jouvenile delinquency and why? Organize your response around the familiar claim/evidence/warrant format and be sure to have at least two pieces of evidence from the text in the form of direct quotations of no more than 10 words. (see here for how to
reduce quotations)
5) What does
The Slums and Crime suggest is the popular conception of who commits crime and what evidence does the book present to suggest that conception is flawed?
6) How and why, according to this 1934 book, did the slums' recreational opportunities impact crime?