Potential Questions

Potential Questions

1. Define social structure. What role does social class play in social structure theories?
2. Identify problems of the lower class that might be studied using social structure theories.
3. What is studied using minority group poverty? In what way is this social structure explanation of crime and poverty examined?
4. What is meant by “poverty is the parent of revolution and crime”? Which group of crime theories is this most likely related to?
5. What are the basic assumptions (or arguments) of social disorganization theory?
6. What are the basic assumptions (or arguments) of strain theory?
7. What are the basic assumptions (or arguments) of cultural deviance theory?
8. Which zones are included in the concentric zone model of social disorganization theory?
9. According to social disorganization theory, which concentric zone are crime rates typically the highest?
10. What is the connection between transient neighborhoods and crime according to social disorganization theory?
11. What is collective efficacy? How is it related to social disorganization theory?
12. Identify three forms of control that exist within social disorganization theory?
13. What does relative deprivation theory argue?
14. Define anomie. What is the major difference between anomie theory and general strain theory?
15. Which two theoretical perspectives are found in cultural deviance theory?
16. What would public policy related to social structure theories look like (keep it general)?
17. What’s the main difference between social structure and social process theories?
18. Define socialization.
19. Define social learning theory, social control theory, and social reaction (labeling) theory.
20. Identify 5 agents of socialization that exist in society and that are researched in social process theories.
21. What is meant by the “criminalization of parenting” and how does it relate to social process theories?
22. What are the main principles of differential association theory? Which group of theories is this apart of (i.e., social learning, social control, social reaction)?
23. What is the concept of drift in neutralization theory?
24. Identify the techniques of neutralization found in neutralization theory.
25. What are the 4 main components of social control theory? Be able to define each.
26. According to social reaction (labeling) theory, who defines crime?
27. What’s the difference between primary and secondary deviance? Which is most important according to social reaction (labeling) theories?
28. What are the core ideas of critical criminology?
29. According to critical criminology, is social control the problem or solution?
30. According to critical criminology, crime is a result of ___________ and _________.
31. What are supranational crimes?
32. True/False: Critical criminologists argue that laws side with globalization and capitalism.
33. What is state-organized crime?
34. What is the main difference between instrumental theory (theorists) and structural theory (theorists)?
35. According to left realism, crime control must reflect the needs of who? It must emphasize strong connections with which criminal justice professionals?
36. What is hegemonic masculinity? How is it used to explain violence and aggression?
37. What is power-control theory?
38. What is peacemaking criminology?
39. What is restorative justice?
40. What is reintegrative shaming?
41. According to restorative justice, most conflicts are best settled where?
42. Which key areas would a critical feminism would study related to crime and deviance? How is this related to patriarchy? (buzz words)
43. What is a sentencing circle? Describe what this would look like and who would be involved.
44. How does globalization affect transnational crime?
45. What is deaf culture? What is ableism? Provide an example of how issues of discrimination and consequence takes place in the criminal justice system.
46. Identify a contemporary issue faced in the criminal justice system related to gender identity.
47. What are the consequences of domestic violence that impact family and children? Provide examples of services someone experiencing domestic violence would need directly related to the criminal justice system.
48. What is the FBI’s definition of a hate crime? Statistically, which form of bias is most commonly represented in identified hate crime cases in the US?