Overview
Moyer, Imogene L. 2001.CRIMINOLOGICAL THEORIES: TRADITIONAL AND NONTRADITIONAL VOICES AND THEMES.Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Reading Assignment 1 (Chapters 1, 2)
2 answers total, 25 points each; 2 pages each question
Chapter 1 (The Expansion of Criminological Theory)
Answer any one question:
1. Compare and contrast the sociological (Mills) and criminological (Williams) imaginations.
2. Why do you think social science and criminological theories are less successful with prediction and focus more on description and low-level explanation?
Chapter 2 (The Classical School)
Answer any one question:
1. Fully discuss the classical school of criminology. Include the following points: the major contributors, the assumptions about society, crime, and punishment.
2. What are the primary modifications of the classical school made by neoclassical criminology?
3. Summarize the importance of Jeremy Bentham’s economic model for classical criminology. Include a discussion of the concepts utilitarianism and the pleasure/pain principle.