Overview
Reading Assignment 3
Textbook: Moyer, Imogene L. 2001. CRIMINOLOGICAL THEORIES: TRADITIONAL AND NONTRADITIONAL VOICES AND THEMES. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications
Reading Assignment 3 (Chapters 5, 6)
2 answers total, 25 points each; 2 pages each question; Saturday, June 7 at 11:55pm
Chapter 5 (The Chicago School 1: Social Disorganization and Differential Association)
Answer any one question: 2 pages
1. Choose any five (5) of the following terms or theorists and define or otherwise briefly identify the significance of each:
Edwin Sutherland Frederick Thrasher
Park and Burgess zone in transition
Shaw and McKay The Jackroller
white collar crime ecological study of delinquency
2. Discuss differential association theory, including its main contributor and its explanation of criminality. Briefly apply the perspective to the example of the professional thief.
Chapter 6 (Control Theory/Neutralization/Drift)
Answer any one question: 2 pages
1. Discuss Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic conception of the self, its three parts and its importance for an understanding of antisocial/criminal behavior.
2. List and discuss the techniques of neutralization according to Sykes and Matza. Also, how did Matza extend the techniques to include his concept of drift?
3. Detail the significance of Travis Hirschi’s concept of the social bond for an understanding of control theory. Include a discussion of the four different elements of the social bond; also, how does the bond inhibit or promote delinquency?