Overview
Reading Assignment 4 (Chapters 7, 8)
2 answers total, 25 points each; 2 pages each question; Saturday, June 7 at 11:55pm
Chapter 7 (The Chicago School 2: Interactionism/Labeling)
Answer any one question: 2 pages
1. Define Frank Tannenbaum’s concept of “the dramatization of evil.”
Include a discussion of tagging and societal reaction as a self-fulfilling prophecy.
2. Distinguish between Edwin Lemert’s concepts of primary and secondary deviance. Give examples.
Chapter 8 (Conflict/Radical/Marxist Theory)
Answer any one question: 2 pages
1. Discuss the work of W. E. B. Dubois as contributing to conflict criminology, especially the Philadelphia research study. Why do you think DuBois has been largely ignored by mainstream criminologists?
2. Marxist thought focuses on class conflict in capitalism as contributing to criminal labels in society. What are the two main classes in conflict according to Marx, and how does the criminal law favor one group over the other in the justice system?
Moyer, Imogene L. 2001. CRIMINOLOGICAL THEORIES: TRADITIONAL AND NONTRADITIONAL VOICES AND THEMES. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications