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What is your opinion of peer court? What are the advantages and disadvantages of peer court in equitably resolving cases? What are alternatives to peer court?
Research the state/federal laws related to the victimization. How prevalent is the victimization? What resources are available for victims of the crime?
The profile should be reflective of characteristics and criteria based on profiling in the Holmes and Holmes text.
In your own words, what is "Restorative Justice" and what are its principles?
Signatures on questioned documents to exemplars of handwriting and signatures from a suspect in order to determine if the documents share common authorship.
How can this type of evidence aid an investigation and determine the source of an impression at a crime scene?
At first glance, the short articles on the Florida Everglades prison experiment and the National Institute of Justice piece on research on childhood trauma.
What is William Kelly advocating for in his chapter? When he says the "scientific case against crime control, what does he mean?
Consider the UNODC & WHO's publication on how to approach drug dependent folks who come into contact with the CJ system.
Research and discuss any case in the history of the U.S. legal system where the individual represented himself in his own criminal trial.
Trial and Error in Criminal Justice Reform, Berman and Fox examine common errors in the justice system, stressing the need to learn from failure.
We are going to examine what happens in a market when the government intervenes in the market and introduces price controls.
How did those around the victims (such as family, friends, co-workers, criminal justice system personnel) respond to the victim?
In the primary text, Siegel explores the relationship between "crime and criminology" (2015).
In Chapter 2 of the primary text, Siegel discusses the nature and extent of crime (2015).
Examines the relationship between the perceived risk of punishment and criminal behavior (Wright, Caspi, Moffit, & Paternoster, 2004).
The article "Is It Important to Examine Crime Trends at a Local ‘Micro' Level?: A Longitudinal Analysis of Street to Street Variability in Crime Trajectories".
In the required readings for this week Siegel (2015) and Losoncz & Tyson (2007) discuss Braithwaite's concept of reintegrative shaming.
In the primary text, Siegel discusses social conflict and critical criminology (2015). After reading this chapter, discuss what conflict criminology is.
A derivative of Marxist Theory, the primary focus of conflict criminology is the disparities linked to economic, social, and political affiliation.
In the primary text, Siegel discusses different forms of violent crimes; specifically, he discusses the different degrees and types of homicide (2015).
Critique a criminological theory that explains why homicides occur. Discuss ways to decrease and control homicides in the United States.
In the primary text, Siegel (2015) discusses social control theories, specifically Travis Hirschi's social bonding theory (1969).
Explain Travis Hirschi's social bonding theory. Describe the four elements of social bonding theory.
In The primary text, Siegel (2015) defines white collar crime and describes the profile of the typical white collar offender.