Assignment:
Reading the chapters:
1. Criminal Justice Today
2. The Crime Picture: Theories and Trends
3. Inside Criminal Law
• Each of your answers should be written using your own words. Do not copy and paste from your textbook or an Internet source. Simply copying from the book word-for-word. Ensure you cite your work and add reference(s) at the end of your journal. This assignment is designed to see if you are reading and understanding the material from your textbook and learning modules, so these should be the sources you are citing in your work. You should not need to do research from additional resources unless the question specifically asks you to do so; you should not be Googling the answers for these questions.
1. What components make up the criminal justice system and what are the goals of this system?
2. Compare/Contrast the different categories of crime including: public order crimes, violent crimes, property crimes, white-collar crimes and organized crime.
3. Discuss the court's role in the criminal justice system and how the court uses its discretion in its role.
4. Discuss the Strain theory and the concept of anomie and how these concepts help form the social conflict theories of crime.
5. Explain the rational choice theory of crime. Be sure to include a real-world example in your answer.