Assignment task: Read each question carefully and write each reply in essay format. Please remember to number each question, double-space, and cite when necessary.
Q1. Discuss the underlying assumptions about human decision making adopted by Cesare Beccaria and Becker. What is the importance of these assumptions for classical theory?
Q2. Discuss some circumstances under which specific deterrence prevents crime. For instance, under what circumstances would you refrain from texting while driving?
Q3. Please explain why the criminal justice system in the United States is mainly based on rational choice theory and deterrence.
Q4. Are criminals rational decision-makers, or are most of them motivated by uncontrollable psychological and emotional drives or social forces such as poverty and despair?
Q5. Discuss the unintended consequences of the high incarceration rates.