Assignment #1
Please address the requirements below in a paper of 3-4 pages. Be sure to provide support or evidence that will enhance and empirically prove your response. Academic criminal justice articles or real-life criminal justice findings that are found in journals or other academic sources must be used in supporting your answers. Please use APA format for all cited sources, including your references page.
• Describe the following sociological theories of crime:
o Social control theory
o Strain theory
o Differential association theory
o Neutralization theory
• List the basic premises of each of the theories and how they differ from one another.
• Discuss 1 strength and 1 weakness for each theory that is unique to that theory.
• If the background of the offender is relevant to the theory being used to analyze the offender, then please discuss what background factors are relevant the theory.
• Also, answer the following questions:
o Which of the 2 philosophies (classical or positivist) do you believe explains criminal behavior in a more complete manner?
o Why?
Assignment #2
Assume a law enforcement officer has probable cause to arrest a defendant for armed assault, and he also has probable cause to believe that the person is hiding in a third person's garage, which is attached to the house.
• What warrants, if any, does the officer need to enter the garage to arrest the defendant? What if the officer is in hot pursuit of the defendant? What if the defendant is known to be injured and unarmed? Provide evidence to support your answer.
• Formulate a set of circumstances in which there is probable cause to search but not probable cause to arrest or in which there is probable cause to both arrest and to search.
• Mr. A walks into a police station, drops three wristwatches on a table, and tells an officer that Mr. B robbed a local jewelry store 2 weeks ago. Mr. A will not say anything else in response to police questioning. A quick investigation reveals that the three watches were among a number of items stolen in the jewelry store robbery.
• Do the police have probable cause to do any or all of the following?
o Arrest Mr. A
o Arrest Mr. B
o Search Mr. A's home
o Search Mr. B's home
If you answered no to any of the above, explain why in detail. If you answered yes to any of them, draft the complaint or affidavit for a warrant or explain why a warrant is not needed.
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