Textbook - A Primer on Crime and Delinquency Theory, THIRD EDITION, By ROBERTY M. BOHM and BRENDA L. VOGEL
Chapter 3- Positivist Theories
Chapter 6- Macrosociological Theories
Chapter 8- Critical Theories
1) Using Chapters 3, 6 & 8 of your text and the internet, in narrative format and no less than 500 words, give a description of positivist, biological and psychological theories. Compare and contrast each.
2) What influence did Darwin have on the development of positivist theory?
3) How would biological positivists prevent crime?
4) As the training officer for your department, you are asked to give a lecture on the relationship between personality and crime. What research has been done on this relationship, and what has this research discovered?