Imagine you are a forensic psychologist, Would you tend to subscribe

WEEKLY NOTES

4-1 (150 words and 1 reference)

Imagine you are a forensic psychologist. Would you tend to subscribe to social structure theory or social process theory more than the other? Explain why.

4-2 (150 words and 1 reference)

Explain which element of Hirschi’s social bond do you feel you have the lowest levels of? Which do you feel you have the highest levels of?

5-1 (150 words and 1 reference)

What would contribute to someone continuing crime into their adulthood and why would some stop after their adolescence?

5-2 (150 words and 1 reference)

Imagine you are a forensic psychologist. Would you tend to subscribe to developmental theory or critical criminology more than the other? Explain why or why not.

6-1 (150 words and 1 reference)

Look up sentencing guidelines for a crime of Arizona. What is your reaction to the guidelines? Are they fair? How would you change them if you could?

6-2 (150 words and 1 reference)

Use the most current FBI Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) data to look up patterns and trends of property crimes and violent crimes in your state. What does the data tell you about the trends? Why might the trends be going the way they are?

7-1 (150 words and 1 reference)

Have the patterns and trends in Organized Crime, White Collar Crime, and Political Crime been changing in recent years? Has there been any legislation made relative to these crimes that may have affected the patterns and trends?

7-2 (150 words and 1 reference)

When thinking about Organized Crime, White Collar Crime, and Political Crime, which one do you feel is most serious? Which one makes you the most upset when you hear about it happening in the news? Why?

8-1 (150 words and 1 reference)

Which cybercrimes do you feel are most important to guard against? Why? What cybercrimes do you feel will become more prevalent in the future?

8-2 (150 words and 1 reference)

How does jurisdiction play into cybercrimes? Should all cybercrimes be federal crimes? How might local cybercrimes increase in the future?