- In your chapter, Emile Durkheim looked at the
social structure and its institutions for a reason why someone would decide
to become a criminal.
Internet Exercise: Go to the website
(www.durkheim.itgo.com/crime.html)
and summarize the information that lead to Durkheim reaching these particular
conclusions regarding crime causation.
- Cesare Lombroso held various beliefs regarding
crime and criminality as mentioned in your text.
Internet Exercise: Go to the website
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cesare_Lombroso)
and provide some background as to who Lombroso was, and what he based his
research on.
- Isaac Ray is recognized as America's first forensic
psychiatrist.
Internet Exercise: Go to the website
(www.criminology.fsu.edu/crimtheory/2002/rayfinaldraft.doc)
and find out what time period his research covered, and what information he
was able to provide to the Criminology community of his time.
- A criminologist by the name of Tarde wrote research
about the "Laws of Imitation".
Internet Exercise: Go to the website
(www.criminology.fsu.edu/crimtheory/tarde.htm)
and determine what the "Laws of Imitation" were. Also, summarize
Tarde's work as a criminologist.
- Internet Exercise: Go to the crimetheory.com web site, with the subtopic "bibliography of theoretical criminology" (www.crimetheory.com/Reading/further.htm)
- According to this web site, what are the major schools of thought in criminology?
- Based upon the contents of this web site, briefly characterize each of these major schools.
- Internet Exercise: Go to (www.crimetheory.com/ClasPos/onc&p.htm)
- Summarize Cesare Beccaria's argument in On Crimes and Punishments
