1(a). What fundamental issues form the focus of criminology?
1(b). Why are these issues considered fundamental?
2. Why can criminological theories be considered broad ranging?
3(a). Why have people argued that criminological theories are impossible?
3(b). How would you respond to each of these criticisms?
4. What is the definition of a theory?
5. What's the statutory definition of a crime?
6. What does lex talionis mean? Why is it an important concept for criminologists?
7. Why was feuding an unacceptable method for resolving disputes?
8. What's the difference between a shire, a tithing, and a hundred?
9. Who or what were the ecclesiastics?
10. What were the Assizes of King Henry II?
11. How does Sellin's definition of crime differ from the statutory definition of crime? How does the selection of one definition over another modify the focus of criminology?
12. What is a conduct norm? Under what circumstances do they arise?
13. Distinguish between the various methods for classifying offenders. What does the classification of a crime indicate?
14. What triggers the crime creation process?
15. According to Beccaria, what was the principle purpose of punishment?
16. According to Beccaria, what were the specific characteristics of a punishment that enhanced its effectiveness as a deterrent?
17. According to Enlightenment Philosophers, what were the basic characteristics of human nature?
18. What are the basic reasons for counting crime?
19. How is official data defined?
20. The UCR is often described as the nation's most comprehensive measure of crime. Why is this so?
21. What are the Index offenses in the UCR? Why were they selected as Index crimes?
22. What's the basic counting rule in the UCR?
23. Distinguish between the total crime index, the property crime index and the violent crime index.
24. The UCR tabulates the number of crimes known to the police. Why should these be considered a rough approximation of crime?
25. What is founding? Why is it an interactive process?