Question 1. 1. (TCOs 8 & 9) Why do acts of anti-Semitism occur? (Points : 10)
Question 2. 2. (TCOs 4, 5, 6, and 10) Why do contemporary attitudes towards undocumented immigration illustrate moral panic? (Points : 10)
Question 3. 3. (TCOs 1 & 3) A paradox exists between victims of crime and the justice worker relationship. Explain how such a paradox can exist. (Points : 10)
Question 4. 4. (TCOs 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 and 10) What is a teen court? Describe the strengths and weaknesses of this method of dispute resolution for juveniles. (Points : 10)
Question 5. 5. (TCO 2, 4 and 5) Of all the groups of people discussed in the text and the course, one group has had a historical experience unique from those other groups. Who are these people and why do they have a unique claim? (Points : 10)
Essay Questions
Question 1. 1. (TCOs 8 & 9) According to the authors, regarding youth crime and justice in a changing society, special populations or emerging issues have arisen with juveniles. Identify two of these populations or issues and explain what makes these distinct from the broader issues facing juveniles who have gotten involved with the criminal justice process. (Points : 40)
Question 2. 2. (TCOs 4, 5, 6, and 10) Part of the force that underlies moral panic involves the threat that a population, such as illegal immigrants, might pose. What are at least three types of threats that make up moral panic and explain how illegal immigrants currently seem like the population that poses such threats to contemporary American society. (Points : 40)
Question 3. 3. (TCOs 1 & 3)
1: Describe three ways in which crime victim empowerment takes place; then, pick one and make the case that this is the most effective way of producing crime victim empowerment.
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2: Describe three ways in which criminal justice worker empowerment takes place; then, pick one and make the case that this is the most effective way of producing criminal justice worker empowerment. (Points : 40)
Question 4. 4. (TCO 4 & 5) Name and describe the two general theories which explain Latino patterns of criminality. Why do both of those theories failed to explain the causes for Latino criminality? (Points : 40)
Question 5. 5. (TCOs 6, 7, and 8) How do crimes committed by the elderly compare with those committed by other age groups? When it comes to crimes committed by the elderly, name and describe at least three classes of specific crimes and talk about why the elderly would commit them. (Points : 40)
