Short Answer Questions
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.
Then,
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)
