HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT #4A
Think about each of the factors listed below that has been considered to be related to crime to some degree. For each factor, ask yourself if you think that it is significant in its relationship to crime. How influential do you think it is (explain that in the second column) and then explain how you think it plays into the picture, how it is related to crime, how it might work in the process. Give a good explanation so it is clear which factors you support as more meaningful explanations of crime, under what circumstances, which crimes, for whom, under what conditions? Type your responses directly into this document, save, and submit using the Drop Box.DO NOT submit a document identical to your HA #1. If your ideas about the factors have stayed the same since you completed HA #1, explain why in the third column. If your ideas have changed, explain why in the third column. You should be tying your ideas to theories you read about in the textbook.
FACTORS RELATED TO CRIME AMOUNT AND NATURE OF INFLUENCE
(A) What theories use this factor?
(B) How do they use it? (A) How have your ideas about this factor changed? Be specific.
(B) If they have not changed, give specific reasons they have not changed.
Poverty
Mental Illness
Low Education Level
Drug /Alcohol Abuse
Family Problems (fighting, divorce, criminal history)
Greed
Unemployment and/or
Underemployment
Peer Pressure
Bad Neighborhoods
Anger or Revenge
Poor Parenting
Low Self-Control
Low Self-Esteem
Other
Other
