1. Based on the Theories of crime that are explained in this week's reading, Which one do you feel makes the most valid explanation of criminal behavior? Please comment and counter respond to your fellow classmates on this issue. Site the book on which you choose and why?

Chapter 7

1. Do negative labels cause crime? Or do people who commit crime become negatively labeled? That is, are labels a cause of crime or a result?

2. Once weakened, can a person's bonds to society become reattached? What social processes might help reattachment?

Chapter 8

1. Define the concept of social conflict and how it shapes behavior.

2. How would a conservative reply to a call for more restorative justice? How would a restorative justice advocate respond to a conservative call for more prisons?

Chapter 9

1. Discuss the history of developmental theory.

2. List the basic principles of the General Theory of Crime.

BOOK REFERENCE: Criminology: Theories, Patterns and Typologies, 13th Edition

NOTE: please answer each question thoroughly