1. Discuss the origin of rational choice theory and its central concepts.

2. Differentiate between offense-specific crimes and offender-specific crimes. Incorporate examples of each in your discussion.

3. How is violent crime the result of rational choice? Provide specific examples to support your response.

4. How is drug dealing the result of rational choice? Provide specific examples to support your response.

5. Integrate rational choice theory and the concept of situational crime prevention to explain how crime can be prevented or eliminated.

6. What factors in the justice system undermine the impact and effects of general and specific deterrence?

7. How effective are deterrence strategies for eliminating crime and chronic offenders, and why?

8. Is the death penalty an effective deterrent? Why or why not?

9. Does incapacitation as a crime control strategy actually reduce crime? Support your response by explaining why or why not.

10. How have rational choice theory and Von Hirsch's concept of just desert impacted public policy?