1. What is the importance of the Gluecks' research? How do you see this work still having an impact today? Why do you think Sutherland attacked the Gluecks' research?How does the multifactor approach taken by the Gluecks differ from the research of the traditional criminologists? What are the advantages and disadvantages of this multifactor approach? What kind of policy would embody this approach?
2. Why are most sociological theories of crime implicitly continuity theories? How do individual trait theories explain crime? Why are they theories of continuity? How do you prevent crime, according to individual trait theories? That is, discuss a policy that would prevent crime, if this is the cause.