You must elect to answer ONE of them, forming the basis of your assignment for this module.
1. From the Classical, to the Positivist, to the Chicago School of thought, the science of criminology has gone through various stages of evolution. What does each stage suggest in relation to criminal behaviour, how did we evolve from one to the next and what if any elements, from each school, survive in modern day approaches to crime analysis?
2. Analyse the ‘modus operandi’ of the labelling theory focusing primarily on the notion of the ‘Master Label’ in instances of crime. Are the side effects of ‘labelling’ still present in modern society and if so, what options do we have in order to break this ‘cycle of crime’?
3. Taking into consideration the notions of ‘class struggle’ and ‘deprivation’, both conventional and relative, how does Marxism relate to Conflict Theory, Radical Criminology and Contemporary Critical Criminology?
4. ‘Early criminologists and sociologists found the notion of ‘Control’ unappealing and thus were somewhat reluctant to engage in relevant research’. Explore the statement above through an analysis of the various types of control theories.
5. Revisiting ‘Classicalism’, can the dual theories of ‘Rational Choice’ and ‘Situational Action’ coexist or does the existence of one presuppose the irrelevance of another?
