Discuss the various weaknesses attributed to the Uniform Crime Reporting Program as a measure of crime. Include how some of the principal findings of victimization surveys help to provide a fuller understanding of the ?crime picture.?
Identify and describe the key aspects of the social disorganization theory of delinquency, as presented by Shaw and McKay. Provide examples, as needed.

Identity / discuss the key elements of Merton?s theory of anomie/strain/modes of adaptation, to include its relationship to Cloward and Ohlin’s opportunity theory. Provide examples, as needed.

List the seven propositions of differential association. Provide examples, as needed, to illustrate how differential association theory explains delinquent behavior.

Discuss the process of labeling theory as it relates to delinquency. Be sure to include the sequence stages of interaction as defined by Lemert. Provide examples, as needed.

Explain symbolic interactionist theory and include Matsueda’s four features of the self and delinquent behavior. Provide examples, as needed.

Identify the 3 basic groups of conflict criminologists and describe the differences between them

What are the strengths of the symbolic interactionist theory of delinquency? Provide at least one example of a social program (real, or proposed) that utilizes insights from symbolic interactionism to reduce juvenile delinquency.

Discuss the four propositions on the feminist theory of delinquency as advocated by Chesney- Lind. Provide an example of a specific social policy/legal change that you think would be endorsed by feminist justice scholars as being likely to either reduce juvenile offending (gender- specific, or otherwise) and/or reduce juvenile recidivism.

Answer any THREE (3) of the following questions in the form of an essay.