EACH of the following are worth: up to 20 points DUE NLT 5 March Length: 800 to 1,000 words Remember: At this stage, your answers MUST reflect ALL source (text, lecture, webboard, and other Net sources). 1. Select any THREE of the following theories and compare and contrast completely and thoroughly (answer MUST include summary of the theory, the major premises, the policy applications, and strengths and weaknesses): PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORIES BIOLOGICAL THEORIES ANOMIE THEORY SOCIAL DISORGANIZATION CLASSICAL/NEO-CLASSICAL THEORIES NEUTRALIZATION THEORY "CRITICAL" THEORIES LABELING THEORY FEMINIST THEORIES 2. Select any two theories from the above list and FULLY EXPLAIN their social and historical roots. 3. Select any three theories from the above list and apply them to explain this incident 4. Which theory is the most politically radical we have discussed? Which the most conservative? 5. How do conceptions of childhood shape our theories of delinquency? 6. Fully explain, using examples of various theories, how feminist theory differs from any two of the theories in question #1 above.
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