How does crime vary internationally? Where does the United States stand with respect to crime compared with other countries of the world?
1. What is the androcentric bias in criminology, and what trends are taking place in the field to counteract it?
2. What is the issue of racial profiling? What impact has this had on rates of arrest and incarceration, and what is being done to remedy the problem?
3. How are Native Americans affected by crime, both as perpetrators and as victims? What explanations are there for this?
4. What is William Julius Wilson’s major point in The Truly Disadvantaged? What are some steps that have been proposed to remedy this problem?
5. What is the impact of the media on crime? What are some proposals for controlling media precipitation of crime?
6. What is the importance of crime typologies? How would you begin to answer the following question: “What causes crime?”
7. What role does age play in explaining crime rates?
8. What is transnational crime? What are some policy recommendations for dealing with this phenomenon?
9. What are some problems or limitations in using and interpreting international measures of crime?
10. Who is the “typical criminal”?