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A moral panic is often an irrational fear of a certain group of people that leads to increased social control of the group via some type of crime policy.

Biosocial criminologists argue that certain genes cause criminal behavior. 

Essay Question #1: Describe the patterns of crime and explain why they exist using crime theories. To do this, you should explain the patterns associated with the typical offender (i.e. gender, age, race, socioeconomic status, location, etc.). Next, connect the theory “umbrellas” to each pattern (please note that I am looking for you to apply theory “umbrellas” in this question, not necessarily specific theories – see the Podcast/Ch. 5 PowerPoint for assistance).*Hint: You can use different theories to explain different characteristics/patterns.

The media is the gatekeeper to the information about moral panics, as they determine how they organize and present the ideas to the public. 

While many believe that criminals actively select to engage in crime, research indicates that most criminals do not consider the consequences of their actions; thus, there is little support for choice theories.

A problematic issue of moral panics is that the hysteria frequently leads to unnecessary and overly punitive policies.

Short Answer Question: This question is simply to gauge what else you have learned and can take away from this class, so the question is simple: What is something else that you have learned over the first half of this class that I have not already asked you about in the other questions? Answer this by explaining the substantive knowledge that you gained. Be detailed and specific with your response to this question (you MUST use specific information, numbers, definitions, etc. as needed – make sure to truly show me that you’ve learned the material!).

According to Wolfgang’s concept of the “chronic offender”, there is only a small 6% of the population that is responsible for the vast majority of crime that occurs and these offenders tend to continue their criminal behavior throughout their life.

Can you take this quiz? 

Given the following programs (assume no syntax error), what is displayed/printed?  #include int main() {    int b = 5;    switch (b) {        case 1 … 3:            b = b + 10;              break;        case 4 … 6:            b = b * 2 – 1;           default:            b = b / 2 + 4;              break;    }    printf(“b = %d\n”, b);    return 0;}