Criminology : November 7

[drgrissom.livejournal.com]

Grissom greets each student as they arrive, and asks for them to pass in their midterm. He hands out Holiday Revelry and Legal Control of Fireworks: A Study of Neutralization in Two Normative Contexts by Timothy Buzzell for students to read and review in class.

Discussion: In the paper above, a study is done surrounding the use of fireworks to support the theory that that holidays create "circumstances" of "periodic anomie" in which adherence to the law may be suspended by otherwise conventional persons. Why do you believe this is so?


Homework: Read this chapter on the Psychatric Aspects of Rick Assessment in preparation for Thursday's discussion.

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Pass in Midterm

[drgrissom.livejournal.com]

The Essay: In our second class (http://www.livejournal.com/community/fandomhigh/85645.html), you each ranked types of crime from the worst type of crime to the least. Would you still rank them in the same way? Why or why not? Please use your fellow students' thoughts, and outside opinions in your work.

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[maias-notebook.livejournal.com]

Maia comes, hands in the midterm and sits quietly at the back of room.



((OOC: do i have to like actually do something or is that good because the MUN is really not ok with FH at the moment))

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[maias-notebook.livejournal.com]

((if i was not so damn pissed right now you know Maia would as she usually does do everything asked of her in Grissoms class and outside as well ))

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[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

John passes in his well researched, thought out midterm.

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[chasingangela]

Angela hands in her midterm. She has substantially reordered her list, placing crimes against the state and the administration of justice fourth and fifth and pushing all others down. In her essay, she writes that the class had made her more aware of the importance of the legal structure.

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[drgrissom.livejournal.com]

Grissom nods, skimming her paper when she turns it in and giving her a small smile as she takes her seat.

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[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

Cameron hands in his paper. He seems to have kept the order from his first assignment, but he draws extra attention to how crimes against the state and against persons can be considered as important. He also further develops his point at how complex the system is and how each crime needs to be evaluated seperately.