Chapter 4 Homework Questions
(write one-half page to one page double-spaced on each question)
1. Discuss the ideas presented by Shaw and McKay of concentric circles and how they are related to concentrations of juvenile delinquency.
2. What are the “techniques of neutralization” and how do delinquents use them to justify their behavior.
3. Explain Albert K. Cohen’s theory of delinquent subcultures.
4. Explain all nine points of Edwin Sutherland’s theory of differential association.
5. Discuss labeling theory and the effects of labeling on juveniles. Include the terms primary and secondary deviance AND dramatization of evil in your answer.
