Short-answer responses: Choose 4 of the following questions and respond with information from the text. You may also use outside sources as well. If you use outside sources, please cite them. Your responses should be at least half a page in length, meaning the entirety of your responses should total at least 2 pages. Compare and contrast mala in se crimes with mala prohibita crimes. What are the key differences between these two types of crimes? Be sure to provide specific examples of each type of crime. Explain the concept of legitimacy in the context of the social contract. Why is legitimacy important for criminal justice agencies? Describe specific ways that criminal justice agencies can maintain their legitimacy. Select and describe three of the six concepts of law. Then, compare and contrast these three concepts of law with at least three different philosophical perspectives. Finally, identify and briefly discuss which philosophical perspective appears to be the most insightful and which appears to be the least insightful. Discuss socialization. What is it? What are the different types of socialization? How does socialization relate to deviant behavior? Describe two historical perspectives on criminology. Discuss whether these theories are still believed by most criminologists. Suppose that a criminal brutally attacked an elderly lady, mugged her, and left her severely injured in her house. A few days later, the offender was arrested after bragging of his crime to some friends. It is your job to take a restorative justice approach to dealing with this crime. Discuss in detail how you would go about applying restorative justice in this scenario. Compare and contrast the criminal justice system and the civil justice system Discuss in detail habeas corpus , bills of attainder, ex post facto laws, trial by jury, and trial for treason. Discuss how these are protected by the U.S. Constitution and how these rights were expanded on. What are the common elements of modern criminal law? Provide a detailed explanation of these and how they converge to define criminal law Discuss the limitations on criminal punishment. Be sure to provide a detailed explanation of the three philosophical principles that limit punishment under criminal law. Provide an example of each. Which of these three principles do you think is the most important? Why? .

1. Short-answer responses: Choose 4 of the following questions
and respond with information from the text. You may also use
outside sources as well. If you use outside sources, please cite
them. Your responses should be at least half a page in length,
meaning the entirety of your responses should total at least 2
pages.
Compare and contrast
mala in se
crimes with
mala prohibita
crimes. What are the key differences between these two types
of crimes? Be sure to provide specific examples of each type of
crime.
Explain the concept of legitimacy in the context of the social
contract. Why is legitimacy important for criminal justice
agencies? Describe specific ways that criminal justice agencies
can maintain their legitimacy.
Select and describe three of the six concepts of law. Then,
compare and contrast these three concepts of law with at least
three different philosophical perspectives. Finally, identify and
briefly discuss which philosophical perspective appears to be
the most insightful and which appears to be the least insightful.
Discuss socialization. What is it? What are the different types
of socialization? How does socialization relate to deviant
behavior?
Describe two historical perspectives on criminology. Discuss
whether these theories are still believed by most criminologists.
Suppose that a criminal brutally attacked an elderly lady,

2. mugged her, and left her severely injured in her house. A few
days later, the offender was arrested after bragging of his crime
to some friends. It is your job to take a restorative justice
approach to dealing with this crime. Discuss in detail how you
would go about applying restorative justice in this scenario.
Compare and contrast the criminal justice system and the civil
justice system
Discuss in detail
habeas corpus
, bills of attainder,
ex post facto
laws, trial by jury, and trial for treason. Discuss how these are
protected by the U.S. Constitution and how these rights were
expanded on.
What are the common elements of modern criminal law?
Provide a detailed explanation of these and how they converge
to define criminal law
Discuss the limitations on criminal punishment. Be sure to
provide a detailed explanation of the three philosophical
principles that limit punishment under criminal law. Provide an
example of each. Which of these three principles do you think is
the most important? Why?