Class Assignments Assignment # 1Imagine that a person could commit a crime and not be punished--that he or she got a "free" crime. Do you think that most people would commit such a crime? What else, besides punishment, might hold a person back from committing a crime? If you thought about committing a crime, what might hold you back, aside from punishment? Assignment # 2As you are aware from other social science courses, there has long been a debate about nature vs. nurture, heredity vs. environment. With respect to criminal behavior, what roledo you think heredity might play, and what role might environment play? If you had to assign percentages to the role of (1) heredity and (2) environment with respect to criminalbehavior, what percentages would you assign to each?Assignment # 3As you now know, crime is much more common among young people, and then tapers off with age. Not many criminals continue to commit crimes until their forties and fifties. What implications does this have for long prison sentences? Or for "three strikes and you're out" laws? (These laws are ones in which you get a life sentence, no parole, for a third felony conviction). Assignment # 4Read the section on social control theory. If we use it as an explanation for crime, what should we be doing to stop delinquency?Assignment # 5How might poverty be related to crime? Assignment # 6Do you think the "American Dream" places stresses on people? Assignment # 7Which parts of Marxian theory do you (1) agree with; and (2) disagree with, and whyAssignment # 8The United States has taken a "get tough" policy toward drug use in the United States. Prison populations have risen dramatically as a result. The federal prison population has tripled. You have read in this course about deterrence, punishment, and in your latest unit, about drugs and crime. Apply this knowledge in commenting about our current policy. Assignment # 9Read the material on television and crime. Should TV and movies be censored for violent content?Assignment # 10Different cultures have very different crime rates. What cultural factors do you think could account for these