What are the two shortcomings of integrated theory? In your opinion, how does one overcome these shortcomings?
What will be an ideal response?
First, it assumes that criminological knowledge will grow most quickly by trying to bring theories together rather than by having competing perspectives battle it out for explanatory supremacy. Such battles force scholars to sharpen their arguments and to search for innovative ways of showing that their models are more able to account for criminal involvement. Second, integration can lead to sloppy theorizing in which scholars pick a variable they like from one theory, and then a variable they like from another theory, and so on--much like going through a cafeteria line or buffet. The result may be a tray full of ideas that “taste good” but that do not really combine into a “well-balanced meal.”
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a. Equity. b. Reciprocity. c. Mediation. d. Rehabilitation.
The least frequently used criminal sanction in the United States is _____________.
A. death B. incarceration C. intermediate sanctions D. probation
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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
A security supervisor reports directly to the ________ in the prison
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).