2. Do you agree or disagree that different opportunities for crime have an impact on whether a person will commit a crime or not? What other factors do you think play a role in whether an
individual commits a crime?
3.
Do you agree or disagree with Howard Becker that negative labels can have an impact on
crime? Why?
4. Using some of the insights from environmental criminology, do you think your neighborhood is
likely to have high or low rates of crime? Why? Give specific examples in your answer
5. Why do you think former offenders have a hard time fitting back in to society? What
consequences can this have on the individuals and on society?

How do the authors differ in the way they present the war in "facing it" and "ambush"?

Read the excerpt from act ii, scene v of romeo and juliet. friar laurence: these violent delights have violent ends, and in their triumph die, like fire and powder, which, as they kiss consume: the sweetest honey is loathsome in his own deliciousness and in the taste confounds the appetite: 15 therefore love moderately; long love doth so; too swift arrives as tardy as too slow. friar laurence is motivated to offer this warning because he knows that something bad will certainly happen to the lovers. feels that romeo is acting foolishly and should not get married. enjoys giving advice because he is wise and can others. wants to caution romeo about the consequences of his actions.

Discuss how social status may align with historical criticism.