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Scr 105: Crime And Society Question Paper

Scr 105: Crime And Society

Course:Crime And Society

Institution: Masinde Muliro University Of Science And Technology question papers

Exam Year:2014

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

Answer any Four Questions

TIME: 3 HOURS

MMUST observe ZERO tolerance to examination cheating.

1.a) Explain the concepts of the sociology imagination and highlight its significance in criminology (7.5mks)

b)Show the criticisms that have been advanced against the legalistics defination of crime (10mks)

2. "The risk society is a society of "fate" as a class divisions have been overridden by the similarity od destinies that we all share".Discuss this asssertion with reference to the Kenyan situation today (17.5mks)

3.Outline the advantages and disadvantages of increasing victim participation at different stages of the criminal justice process and show how its implications for procedural,substantive and negotiated justice (17.5mks)

4.Explain the challenges posed by cybercrime to traditional criminological scholarship (17.
5mks)

5.Define the key features of globalization and show how the shape the global criminal economy (17.5mks)

6.Herman and Julia (1979/1975) argued that criminologists should not confine their attention to crime as defined by the criminal law enacted by nation -states.Instead, they should become the defenders of human rights rather than guardians of social control imposed by the criminal law.Define the state crimes and show its manifestations in contemporary society. (17.5mks)

SCR 105: CRIME AND SOCIETY

Scr 105: Crime And Society Question Paper

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