Deviant Careers, Identity, and Lifecourse Criminology
2. Distinguish between master and auxiliary status traits (Becker, p. 309). Which of the two most likely applies to the status of career criminal.
4. The concept of deviant career developed before that of life-course criminology. There are similarities and differences in the two approaches. How does each explain the changes in criminal behavior over the person’s life. How does each approach account for the successful exit from a deviant/criminal career?
 
Moral Panics and Risk Society
2. Distinguish between Lemert’s concepts of primary and secondary deviance, with examples (p. 359). Which of the two relates specifically to the process of deviance-labeling?
3. Identify and discuss the five criteria of moral panic according to Goode and Ben-Yehuda. Do you think moral panics contribute to long-term, lasting social change, or are they more akin to fads and fashion (quick to appear and also to fade)?