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Evaluating Criminological Theories - Criminological Theory - Assignment, Exercises of Criminology

This lecture is from Criminological Theory. Major points are Social Learning Theory, Personality, Rational Choice Theory etc. Key important points are: Evaluating Criminological Theories, Parsimony, Scope, Tautological, Reasoning, Type, Reasoning, Good or Bad, Already Falsifiable, Logical

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Assignment #1 Evaluating Criminological Theories
1. Explain parsimony and scope.
2. What does “tautological reasoning” mean? Is this type of reasoning good or bad?
3. Assuming that a theory is already falsifiable and logical, what is the next most
important criteria for evaluation? Why?
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Assignment #1 Evaluating Criminological Theories

  1. Explain parsimony and scope.
  2. What does “tautological reasoning” mean? Is this type of reasoning good or bad?
  3. Assuming that a theory is already falsifiable and logical, what is the next most important criteria for evaluation? Why?

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