This ninth lesson discusses relationships between common crimes, social control, and deviance. In Deviant Behavior , Goode presents another summary of sociological research, this time on violent behavior and property crime. Note what he says about violence, incest, rape, and homicide. His point is that a great deal of violence, perhaps the majority of violence, occurs between people who know each other.
Violence usually occurs among family members, lovers, and friends.
Here are questions you should be able to answer when you have done your reading for this lesson. Do not send your answers to these questions to me. These study questions are for your use alone. In your assignment for this lesson, select a Web page that discusses a violent or nonviolent crime and compare what that Web page says to what Goode and Pontell say in their books. Submitting Your Assignment For instructions on how to send in your completed assignment, refer to the how to submit your assignments section.