Discussion Questions for the week

Chapter 14 Discussion Questions SP 2017

1. As part of this major, you should have learned about ethnocentrism (at this point in the game). View the following YouTube video (even with spelling errors should clarify):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8a4o-x0rGM (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
What did you think about it? Define ethnocentrism (to refresh your memories), and identify positive and negative aspects of ethnocentrism. How might both aspects affect the way tourists visit a foreign country, the way students study comparative justice systems, or even the way an author prepares a textbook on comparative justice? What do you think? Have you ever personally encountered ethnocentrism?

2. Define TRANSNATIONAL CRIMEs and the different types of transnational crimes. Which do you believe is the most difficult to combat on an international level and why? Which crimes do you believe should take priorities (and extra funding to combat) over others? What do you think?
3. Describe some of the problems associated with conducting empirical comparative criminological research.
4. Click on the link and take the quiz: How many countries do you really know? Be completely honest. http://www.vacations.info/games/countries (Links to an external site.)
I took the quiz and got 38 out of 196 correct