Friday, April 18, 2008
{ 6:35 AM }
They say when reading, try to picture the scenario/situation/circumstance. The one good thing about Criminology is that you don't have to cite cases or legislation. But you do to detach from your own state of mind and place yourself in a whole different position to try envisage what exactly the theorist is trying to do, and really these theorists have too much time on their hands I think. Instead of citing cases, you need to remember names, and mind you, there's a whole list of it. And the best I can do is to imagine the theorists verbally explaning his studies to me, but I'm completely clueless on how each theorist looks like. This is the best I can come up with.
a. Matsueda: old Japanese guy, who is, weirdly enough,studying American sociology. Reminisce of Hiro Nakamura (Heroes) but 50years older.
b. Rose: English lady, prim and proper, very Helen Keller. Until I read more to find out she was actually a he.
c. Becker: Becker, the TV series on Star World. I always get a laugh out of reading Becker's theories, just because Dr. Becker is completely bull.
d. Travis Hirschi: Heavily tattoo-ed Blink 182 drummer, explaining his theory on control theories to me. Except he needs a big dose of his own self-control theories himself.
e. Kornhauser: very old mac donald. white beard, wrinkles, intense, serious stare. Turns our he is really a she. Cons of referring to them by their surname, very not gender-friendly.
f. Cohen: From th OC. I try my best to imagine Seth Cohen, eventhough realistically speaking, Sandy Cohen would suit the lecturing role a lot. Him being an attorney contributes significantly to the fact that I can imagine him ranting on and on about crime and subculture.
And to think I thought Crim was easy(er) than the rest.