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Hey may you please help with these criminology questions?:

1. Compare and contrast theories rooted in the classical school and theories rooted in the positivist school. What unique contribution did each school have on criminological thought and practice?

2. What led to the Chicago School and how did it impact criminology? In what ways was the Chicago School revolutionary? Choose one theorist associated with the Chicago School tradition and discuss his/her contributions.

3. Applying either anomie OR critical theories, explain how macro-level forces might contribute to crime in the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic specifically. Identify the key arguments of the theory and discuss how the theory might explain a rise in crime from March 2020-today.

4. Choose the criminological theory that you think best explains mass incarceration and the punitive era that began the 1970s. Fully explain your answer.