Using the following example below of a crime that appeared in the newspaper on 1 April 2005, answer the following 2 part question.

PART A
Apply the concept of sociological positivism by giving an overview of how sociological positivism can be used to explain the crime.
(850 words)

PART B
Use the sociological positivism perspective to provide possible explanations for and insights into the crime that you have described (around 450 words).

NOTE
You don’t need to include every single element of sociological positivism! Rather provide a broad overview then use some of the ideas to explain the crime.
Sociological Positivism includes:
Durkhiem, Merton, anomie, strain theory (in its various forms).

THIS IS THE ARTICLE
AUS: company director jailed
WMLR Newsdesk
Friday 01 April 2005
A company director has been jailed for fraud
Mr Jeffrey Lucy, Chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), today noted the sentencing of Mr John Phillip Gorcilov of West Lakes, South Australia, to five years” jail relating to fraud offences totalling over AUD8 million. The charges arose from a joint investigation by ASIC and the Major Fraud Section of the South Australia Police.
Mr Gorcilov was sentenced in the District Court of South Australia to five years” imprisonment with a non parole period of three years, after pleading guilty on 23 September 2004, to six charges.
It was alleged that between 1 December 1999 and 1 June 2000, he used a number of false names including John Tomaras, George Tomaras and John Sharpe at various banks in Adelaide. Mr Gorcilov and his father, Mr Filip Gorcilov who also used the false name of Peter Tomaras, fraudulently sought funding from these banks for transactions relating to proposed purchases of a major motel complex, shopping centre, residential premises and a luxury cabin cruiser.
It was also alleged that Mr Gorcilov used false identities and false company records, and lied about assets he and his father owned personally or through alleged off-shore companies, to obtain over AUD2.39 million from various banks and attempted to obtain over AUD6 million.
The jailing of Mr Gorcilov sends a strong message that neither ASIC nor the community will tolerate persons who act dishonestly and break the law for their personal gain”, Mr Lucy said.
People who are tempted to act fraudulently should take note of the sentence imposed on Mr Gorcilov today”, he added.
The matter was prosecuted by the South Australian Director of Public Prosecutions.
Charges jointly laid against Mr Filip Gorcilov, of Fulham Gardens, South Australia, have been withdrawn due to his present mental capacity.

Hi. Need some help on my homeworks in Criminology.

1) A codified law is known as a

A) deviant act.

B) statute.

C) theory.

D) crime.

2) According to John F. Galliher, legal definitions of criminality are arrived at through a __________ process.

A) sociological

B) psychological

C) political

D) mainstream

3) Ron Classen sees crime primarily as

A) a violation of a law.

B) problem behavior.

C) an offense against human relationships.

D) a form of social maladjustment.

4) The pluralistic perspective suggests that behaviors are typically criminalized through

A) general agreement of members of society.

B) a political process.

C) the existence of shared norms and values.

D) none of the above

5) Which of the following jobs probably would not fall within the field of criminalistics?

A) Fingerprint examiner

B) Polygraph operator

C) Forensics examiner

D) Correctional officer

6) A police officer or probation officer is best described as a

A) criminalist.

B) criminologist.

C) criminal justice professional.

D) none of the above

7) __________ definitions focus on criminology’s role in uncovering the underly-

ing causes of crime.

A) Scientific

B) Causative

C) Disciplinary

D) None of the above

8) According to various professional groups, violence in television, music, video

games, and movies

A) may lead to increased levels of violent behavior among children.

B) may lead to decreased levels of violent behavior among children.

C) may lead to emotional sensitization toward violence in real life.

D) may have no effect on levels of violent behavior among children.

9) Which of the following is not an immediate input provided by the justice system that may enhance or reduce the likelihood of criminal occurrences?

A) Police response time to a crime scene

B) The availability or lack of official assistance

C) The presence or absence of police officers

D) A prison that acts as a “crime school”

10) Which of the following is not considered a property crime by the UCR?

A) Robbery

B) Burglary

C) Arson

D) Theft

11) Which of the following is not a reason why rape victims fail to report their victimization?

A) Fear that the crime is not important enough to report

B) Fear of the perpetrator

C) Fear of participation in the criminal justice system

D) Shame

12) The category of crimes in NIBRS which corresponds most closely to the UCR Part I offenses is

A) Group A offenses

B) Part I crimes

C) NIBRS key crimes

D) None of the above

13) According to Elliott Currie, the __________ is the rate of crime calculated on the basis of crimes that would likely be committed by those who are incapacitated by the criminal justice system.

A) actual crime rate

B) criminality index

C) latent crime rate

D) clearance rate

14) The NCVS divides larceny into the categories of __________ larceny.

A) household and personal

B) grand and petty

C) violent and nonviolent

D) felony and misdemeanor

15) Which of the following is not a finding of the National Youth Survey?

A) Violent offenders begin lives of crime earlier than originally believed.

B) Females are involved in a smaller proportion of crime than previously thought.

C) There is a consistent progression from less serious to more serious acts of

delinquency over time.

D) Race differentials in crime are smaller than traditional data sources indicated.

16) The first step in any research is to

A) develop a research design.

B) choose a data collection technique.

C) review the findings.

D) identify a problem.

17) A __________ is especially valuable when aspects of the social setting are beyond the control of the researcher.

A) one-group pretest-posttest design

B) case study

C) controlled experiment

D) quasi-experimental design

18) The study of one particular criminal organization is an example of the __________ data-gathering strategy.

A) survey research

B) case study

C) participant observation

D) secondary analysis

19) The degree of dispersion of scores around the mean is known as the

A) standard deviation.

B) median.

C) correlation.

D) significance test.

20) A __________ correlation exists between sample size and the degree of confidence we can have in our results.

A) positive

B) curvilinear

C) negative

D) inverse

21) In which year was the Magna Carta signed?

A) 450 B.C.

B) 1215

C) 1066

D) 1700 B.C.

22) Which of the following was not one of the three types of crimes outlined by Beccaria?

A) Crimes that involved no victims other than society

B) Crimes that ran contrary to the social order

C) Crimes that injured citizens or their property

D) Crimes that threatened the security of the state

23) Which of the following categories of punishment might include the loss of the right to vote?

A) chronic

B) compulsive

C) indelible

D) restrictive

24) The argument that crime is not a result of poverty or social conditions and

therefore cannot be affected by social programs was made by

A) Lawrence Cohen.

B) David Fogel.

C) Ronald V. Clarke.

D) James Q. Wilson.

25) Research by __________ found that a small number of chronic recidivists were responsible for a large majority of serious violent crime.

A) Marvin Wolfgang

B) Marcus Felson

C) Jack Katz