Capital Punishment

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Prior to beginning this journal, read Should the Death Penalty be Legal?Links to an external site. from ProCon.org.

Prepare a one-page (250 words) journal detailing your position for or against capital punishment and why. You can use independent, additional research to support your views. Detail at least three reasons you are for or against capital punishment. For guidance, refer to the Writing Center’s APA StyleLinks to an external site. resource.

Dissertation Chapter 2

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Criminological Theory and Crime Causation Presentation

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Prior to beginning work on this presentation, read Chapters 10 and 13 in your textbook and any additional sources that pertain to theories you will cover in your Criminological Theory and Crime Causation Presentation.

For this project, you will prepare a narrated PowerPoint presentation. Please read carefully the elements listed in this section that are required for your presentation. In addition, please review the assignment rubric carefully.

You will prepare your presentation from the perspective that you are teaching others about your chosen criminological theory and how it applies to a real criminal case that you choose.

In your presentation,

  • Evaluate the overall importance of criminological theory as it relates to understanding the causes of crime in general.
  • Assess the role (briefly) of all three criminology schools (classical, sociological/environmental, and biological) in explaining the causes of criminal behavior.
  • Analyze one theory from the classical school of criminology.
    • Examine this theory in detail, including the specific terminology associated with the theory.
    • Identify the theorist responsible for coining the theory and the year they created it.
    • Analyze a real-world case that illustrates the theory.
    • Evaluate why the theory applies to the case.
  • Analyze one theory from the sociological/environmental school of criminology.
    • Examine this theory in detail, including the specific terminology associated with the theory.
    • Identify the theorist responsible for coining the theory and the year they created it.
    • Analyze a real-world case that illustrates the theory.
    • Evaluate why the theory applies to the case.
  • Analyze one theory from the biological school of criminology.
    • Examine this theory in detail, including the specific terminology associated with the theory.
    • Identify the theorist responsible for coining the theory and the year they created it.
    • Analyze a real-world case that illustrates the theory.
    • Evaluate why the theory applies to the case.
  • Appraise one theory that resonates with you the most regarding explaining the cause of crime/criminal behavior.

Assignments

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Social Inequality and Conflict Criminology

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Prior to beginning this journal, review Chapters 8 and 9 in the textbook and watch the film Ferguson RisesLinks to an external site..

Examine the nature of social inequality and how conflict criminological theory explains why this may have led to civil unrest in Ferguson, Missouri after the 2014 shooting death of Michael Brown.

Your journal should be at least 750 words. In your journal, reflect on the following:

  • Evaluate factors relevant to social inequality in Ferguson, Missouri at the time of Michael Brown’s death.
  • Determine how social inequality may have contributed to civil unrest after a white police officer shot Michael Brown.
  • Apply conflict theory to explain the aftermath of the Michael Brown case.
  • Assess whether you believe conflict theory and/or critical criminological theory offer insight into effectively reducing social inequality as a cause of criminal behavior. Cite examples from your readings and the film that support your analysis.