Instruction
Course Project:
To complete this particular assignment, each student will need to select a specific offender. The selected offender can be a current or historical figure. The more information you have on the offender, the better your assignment will be. Each student will research the background of the selected offender and apply a criminological theory to explain the subject’s criminality. Based on the chosen criminological theory, you will then develop two crime prevention, control, or treatment efforts that could be applied to the offender and others similarly situated. Students’ research and theoretical applications will be submitted as a paper.
Course Project Guidelines–required
Your Course Project must be typewritten, using 1½ line spacing, between 5-10 pages in length plus references/bibliography. Every paper must have a cover page and formatted/referenced according to the American Psychological Association Writing Guidelines. Ensure that your work conforms to proper use of grammar, spelling and sentence structure. All Course Projects will be submitted through the appropriate Turnitin link available on Blackboard. Be advised that this program provides information on unlisted sources, and similarity scores (double submission) among other features of the system. That means you must list all sources used, and check your work properly before final submission. Also, this Paper must be new—not merely a version of some previously written Paper and not a Paper written for another class. (Trying to do that may result in getting an “F.”)
The similarity index for your Course Project and each Reflection Assignment must not exceed10%.
Be sure to cite all the sources of quotes and other materials that you borrow, so as to avoid plagiarism (and the consequent danger of getting an “F” for the class and even potentially being dismissed from the Program).