Category: Criminology

Choose any of the various Organized Crime activities that we covered in lecture this week. Now locate a recent Canadian news story that highlights OC involvement in this particular activity. Post the link, briefly summarize the activity and determine to the best of your ability whether it is:
Organized or Disorganized?
Consensual or Predatory (or somewhere between)?
A Revenue-Generating or Tactical Support Crime?
A Good or a Service (if applicable)?
Legal or Illegal (or somewhere between)?
What OC group was involved and how similar was their involvement in this activity to other OC groups?

Please watch the short documentary below on a sexual assault victim and the subsequent aftermath of the assault. Afterward, please write a short paper (4-6 double-spaced pages) in which you respond to the following, using evidence from the film and course materials. 
Summarize the incident that occurred at the sleep-over. How did the police respond? Why?
Summarize the recurrent victimization that Rehtaeh endured. What typology of recurring victimization best describes this and why?  Discuss any risk factors that may have enhanced the likelihood of being Rehtaeh being re-victimized.
Summarize the physical, psychological, and behavioral consequences of the victimization as experienced by Rehtaeh.
Was there any evidence of vicarious victimization? Why or why not?
Why did the criminal justice system get involved in the case? Do you think the charges matched the seriousness of what had occurred? Why or why not? 
Assignment 2 Documentary link –  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXbma6bmc24

There continues to be debate over the causes of violent crime within the United States. In this essay, explain the causes of violent crime in the United States using one of the theories discussed in class this week (Ch. 8 – 10). Discuss the foundations of the theory and why this theoretical explanation is the most useful for understanding violent crime in the United States. Include at least two peer-reviewed articles to defend your position and selected theoretical framework. These peer-reviewed articles can be related to local, regional, or national issues and you must cite your selected articles throughout your essay. You are encouraged to directly cite your course readings in your essay to strengthen your position as well.
Essay 3 is required to be 2-3 pages. Your essay must be formatted in Times New Roman font (size 12) and double-spaced. You are required to use APA citations throughout. Your works cited page is not included in your 2-3 page count.
Grading Rubric
Clear discussion of one selected theoretical framework from Week 3 (5 points)
Use selected theory to explain causes of violent crime in the United States (8 points)
Use of two peer-reviewed articles to support your position. (5 points) 
Present an organized, structurally sound, and grammatically correct essay (2 points)

Applying the principles of crime scene management, interviewing, interrogation, and follow-up investigation to the Bakersfield Three case.

Write a critical response paper on the islamic criminal Justice system/ sharia law
Based on this reading and one more

For this week’s discussion question, in addition to the assigned readings, scan the Insider Threat Mitigation Guidance pdf available in course “Content” for Week 6.
We consider the insider threat case involving U.S. Army Private First Class Bradley Manning, the intelligence analyst convicted of disclosing thousands of secret documents and sentenced to 35 years in prison.
View the PBS FRONTLINE video online at the following website:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/wikileaks/
In your first posting:
Based upon  documentary film, note the threats, vulnerabilities, and risk assessment (information compromised) and provide your theory about how the military intelligence system failed to prevent and detect Bradley Manning’s breach of security?   Your discussion should include comments on such areas as vulnerabilities, policies, and procedures.
Provide your suggestions for control recommendations with risk mitigation options and strategies to assure such a security breach is prevented.

In the syllabus you will see there is a presentation due at the end of this course. I am allowing some flexibility with what this can look like. If you have already selected a topic and started a powerpoint, you may move forward with that. The assignment calls for a minimum of 10 slides with information on a topic of your choice that is related to Deaf Culture, ASL or the medical advancements in the field of hearing loss. I will allow 2 alternative methods for this assignment.

Title Page (Must be in APA format)
Abstract: The abstract is (a one paragraph) summary of your proposal. An effective summary states:
The problem that needs to be addressed.
The Research Question(s) you are asking to address this problem.
Briefly specifies the objectives and methods of the project.
Introduction (1 page)
The introduction to your paper should explain your research so that a person who has never taken research methods can understand your paper. You should explain the problem you are addressing, the purpose of your research, and why the research is important (i.e. how will you address the problem).
Literature Review (3 pages)
This is based on your annotated bibliography (Step 2), but needs to be reformatted into a narrative. The literature explains to the reader research already conducted in your area. The literature review should be selective and critical. Discussions of work done by others should therefore lead the reader to a clear impression of how you will be building upon what has already been done and how your work differs from theirs. Make sure to use in-text citations when citing other research – using APA style formatting.
In some cases, you may include a theoretical framework (i.e., think of your criminology/sociology courses focused on theory). If that is the case, explain what theory/theories you will use in your study.
Methods (3 pages)
This is based on your methods breakdown (Step 3), but needs to be reformatted into a narrative. This section is the heart of the proposal and should be detailed and specific. Begin this section with a discussion of your research question(s) and hypotheses (if you have them). Then you will outline your sampling method, data collection methods and data analysis method. You may also include references to other studies that have conducted similar research, and how you would model some of their research methods.
Be sure to explain how your data and methods will address the research questions.
Grading Rubric (out of 20 points)
3 Points – Include proper APA formatting of the overall RP and the in-text citations/references.
3 Points – Include a well-stated Introduction and the RQ(s).
5 Points – Include a well-written Literature Review that illustrates previous research in your area of inquiry.
6 Points – Include a well-written Methods Breakdown that touches upon all the elements required for conducting a strong study.
3 – Identify Ethical Considerations you may encounter in your research.

Describe the association between social structure and crime. Differentiate between the various elements of ecological theory. Discuss the different forms of cultural deviance theory. Do these criminological theories complement or contrast the trait theories discussed in chapter 5? Why?

you can pick any topic but it has to 5 sources that answers all questions from what I sent you follow it to the T please