What is more important for future offending?
Nature vs Nurture,What is more important for future offending?
Nature vs Nurture,What is more important for future offending?
Interview 1-2 people via Skype, Facetime, or Zoom (or in-person if they are in your household) who participated in your survey. What did you find? Discuss what you have learned from your interview, in addition to your survey. Include a copy of the interview questions. (Total 2 pages, not including the questions)
Think about what follow-up questions you would like to ask your survey participants. Remember, the goal of interview method is to gain as much information as possible!! It’s also a great method to overcome some of the disadvantages of survey methods. Review some common interview questions shown in our course slides.
What are some variables of interest? What questions are you planning to ask the public? Other than Yes/No, you would need to use matrix questions, contingency questions, and open-ended questions. You should’ve explained more in-depth concerning questions/variables/attritbutes. For example, what are some variables and attributes you want to come up with for the “psychological aspect of crime”? It needs to be a bit more specific.Usually, in surveys, your participants’ responses (perceptions) are your DV because their responses are dependent on your question. Your IV should be those survey questions related to crime.
Is Violent Crime increasing in Pittsburgh?
This assignment requires you to identify a topic for your paper, write a 200-250 word abstract, followed by 5 peer-reviewed sources.
Peer reviewed sources should be from PSU library.AKA not google! This can be research, studies, etc. Back your argument with research and do not copy and paste information.
Current Policy in the Middle East
Discuss a specific current policy from one Middle Eastern country. What are the impacts of the policy within the respective country,the Middle East, and the world? How does the selected policy relate to terrorist activities? You may choose to discuss a policy that promotes or support terrorism or a policy designed to prevent terrorism.
The Evolution of Global Jihad
Discuss the evolution of global jihad since the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Provide at least three specific examples of events that occurred in the Middle East and discuss the ways these events influenced global jihad. How has each of these events contributed to the continued turmoil in the Middle East?
Summative assessment one requires you to review one of the following landmark texts in Criminology
2000 words on Beccaria, C. (1764) ‘on crimes and punishment’
Assessment Criteria:
1. Demonstrate understanding of subject matter.
2. Clear exposition in suitably structured and formal discussion.
3. Engage in critical analysis in relation to the text reviewed.
4. Correct use of Harvard referencing and adherence to academic conventions
link to book:
High Price Part Two
What many Americans, including many scientists, think they know about drugs is turning out to be totally wrong. For decades, drug war propaganda has brainwashed Americans into blaming drugs for problems ranging from crime to economic deprivation.
In High Price: A Neuroscientist’s Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society (Links to an external site.), Carl Hart explains this how? Clearly list 3 distinct examples and then go on to explain each of them.
Regardless of the option you select address the following in the conclusion of your essay:
What is actually responsible for problems often linked to drugs?Is Hart’s position to keep drugs illegal, decriminalize or legalize illicit drugs?
GEL 1.02: Demonstrate college-level communication through the composition of original materials in Standard English.
Beginning sections of a Research Proposal
This week you will draft several sections of your research proposal. This draft should be 2–4 pages in length and include a minimum of five resources (it will be used as the foundation for the entire proposal in unit 9).
Select a topic from the list.
Retrieve the research proposal template.
Resource: Research Proposal Example.
Complete the following sections for your research proposal:
Title page: Follow 6th edition APA formatting and citation style for the title page.
Introduction: present your topic, a problem statement, and some general information about your topic.
Review of Literature: Summarize at least five relevant/related research studies relating to your chosen topic.
Variables: Give a brief description of your independent variable and dependent variable.
Hypothesis: Provide the specific hypothesis statement which includes the independent and dependent variable.
References: You must include correctly-formatted APA in-text citations in the body of your proposal, and a matching reference list in appropriate APA form.
Remember the following:
Format your work consistent with 6th edition APA formatting and citation style.
The viewpoint and purpose should be clearly established and sustained.
You should follow the conventions of Standard English (correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling).
Writing should be well ordered, logical and unified, as well as original and insightful.
Final Question #2
This is a multi-part question. The total answer to this second question should contain at least 400 words and a minimum of 5 sources.Remember to list your references in Bluebook or APA format, even if your only reference is the ebook.
1. Define speech under the First Amendment.
2. Identify five types of speech that can be governmentally regulated in spite of the First Amendment.
3. Of the cases listed in Chapter 3 of the ebook on Free Speech, what case do you believe is the most significant and why?
Final Question 1
This is a multi-part question. The total answer to this first question should contain at least 400 words and a minimum of 5 sources. Please remember to list your references in Bluebook or APA format,
1. Rank the three sources of law, from highest to lowest, and explain why you ranked them in this way.
2. Why is it important to understand the sources of law in the study of criminal law?
3. What is the purpose of statutory law and the purpose of case law?
4. Explain why the author of the ebook states that case law is a “powerful source of law”. In what way is it powerful? give a specific example of the use of case law in the criminal law arena.
Final Question 3
This is a multi-part question. The total answer to this third question should contain at least 400 words and a minimum of 5 sources. Remember to list your references in Bluebook or APA format, even if your only reference is the ebook.
1. Compare the M’Naghten, irresistible impulse, and substantial capacity tests.
2. What is the difference between diminished capacity, and the insanity defense?
3. What was the defendant seeking to do the State v. Hornsby, 484 S.E.2d 869 (1997)? Was he successful?