Final Critical Analysis Paper
It is time for you to try out for Criminal Minds and analyze a real-life offender. For your assignment choose a real-life offender and write a paper answering the questions below in which you will present an analysis of why the offender engaged in crime according to a theoretical perspective. Your paper must include material from the textbook but also must include at least three peer-reviewed sources. You can use non-peer-reviewed sources in addition to your required sources. The paper must be a minimum of 1400 words not including the title or citation pages. Must use APA for citation.
Your paper must analyze one real-life offender.
All the questions prompts below must be answered in the analysis
Provide a brief summary of the crimes of the criminal.
In the second part of the textbook, the chapters go over different categories of crime. Which category does your offender fit into and why? Do not be vague.
Which one of the criminological theories you have learned about possibly explains the behavior of your chosen offender and why? Think of behavior as to why or how that person came to be a criminal. Break down the theory and apply it to the offender you are analyzing.
What is one policy implication from the theory that you applied to your offender, which you believe could have acted as a preventative measure to their engagement in criminal behavior?
APA requirements
Ex. The purpose of this paper is to ….
Do not use long quotes.
Break up paragraphs so that one paragraph does not go for a whole page.
**Be sure to cite authors in your paragraphs.
Ex. In conclusion, this paper presented….
No Abstract is required for this paper, a Title Page is required.
The paper must be typed & numbered.
The paper must be 1400 words not including the title or citation page.
The paper should adhere to the A.P.A format.
Do not use secondary citations (i.e., a citation that was in one of your readings, but you never actually read the original research). Do not cite by summarizing one reading, then another, then another, etc. Instead, you need to integrate the citations into your essay.
This is a scholarly paper. Avoid using “I” (or other pronouns).
The paper must include a title.
The paper must include an introduction paragraph that should grab the reader’s attention and state the thesis of the paper.
The paper must include supporting paragraphs.
The paper must include a conclusion paragraph.
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