In this assignments students are required to demonstrate completion of the assigned readings and materials, as well as the comprehension of the materials covered in module.
This assignment aligns with course learning objective 5 & 6.
instructions
Pick one of the Case Studies, Why Do They Do it, or Applying Theory to Crime Scenarios Presented in Chapters 3 & 4 of the Shram and Tibbetts textbook listed below and respond to the question(s) located at the end of the case study/
Applying Theory to Crime Scenario. In answering the questions, be sure to justify your response by referencing the assigned readings and materials from the module.
Case Study – The Murder of Kristen Crowley (Chapter 4, page 81)
CASE STUDY
The Murder of Kristen Crowley
Grieving family and friends of Kristen Crowley, who was viciously attacked and murdered.
AP Photo/pool/Mike Adaskaveg
In 1996, 27-year-old Kristen “Krissy” Crowley was recently married and worked for a computer company. She had honeymooned in south Florida and during that trip had stayed at the Palm Beach home of her cousin, one of the authors of this book. Unbeknown to most of her family, she had been moonlighting as an exotic dancer at private parties.
Not long after the honeymoon trip, in early June 1996, she was attacked and killed on her way home from a performance at a party. Her two assailants had seen her at the convenience store where she stopped to buy a soda.
They followed her to the entrance of her condo and dragged her into a nearby forested area. There they sexually assaulted her before bludgeoning her to death with a 48-pound rock.
Among her friends and family members, reactions to Krissy’s murder ranged from disbelief to outrage. Her parents found it very hard to believe she had a life they did not know about. Yet security footage showed her assailants seeming to plan their attack after the convenience-store clerk told them Krissy was a “stripper.” Her husband of 18 months mourned privately.
There was a raucous scene in Peabody District Court as the suspects, Timothy Dykens, 23, and John P. Keegan, 25, were about to be arraigned for murder. Several friends of the victim began shouting and cursing at the pair, with at least three men attempting to jump across a cordoned-off area to get at the suspects.
During their arraignment, the convenience-store clerk testified that he saw Keegan look at Krissy and say he “wanted a piece of that.” He then quoted Dykens as saying repeatedly, “You know what we’ve got to do.” Authorities said the suspects did not know the victim and that they had been drinking earlier in the night at the Golden Banana strip joint on Route 1. Dykens had been taken into custody a couple hours after Krissy’s murder as he walked along a road with his bloodied shirt in hand, police said. He had soon confessed and also identified the other man in the incident as Keegan.
Following a trial in October 1997, Dykens was convicted of first-degree murder and received a life sentence without possibility of parole. Keegan pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, making him eligible for parole after serving 15 years, which was denied in 2012, and he was ruled ineligible for parole for another 5 years.’ He was found dead in his prison cell in August 2013.2 Think About It
1. Had Krissy not been an “exotic dancer,” might this incident not have occurred?
How does this relate to theories presented in this chapter?
2. To what extent, if any, should offenders’ level of intoxication alleviate their legal culpability?
Format:
1. Include Name of Case Study/Why Do They Do It/Applying Theory to Crime Scenario and page number
2. Include Questions presented in Case Study/Applying Theory to Crime Scenario
3. Has a clearly delineated and marked response for each question
4. Microsoft word .doc or .docx document
5. Include Cover Page
6. minimum 200 words (excluding prompt question, title page, and reference page)
7. Times New Roman Font
8. 12 Point Font
9. 1”inch margins all around
Grammar:
1. should not contain colloquialism and contractions,
2. should be coherent
3. should be written in proper grammar,
4. include proper in text and references in APA style
