Provide a 750-1,000 word essay on
3. What do you think is the most pressing issue to address in criminology and criminal justice and why?
Category: Law : Criminology
The two readings are attached at the bottom to help with the assignment and the instructions are attached as well
1. List the six major historical events that Davis and Gurr identified as the roots of America’s culture of violence, as discussed in the lecture.
2. Multicide
3. Serial murder
4. Mass murder
5. Spree murder
6. List, and briefly define, the typologies of serial murderers identified
by Holmes and DeBurger, as discussed in the lecture.
7. Organized serial killer
8. Disorganized serial killer
9. List, and briefly define, the types of victims identified by Mendelson,
as discussed in the lecture.
10. Culturally violent offender
11. Criminally violent offender
12. Situationally violent offender
13. Assault
14. Battery
15. Forcible rape
16. Statutory rape
17. Murder
18. First-degree murder
19. Malice aforethought
20. Premeditation
21. Second-degree murder
22. Felony murder doctrine
23. List, and briefly define, the three characteristics of voluntary
manslaughter as discussed in the lecture.
24. Involuntary manslaughter
25. Define and describe any two of the following as discussed in the
lecture: workplace violence, school violence, school shooters, guns, stalking, kidnapping.
26. List, and briefly define, each of the three main types of rape as discussed in the lecture.
27. List, and briefly define, each of the four main types of rapists as discussed in the lecture.
28. List, and briefly define, the different types of domestic violence as discussed in the lecture.
29. Culture of violence
30. Subculture of violence
31. List the main ideals of the code of the street
32. Intensive career criminal
33. Intermittent career criminal
CLASSICAL AND NEUVE THEORIES
34. List, and briefly define, the three problems Beccaria identified with the legal system of the 1700s, as discussed in the lecture.
35. The rational actor
36. Law as a social contract
37. Deterrence
38. Blind justice
39. Deterrence theory
40. Rational-actor theory
41. Routine activity theory
42. Motivated offender
43. Suitable target
44. Absence of guardians
45. Crime-specific focus
46. Absolute deterrence
47. Restrictive deterrence
48. Specific deterrence
49. General deterrence
50. Severity
51. Celerity
52. Certainty
53. Subjective expected utility
54. Bounded rationality
55. Costs of crime
56. Moral costs of crime POSITIVIST THEORIES
57. “Criminal type”
58. Criminogenic traits
59. Atavism
60. Criminal predisposition
61. “Perfect storm” situation for criminal behavior
62. Life-course persistent criminality
63. List each of the biological factors that have been identified as
relating to crime, as discussed in the lecture.
64. Modern positivism
65. Kin selection
66. List, and briefly define, each of the biological factors that either
cause or predict criminal behavior according to the body as predictor theory, as discussed in the lecture.
67. List, and briefly define, the identifiers of criminal personality from MPQ results, as discussed in the lecture.
Scenario
You are a lead criminal profiler assigned to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Behavioral Analysis Unit. Last week, you were selected to be a presenter at the International Homicide Investigators Conference in Washington, D.C. that will be held in two months. You will be discussing serial killers in America. At your speaking engagement, you will discuss two case studies derived from the scholarly journal article, Serial Murder in America: Case Studies of Seven Offenders. You will provide an expert opinion as to which criminological theories most likely explain the criminal behavior and which theories apply to the offender based upon the case study. You will focus on comparing and contrasting not only the theories and application of the theories for each case, but also any behavioral, sociological, and environmental factors in each.
Directions
Using the provided scenario and resource, choose two case studies to focus on for your speaking engagement. (Note: It is important to consider the theories and their application when reading and selecting the cases to use for this project. Some theories may not be applicable to certain cases.)
For each case, do the following:
Describe the criminal behavior present in each case. Include the following in your description:
Identify the case.
Provide a brief summary of the case, focusing on the criminal behavior.
Describe how the classical school of thought has influenced criminal justice practices specific to each case. Include the following in your analysis:
How has classical theory impacted the criminal justice system in regard to the criminal behavior, laws, and policies in each case?
Analyze the criminal behavior in each case by focusing on how the positivist school of thought (biological, psychological, sociological theories) has influenced criminal justice practices. Include the following in your analysis:
Which theory in each category (biological, psychological, and sociological) is most applicable to the case?
How may this theory influence criminal justice practices in relation to the criminal behavior in the case?
Explain how critical and interactionist theories interpret social structures and influence professional practice specific to each case. Include the following in your explanation:
What are the social structures and professional practices identified in the case?
Which critical and interactionist theory is most applicable to the case?
How may critical and interactionist theories influence professional practices in the case?
Explain the similarities and differences between the two cases you chose. Include the following in your explanation:
Which theories are used to analyze each case?
How is the application of theories similar or different in the cases?
How are behavioral and environmental factors similar or different in the cases?
Upload an annotated bibliography listing sources on your approved topic of interest related to inequalities/stratification. This list must consist of at least 5 academic sources on your interest of topic. Each source should have a short paragraph summarizing the source and explaining why it is relevant to your research.
Each student will write a five (5) page paper responding to an issue related to law enforcement in America. The research paper should be written in APA style (strictly enforced) with a proper title and reference page (these pages do not count towards the five-page requirement). Each paper should be double-spaced with no more than 12-point Times New Roman font and one-inch margins on all four sides. You should include at least five (5) scholarly sources from peer-reviewed journals or court decisions (when appropriate) published in the last ten years for your paper. You are allowed the use of two direct quotes that should be no more than two sentences in length from the sources selected. The purpose of this requirement is to ensure the use of academic paraphrasing. Tables and charts should not be used to meet the five-page requirement; however, they may be used to supplement the information presented in the paper. DO NOT use your textbook as a source. Use of newspapers, Wikipedia, a mere Google search, or reliance on any other manufactured on-line source (e.g., dictionaries and encyclopedias) will not be accepted as a legitimate literature review.