INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINOLOGY
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CRIMINOLOGY 101

INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINOLOGY

Fraser International College (FIC)

Instructor:  Dr. Karen Brown

INSTRUCTIONS AND GUIDELINES FOR PAPER

TERM PAPER TOPICS

THE TERM PAPER IS DUE IN WEEK 12 ON OR BEFORE THURSDAY, JULY 24 AT 6:00 PM. PAPERS CAN ONLY BE SUBMITTED THROUGH TURN-IT-IN (INSITE) (Access Code required).

LATE PAPERS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.  PAPERS NOT SUBMITTED THROUGH TURN-IT-IN WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. 

PLEASE NOTE:  IF YOU SUBMIT A LATE PAPER, OR DO NOT SUBMIT IT THROUGH TURN-IT-IN, OR DO NOT SUBMIT A PAPER AT ALL, YOU WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO WRITE THE CRIMINOLOGY FINAL EXAM.

1. MINIMUM OF FIVE ACADEMIC SOURCES. SOURCES MUST BE ACADEMIC JOURNAL ARTICLES AND/OR BOOKS.  ACADEMIC SOURCES CANNOT BE OLDER THAN 2007.
2. INTERNET AND/OR MEDIA ARTICLES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. PLEASE NOTE:  Non-academic Internet sources and Wikipedia are unacceptable and you will receive penalties for using them
3. THIS IS A RESEARCH PAPER, SO ALL ANALYSIS MUST BE BASED ON ACADEMIC RESEARCH, NOT PERSONAL OPINION.
4. STUDENTS CANNOT RELY ON ONE SOURCE OR THE TEXTBOOK FOR THIS PAPER.  SUBSTANTIAL MARKS WILL BE DEDUCTED
5. STUDENTS MUST DEMONSTRATE ORIGINAL RESEARCH AND NOT RELY ON FRIENDS’ RESEARCH. IF PAPERS ARE SUBMITTED WITH IDENTICAL ACADEMIC RESEARCH SOURCES, BOTH PAPERS WILL RECEIVE DEDUCTIONS.
6. MAXIMUM OF TWO DIRECT QUOTES NOT OVER 30 WORDS
7. RESEARCH PAPER IS 1,500 WORDS, EXCLUDING TITLE PAGE, IN-TEXT REFERENCING AND BIBLIOGRAPHY. STUDENTS NOT CONFORMING TO THE REQUIRED WORD COUNT WILL RECEIVE DEDUCTIONS.
8. PAPERS MUST HAVE A PROPER INTRODUCTION AND CONCLUSION AS DISCUSSED IN THE TERM PAPER WORKSHOP.
9. PAPERS MUST HAVE A SEPARATE TITLE PAGE WITH THE AUTHOR’S NAME, STUDENT NUMBER AND ESSAY TITLE.  BE CREATIVE – “CRIMINOLOGY RESEARCH PAPER” IS INADEQUATE.
10. CHOOSE A TOPIC THAT INTERESTS YOU  - NOT ONE THAT YOU THINK IS THE EASIEST!!

TOPICS

Choose ONE of the FOUR research topics (SIX PAGES, 1,500 WORDS)

(1)  Critically evaluate both the sociological and psychological perspectives as a multi disciplinary explanation to why women may kill.  Explain and evaluate a range of theories, which look at the causes of female crime within society, both from an individual and an environmental perspective.

(2)  Critically analyze the extent to which restorative justice practices can benefit victims.  As well, do you think community punishment is more effective than imprisonment? To what extent is community punishment effective in reducing offending and tackling crime? What improvements could be made?

(3)  Criminologists frequently argue that the ‘problem of crime’ is skewed so that the crimes of the powerful are virtually invisible. Who are the ‘powerful’ in this context and analyze why their crimes remain in the margins of public awareness.

(4)  As prison populations rise to unprecedented levels, to what extent can it be argued that prisons work? Critically evaluate this statement in light of rising prison numbers in the United States and the steady increase in recidivism rates.  Alternatively, do prisons work to any degree and if so, analyze how they are effective?