Causes of Crime PSY 498, psychology homework help

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Assignment 1: LASA 2—Causes of Crime

Begin this assignment by selecting one type of criminal behavior that you have learned about in this course.

Thoroughly analyze the possible psychological causes of the crime. Include at least four sources
of literature, including at least one peer-reviewed journal article as
well as lecture notes and text to support your position. Research the
Argosy University online library resources to identify peer-reviewed
journal articles for this assignment.

Write a paper that includes the following:

  • Introduce the chosen crime:
    • Identify
      the statistics for incidence and rate of your selected crime in the
      U.S. Evaluate any issues you find with the statistics and state if these
      statistics are accurate. Why or why not?
    • Analyze the crime in
      terms of the differences in offenders and victims based on race,
      ethnicity, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, religion, etc.
  • Apply
    three psychological theories that address the selected crime and
    explain the behavior of the criminal. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the
    chosen crime within the context of each of these theories. Take into
    account all of the statistics that you selected and ensure that the
    psychological theories chosen address these statistics and if they do
    not, explain why.
  • Synthesize the information and choose one
    theory that best describes and accounts for the criminal behavior that
    you have chosen. Explain how this theory can assist in predicting and
    even preventing crime. What are the concerns about applying this theory?

Be sure to include a title page and a page for references.

Write
a 5–7-page paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of
sources. Use the following file naming convention:
LastnameFirstInitial_M5_A1.doc.

By Monday, July 11, 2016, deliver your assignment to the M5: Assignment 1 Dropbox.

Grading Criteria and Rubric

Assignment 1 Grading Criteria

Maximum Points
Identify
the statistics for incidence and rate for your selected crime in the
U.S. Evaluate any issues you find with the statistics and state if these
statistics are accurate including a discussion of why they are or are
not accurate.

40
Analyze the crime in
terms of the differences in offenders and victims based on race,
ethnicity, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, religion, etc.

52

Apply
three psychological theories that address the selected crime and
explain the behavior of the criminal. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the
chosen crime within the context of each of these theories. Take into
account all of the statistics that you selected and ensure that the
psychological theories chosen address these statistics and if they do
not, explain why.

52
Synthesize the
information and choose one theory that best describes and accounts for
the criminal behavior that you have chosen.

52
Explain how this theory can assist in predicting and even preventing crime. Identify any concerns.

40

Writing Components:
Organization (16)
Usage and Mechanics (16)
APA Elements (24)
Style (8)

64
Total:

300

The four previous papers are all in this course. 

Supplementary Resources

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