Crime, Gender and Justice Assignment.
You are required to write a persuasive essay using the textbook and by conducting own additional research (using at least 4 peer reviewed and scholarly sources) on a topic related to gender and crime. You will begin by viewing an artifact of the criminal justice system: a case, an offense, a weapon, a population (inmates, children, etc) and discuss how and why that population or phenomenon depicts victimization or offending. You can also use movie, television show, piece of art, music video, documentary etc., if you want, so long as you pay attention to how it reflects to victimology or offending -race, gender, class, religion, ethnicity etc.You will then use this text as a jumping off point for your research.This is not a report! It is definitely not a film/book review.The intention of this assignment is not to simply gather information, but to form an argument and provide a new understanding of the topic. The paper is not about the movie; it just stems from it.Length:The page expectation is 10 pages.Papers less than 8 full pages or more than 12 full pages will be penalized.The page count includes any subheadings and citations but excludes the title page or bibliography.A good topic should:Interest you! You’ll write a better paper if it does.Have the potential to generate 10 pages of material.Have a significant number of scholarly sources to analyze. Not be about simply gathering information for a report. Formatting:All essays should be in 12 point, Times New Roman font and double spaced.References and a title page are required. Use APA citation style.Should be written in the third person and avoid the use of I, me, our, we, us, etc.This should represent your strongest writing: good language use, grammar, spelling, punctuation, etc.Be well-organized, with a clearly stated thesis that is threaded throughout.Have a clear introduction and conclusion.For example:There has been quite a bit of research on the TV show CSI, and how it impacted jury trials, specifically ones without forensic evidence and ones with female offenders. Questions going into a paper on this topic might be:How does the show CSI affect jury trials of female offenders?Why does it affect them? And more importantly,SO W