Violent Crime Current Events
The fundamental idea here is for you to identify the theories, concepts and ideas associated with violent crime that are discussed in the course readings and material and then apply them to current news events that appear in legitimate published news sources. The current event news articles can come from print media or electronic media stories you find on the web. Examples of print media are newspapers or weekly new magazines (Time or Newsweek). Examples of electronic media are MSNBC.COM, CNN.COM, BBC.COM and etc. This Current Events Essay will require you to apply a SINGLE concept, idea or theory YOU SELECT from Learning Module 2 Reading: The following is a list of the concepts, ideas or theories from this reading that you may use for this Current Events Essay 1: Righteous Slaughter Spillover Theory Brutalization Hypothesis Interpersonal Violence Institutional Violence Structural Violence Subcultures of Violence You must select a SINGLE concept, idea or theory for this essay. Alverez, A. & Bachman, R. (2014) As American as apple pie. In Violence the Enduring Problem (2nd ed.) pp.1-24. Thousand Oaks, Calif Essay Format You must use the following format including the underlined heading for your essay 1. Title and Date of Current Events Article (Article cannot be more than 2 years old) 2. Citation and Website (You can either provide this information, i.e. citation and website, or provide a copy of the entire article) 3. Summary of Article (Summarize the article in sufficient detail so that everyone can understand the major point(s) of the article) 4. Violent Crime Concept, Idea or Theory. (Identify and clearly describe the principle, concept, idea or theory). You must select a SINGLE Concept, Idea or Theory from the required course reading. You must provide enough information from the required course reading so that it is clear you understand the Concept, Idea or Theory. 5. Application to Current Event (Clearly describe how the principle, concept, idea or theory you selected in Item 4 above applies to the current event) 6. What I Learned about concept, idea, or principle from this Current Events Essay Exercise
