Conduct a case study of one particular gang. In doing this, cover the history of the gang, structure/organization, gang identifiers and symbols, current membership statistics, female involvement, scope of the geographic territories of the gang (where are they located), and how the gang uses violence and crime to further its purpose (provide real life examples from current events). The written paper should consist of four sections.
Intruction
•
Should introduce the reader to
your
topic
. For
the purpose of this paper, you introduce the
reader to what
gang
you are
working on and briefly discuss the current state of
knowledge of that particular gang
. You should then clearly and succinctly state
your
thesis
statement, then provide the reader with a roadmap of what is to come in the paper.
o
This section should be no more than 1 1/2 pages.
Gang Description
•
In this section you will report all the inf
ormation you found about your
gang.
Specifically, you should discuss:
o
the history of the gang
(i.e., how did the gang get started)
,
o
structure/organization,
o
gang identifiers and symbols
,
o
current membership statistics
and/or approximation,
o
female involvement
,
o
scope of the geographic territories of the gang (where are they located),
o
how the gang uses violence and crime to further its purpose (in doing this,
students should provide real life examples from current events).
Conclusion
•
In this section you will present your closing remarks and sum up the main findings of
your research.
In doing this, discuss what is still not known about the gang and offer
suggestions as to how to gain that knowledge.
In academic writing providin
g proper referencing and citations is very important since you want
to demonstrate that you properly researched the topic
. You also never want to plagiarize since
that has very detrimental implications
. There are three very important things to keep in mi
nd
when researching and referencing your papers
. First, you want to make sure to rely on valid
academic peer
-reviewed sources
. Second, you want to make sure you reference and cite properly
.
Third, you want to avoid plagiarism.
Acceptable Sources and R
eferences:
I expect students to primarily rely on academic sources – not magazines, websites, opinions,
newspapers, prior experience
. In this course, I want you to base your work on research.
I will
rank your sources as follows:
1.
Academic Peer
-Reviewed J
ournal Articles (for a list of Criminal Justice accepted titles go
to http://asc41.com/links/journals.html
).
a.
Peer
-reviewed titles in the fields of Sociology, Psychology, Public Health,
Medicine/Biology, E
nvironmental Sciences, and Political Science are also
accepted.
b.
Within criminology outlets there is a tier system.
Tier 1 Sources (i.e.,
Criminology, Justice Quarterly, Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Journal of
Research in Crime and Delinquency, an
d Criminal Justice and Behavior) are
always preferred.
2.
Government Reports
3.
Research Reports
4.
Books
5.
Law Reviews
6.
News Outlets (newspapers & magazines)
7.
Websites (these are the least desirable and will thus get you the least amount of credit)
.
Please note that advocacy or interest group websites will not be accepted as a proper
reference.
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