Four pages in length, based on 250 words per page,12-point font, one-inch margins, and double-spaced. You also need cover and reference pages. No abstracts, tables of contents, etc. You must use a minimum of three academic sources, and the course textbook must be one of these. You can use additional “non-academic” sources if appropriate. No dictionary or encyclopedia-type sources (i.e. Wikipedia). Never use lecture notes as a source. No quotations. Use APA or another referencing style and keep it consistent.
Requirements:
1. Choose a current (within the past two years) newspaper or popular magazine article (online) that deals with an aspect of youth crime. A link to this article must be provided on your references page.
2. In your own words, describe the “real” message that the article is trying to get across. What is the key issue or “deeper” discourse being discussed? Be careful NOT to summarize the article.
3. Discuss how the article contributes to a moral panic.
4. Identify those most affected by the behaviour discussed in the article and how they are influenced by it. i.e. The police might respond to a growing presence of youth gangs by increasing patrols in certain areas.
5. Does the article take a “common sense” or scientific approach to the issue it describes? Explain your answer.
6. Describe some existing studies that have been done on the same or a similar topic as that in the article. Discuss if current research supports or refutes the article’s findings.
7. Using a theory or theories from the text, explain why the behaviour(s) described in the article is/are occurring. In other words, explain the causes of the effect.
8. Describe the similarities and/or differences between how adults and youths
would respond to what is suggested in the article.
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