Below you will find a list of final paper topics. With the exception of the last two topics, you have room to customize the direction you wish to take within the broader topic. For instance, if you chose Cultural Explanation of Crime, you could explore one culture or compare two cultures or generically look at the intersection of culture and crime. You have some flexibility. The last two topics are a bit more specific and have guidelines as given. Regardless which topic you choose, the APA7 guidelines will be the same and they are given below.
Here are the general topics:
1. The Role of Media in Criminology
2. Cultural Explanation of Crime
3. Personality Traits that Trigger Criminal Behavior
4. Community Deterioration and Crime Rates
5. Education and Criminal Behavior
6. Childhood Trauma on Criminal Behavior
7. Mental Health and Criminal Behavior
8. Socioeconomic Status and Criminal Behavior, Including Types of Crimes
Here are the two specific topics:
1. Homicide: what motivates one person to kill another?
a. For this topic, you must explore and explain why people kill other people from each of the four main criminological categories (Classical, Biological, Psychological, and Sociological).
2. Why do people commit acts of terrorism?
a. For this topic, you must select just one of the four main criminological categories (Classical, Biological, Psychological, and Sociological) and use it to explain why people commit acts of terrorism.
b. You may use the category generically or use one particular theory within the category for your explanation.
Here are the APA 7 requirements:
1. Minimum 8 pages (does not include cover page and references page)
2. Double-spaced
3. Times New Roman 12pt font (must be in this font)
4. 1” margins
5. APA7 Cover Page
6. APA7 References Page
7. Use of paper-specific headings
8. At least three outside scholarly sources
9. At least one in-text citation for each of these sources
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