What might be the effects of doxing, and are those beneficial and/or problematic?

Using cited ideas from 4-7 reliable sources, write an essay that responds to the following questions:
Is it ethical to dox criminals?
If ever, when might doxing be warranted and when might it not be?
What might be the effects of doxing, and are those beneficial and/or problematic?

Source requirements:
You must use cited ideas from at least 4-7 reliable sources in this essay.
You must use at least one academic journal article or peer reviewed journal article

The introduction should:
Include introductory ideas (about 4-6 sentences) that introduce your essay topic.
You could start with a hook (e.g., a shocking statistic, a recent incident that relates to this topic, a story of someone experiencing this, etc.).
Provide some information on the essay topic (e.g., explain what’s been happening with this topic recently, describe various views on the topic, define terms, briefly trace the history of this issue, describe information the reader will need to know in order to understand your thesis, explain opposing perspectives, etc.).
Transition into the thesis.
End with your thesis.
Add a thesis that includes your argument and reasons.
Your thesis may also include opposing views.
Your thesis should:
Be 1-2 sentences
Located at the very end of the introduction paragraph (i.e., the very last 1-2 sentences),
Make a logical argument,
Be supported with relevant and logical reasons, and
Be clear and specific.

For this essay, you all should add 1 background paragraph giving readers an overview of the issue, defining terms, and describing any necessary background information.
Pretend we’re not familiar with the issue, and give us an overview of it before you get into the arguments section.
Your background paragraph should include:
A topic sentence:
Since this is not an argumentative paragraph, your topic sentence does not have to be argumentative either.
Start the paragraph with a straightforward sentence that introduces us to the topic of the paragraph.
Evidence:
Include cited summaries (i.e., in your own words) from sources that provide necessary background information. For example:
Definitions of terms and descriptions of concepts,
A brief history of this issue,
Current laws that relate to this issue,
Numbers that show us the scope of the issue,
Recent incidents,
Stories or examples that illustrate the issue,
Incidents or arguments reported in major news stories, etc.
As you’re revising, make sure:
These sentences are in your own words (use your Turnitin Similarity Report to help) and
Every sentence that has an idea from a source has a citation at the end of that sentence (i.e., most sentences in background paragraphs should be cited).
Analysis:
Analysis of evidence helps explain how your evidence proves your point.
Since this is not an argumentative paragraph, you may not have much analysis of your evidence, and that’s okay.

Your 3-5 argument paragraphs should focus on explaining and proving your thesis and responding to opposing views.
A note about where to include opposing views:
You could…
Focus the first paragraph in this section on opposing views. Then, the following paragraphs that focus on your arguments will be your response to the opposing views.
Include opposing arguments in each argument paragraph. They could go at the…
Beginning of each paragraph (then include your topic sentence and all your support as the response to opposing views) or
After the topic sentence (then respond to the opposing view and include support for your stance and reasons).
Each of your argument paragraphs should:
Include a topic sentence (i.e., the main point of your paragraph that supports your thesis) that includes:
Your argument and the reason or supporting point this paragraph will focus on.
Make sure your argument and reason support your thesis, are logical, and are clear.
You may also want to explain your argument and/or reasons a little.
Include cited evidence from source(s).
Make sure readers know what point the evidence is making,
Introduce sources/speakers,
Add necessary context for examples or other evidence,
Summarize/paraphrase evidence most often and/or use blended quotes (only quote when there’s a very good reason to and keep quotes very brief [no longer than 3 lines]), and
Cite each sentence that has an idea from a source (Author #).
Include thorough analysis of evidence:
Since these are argumentative paragraphs, the analysis of evidence should be thorough.
In your analysis:
Thoroughly explain how all of your evidence proves your point and
Explain why the evidence and/or your point is important.
Point to key words or ideas in the evidence and explain why that’s especially relevant to your point or important.

Finally, end your essay with a conclusion that:
Wraps up your ideas (in 1-2 sentences) and
Includes concluding thoughts that discuss one topic that relates to the entire essay (in about 5-8 sentences)
Example topics: The importance of this topic or issue, a call to action (i.e., convince us to do something about it right now), how this might relate to more people than we might think, the larger significance of this issue, what might happen if we do nothing, what might happen if we address this issue, how we can work with people who hold different views to solve this issue, how your ideas might benefit everyone (or at least people from various political groups), etc.
Length requirement:
At least 5-8 full pages.
In other words, the conclusion of the essay should reach the bottom of the 5th page when properly formatted according to MLA, and the essay should not be longer than 8 full pages please.
Plus a works cited page (not counted in page or word count).

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