Columbia Southern University Perpetration of Crime Essay

essay 1

Instructions

For this assignment, you will be presented with five issues. Please respond to all five issues in one cohesive essay. Please include a brief introduction and use Level I headings to differentiate between the five issues.

Issues

1. You were introduced to philosopher Jeremy Bentham and his idea of utilitarianism in this unit’s readings. Analyze his ideas that a nation should do whatever is necessary to lead to the greatest possible happiness for the largest possible number of people in society and that man was a “calculating animal” who would balance pain and suffering versus gain when deciding to commit a criminal act. Do you agree with this? Argue your point using research to support your answer.
2. Based on the pure communist social model, how does capitalism lead to crime? Analyze and argue both sides of this issue.
3. Analyze whether developmental disabilities are a cause of criminal behavior. Take a stance on this issue and argue your point using research as support.
4. Describe, in your opinion, how a criminal personality is developed. No sources are required for this section.
5. Assume class division in society causes crime. What is a viable alternative to this system? Analyze and argue both sides of your proposed solution. In your answer, you should identify five major theoretical approaches of identifying criminal causes of behavior and describe which of these would support your proposed solution.

Your essay must be a minimum of two pages. At least three academic resources must be used. The Criminal Justice Database in the CSU Online Library is an excellent source for material on these issues.

Adhere to APA Style when constructing this assignment, including in-text citations and references for all sources that are used. Please note that no abstract is needed.

This formal paper example provided by the CSU Writing Center shows this type of formatting

essay 2

Instructions

For this assignment, you will be presented with three issues. Please respond to all three issues in one cohesive essay, and use APA Level I headings to differentiate between the three issues.

Issues

1. Consult the “Issues and Cautions in Studying UCR Data” found on pp. 31-32 of the textbook, and identify the weakest and the strongest elements of the 11 shortcomings presented using analyses and arguments supported by reliable sources. In your analysis, differentiate between methods of criminological research, and describe how the shortcomings detailed on pp. 31-32 could be avoided.
2. Describe a behavior that may be interpreted as criminal and non-criminal with analyses and arguments for each conclusion.
3. Search the CSU Library, and locate one article on victimology in a court setting. Summarize the research you find, and provide your opinions opposing and supporting the actions of the court.

Your essay must be at least two pages. Your response should have an introduction and conclusion section. Academically accepted resources must be used to support your analyses. You only need one reference page for all sections; include the references for all sections on that page(s). The Criminal Justice and Nexis Uni Databases in the CSU Online Library are excellent sources for material on these issues.

Adhere to APA Style when constructing this assignment, including in-text citations and references for all sources that are used. Please note that no abstract is needed.

This formal paper example provided by the CSU Writing Center shows this type of formatting.

essay 3

Instructions

In this unit, you learned about sociological theories of crime. The course textbook and the unit lesson provide multiple ideas on the causes of criminal behavior, the sociological theories. For this assignment, you will compose an essay that explores this topic. To write your essay, complete the following steps:

1. Analyze the sociological theories presented in this unit.
2. Select five theories that you feel would benefit your community. Rank them in order of most effective to least effective. Describe how the theories could be applied to criminal behavior in your community.
3. Take the theory that you believe would benefit your community most effectively and find four sources you can use to look at both sides of the issue, two supporting your choice and two not supporting your choice. Analyze and argue both sides of the theory selected.

Your paper must be at least two pages in length. All parts of your essay should be composed in one, cohesive paper with an introduction and conclusion. A minimum of four academically accepted resources must be used to support your analyses. The Criminal Justice and Nexis Uni Databases in the CSU Online Library are excellent sources for material on these issues.

Adhere to APA Style when constructing this assignment, including in-text citations and references for all sources that are used. Please note that no abstract is needed.

This formal paper example provided by the CSU Writing Center shows this type of formatting.

essay 4

Instructions

For this assignment, analyze and argue both sides of the following two issues. In your responses, be sure to explain the interrelationship between the classifications of crimes based on their potential harm to society.

Issues

1. Using information on p. 284 of your textbook, compare and contrast your jurisdiction’s definition of “burglary” compared to the Common Law definition.
2. Should the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act be repealed?

Your paper must be at least two pages in length. All parts of your essay should be composed in one, cohesive paper with an introduction and conclusion. In addition to your textbook you must use at least two other scholarly sources. The Criminal Justice and Nexis Uni Databases in the CSU Online Library are excellent sources for material on these issues.

Adhere to APA Style when constructing this assignment, including in-text citations and references for all sources that are used. Please note that no abstract is needed.

This formal paper example provided by the CSU Writing Center shows this type of formatting.

essay 5

Instructions

In this unit, you have learned about organized crime and its effect on business. For this assignment, you will be further exploring this topic. First, read the following information about how legitimate business ownership may be used for money-laundering methods.

Dirty money can be added to the cash revenues of a legitimate business enterprise, particularly those that are already cash intensive, such as restaurants, bars, and rental stores. The extra money is simply added to the till. The cost for this laundering method is the tax paid on the income. With companies whose transactions are better documented, invoices can be manipulated to simulate legitimacy. A used car dealership, for example, may offer a customer a discount for paying cash, and then report the original sale price on the invoice, thus explaining the existence of the extra illicit cash. A slightly more sophisticated scheme may allow a criminal to profit twice in setting up a publicly traded front company with a legitimate commercial purpose—first from the laundered funds commingled with those generated by the business, and second by selling shares in this company to unwitting investors.

Then, compose an essay that analyzes the following issue.

What legitimate criminal justice procedures may be used to interrupt the money-laundering methods described herein?

In your answer, be sure to describe how organized crime entities use legitimate businesses as financial fronts. Also, analyze and argue your proposed procedures addressing both the positive and negative consequences of their implementation.

Your essay must be at least two pages in length not counting the title and reference page, and it should use at least two academic sources, one of which must come from the CSU Online Library. You should include an introduction and conclusion sections.

Adhere to APA Style when constructing this assignment, including in-text citations and references for all sources that are used. Please note that no abstract is needed.

This formal paper example provided by the CSU Writing Center shows this type of formatting.

PowerPoint

Instructions

In this unit, you have learned about the distinctions between felony and misdemeanor crimes. For this assignment, imagine that you have been tasked with preparing a PowerPoint presentation about this topic to be used as a briefing backup for criminal justice personnel in your jurisdiction. In your presentation, you should do the following:

1. Contrast felony and misdemeanor crimes;
2. Describe methods for classifying felonies in your jurisdiction;
3. Describe methods for classifying misdemeanors in your jurisdiction; and
4. Identify procedures for filing motions to dismiss and expunge criminal convictions.

Your presentation will be evaluated using the following elements:

• organization,
• quality of presentation (appropriate graphics and/or text),
• accuracy of briefing points (content),
• APA-formatted in-text citations, and
• APA-formatted references.

Your presentation must be a minimum of eight slides, not counting the title and reference slides. The notes field may be used to expand on the content of the slides, but this is not required. At least two academic sources must be used, and any information from these sources must be cited and referenced in APA format.

If you have never created a PowerPoint, or if you want to brush up on your skills, watch the tutorial on PowerPoint Best Practices created by the CSU Writing Center to learn tips and best practices for creating a PowerPoint.

research 1

Instructions

Research Paper Overview

The paper for this course requires students to select one criminological theory and evaluate how that theory affects an individual’s decision to engage in criminal behavior as well as how the theory assists criminal justice officials in understanding criminal behavior.

This research paper is broken down into the following two components that will be completed during the course:

1. During this unit, you will submit a draft of a research paper that discusses the selected criminological theory, including an overview of your research paper and a review of reference sources.
2. During Unit VII, students will submit the final research paper.

More detailed descriptions of each component are provided in the specific units. You will be expected to incorporate any recommended changes suggested by your professor to resources and the criminological theory section.

Research Paper Part I

For this assignment, you will submit part I of your research paper. Part I of the research paper includes both an overview of the research project and a review of source references. You will select the criminological theory you are writing about and locate four academic sources to support your paper. Then, you will give an overview of your topic and a brief review of the literature you have selected. This part of your research paper should have the following components:

• An overview of your selected theory. In this section, you must identify the criminological theory that will serve as the basis for your research project and briefly describe that theory. Then, relate that theory to the U.S. criminal justice system and explain how the components of the U.S. criminal justice system, law enforcement, the judiciary, incarceration, and rehabilitation, support this theory.
• A review of the literature that will be included in your final paper. This section should include at least four academic sources, and you should give a brief description of each source and describe why it is relevant to your chosen topic. It should also compare and contrast the findings of the sources you have selected in relation to your topic. The intent of providing a review of sources is to demonstrate the student is headed in the right direction with research for the paper.

Your paper must be at least two pages in length, not counting the title and reference page. The references must include a minimum of four scholarly resources and/or legal cases (stare decisis) that you plan to utilize in the research paper.

Adhere to APA Style when constructing this assignment, including in-text citations and references for all sources that are used. Please note that no abstract is needed.

This formal paper example provided by the CSU Writing Center shows this type of formatting.

research 2

Instructions

During this unit, you will submit your final research paper. The final research paper will consist of the following components: (1) the overview section submitted in Unit V as part I of the paper, (2) the review of literature submitted in Unit V as part I of the paper, and (3) an evaluation of how the selected theory impacts an individual’s decision to commit crime, which will be added in this unit. Information presented for Units V and VII should be supported with scholarly resources as noted in Unit V.

First, you should review and incorporate your instructor’s feedback for Part I of your paper. Then, add a section on your selected theory’s effect on an individual and society. In this section, you should do the following:

• Discuss how the selected theory affects an individual’s decision to commit crime.
• Give an example of a criminal action and explain how it relates to this theory. Be sure to also discuss how this criminal behavior affects society.
• Summarize how this theory is supported by crime data that aims to target solutions intended to eradicate criminal behavior.

Your paper must be a minimum of five pages. You must use a minimum of four scholarly resources total (for parts I and II).

Adhere to APA Style when constructing this assignment, including in-text citations and references for all sources that are used. Please note that no abstract is needed.