Assignment task: The purpose the term paper is to identify, summarize, analyze, apply and discuss one criminological theory, in depth.
1. Crime or criminal summary of The Boston Marathon Bombing
2. Students need to select an offender, incident or criminal behavior that is solved with a lot of detail. The more information the student has, the better the analysis. (The Boston Marathon Bombing)
3. Identify specific behavior and historical information about The Boston Marathon Bombing Also include important background information.
4. Theory summary and empirical tests of The Boston Marathon Bombing
5. Use your textbook: Criminology: The Core to identify at least ONE applicable criminological theory
6. Summarize the components of criminological theory.
7. Summarize at least three peer reviewed journal articles that test the validity of the criminological theory
8. Theory application.
9. Identify and summarize the evidence within the offense, incident or offenders behavior that indicates there is evidence of the theory In this section, your analysis should also include the environmental, social, economic and/or psychological factors that contributed to the development of the criminal behavior or the crime. The term paper needs to meet the following format requirements.
Has to be at least 5-6 pages