Criminology

How do the media representations of crime make certain individuals or groups feel they are more vulnerable to crime than they are in reality? What impact did the media have on the OJ Simpson case? Look at the historical context of the case and other cases that impacted public opinion at the time.  What other case influenced the OJ Simpson outcome? For more information on OJ Simpson read this:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O._J._Simpson

 How would you explain the way that the media chooses a crime story and how to report it? Do you feel the media has a hidden agenda? Do you feel the media has had a positive impact on morality or social consciousness?  Do the prevailing theoretical perspectives sufficiently answer these questions?  What are some of the ways you would go about investigating these ideas?  For more information on Crime Story read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_fiction

Define the criminal intent element required for stalking, and compare various statutory approaches to stalking criminal intent. Define the harm element required for stalking, and compare various statutory approaches to ascertaining harm. The paper must be 1-2 pages. For more information on Stalking read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalking

 Some commentators have questioned the ability of visual evidence to bring about substantial reform in the conduct and character of police despite wide distribution on social media. Do you agree with this assessment? How has visual evidence made an impact on policing? How has it not?  For more information on Visual Evidence  read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anecdotal_evidence

 Vester Flanagan took the lives of two former colleagues at a local television news station and Tweeted about it, posting the footage to Facebook. The gunman from the Christchurch mass shooting similarly uploaded his manifesto and recording of the event to social media.  How would you apply the theories regarding the construction of crime news we have covered to their actions and the media response to them?  Are these merely ordinary crimes being amplified by the perpetrators seeking an audience for their bad acts, or do you think that the idea of social media fame was a catalyzing factor that led them to act?  Consider that social media removes such content very quickly and most news agencies will not air the videos these criminals made, to the extent that it is illegal in New Zealand to even own a copy of the video of the Christchurch shooting (to this day, NZ newspapers will not even publish the name of Christchurch shooter.)  What are your thoughts regarding the unified response to deny the shooters the fame and notoriety they sought?  For more information on Vester Flanagan read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murders_of_Alison_Parker_and_Adam_Ward#Perpetrator

 How do the different theoretical perspectives present in Chapter 1 regarding the violence of young criminals like Klebold and Harris and the Menendez brothers? What effect did the media have on the public’s conception of their crimes?  Be sure to contrast the media messages closest to the events with those of years later.  For more information on Crime In Media read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime,_Media,_Culture

 Why do female criminals attract so much media attention? Do you feel there is a significant difference in how the media handles female criminality, such as those cases of female pedophiles?  Why do you think this is so?  For more information on Female Criminals read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=Female+Criminals&title=Special%3ASearch&go=Go&ns0=1

Why have prison movies, despite their popularity and some of the common myths associated with them, failed to inform penal reform agendas? Do you agree with Rex Bloomstein that documentaries such as those he produces have greater potential to change public perceptions of prisoners and lead to less punitive attitudes? For more information on Penal Reform read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prison_reform 

The objective of this assignment is to ensure each student demonstrates sufficient understanding of Criminology and theories related to the causes of delinquency. The final project / Narrated Power Point requires the completion of a critically evaluative research paper on a notorious criminal or criminal event. Ideas can include serial offenders, mass-murders, or major crime sprees. The only requirement is that the event is well documented regionally, if not nationally. The PowerPoint should include a synopsis of the event(s), what school of thought or theory was represented by the suspect or event, and how society has dealt with the issue. Students should identify if there were identified signs or deviant behavior that could have alerted society to the impending crimes. The bible should be cross-referenced if applicable to your thoughts. This presentation should be no more than 10 minutes in length with an abstract slide in APA format. The PowerPoint must show evidence of research that goes beyond Internet websites and class textbooks. Wikipedia is not permitted. Use as at least one reference:  Schmalleger, Frank (2017).  Criminology today: an integrative Introduction. (8th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall.  ISBN 978-0134146386 PLEASE DO THIS ASSIGNMENT ON JOHN WAYNE GACY  For more information on John Wayne Gacy read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wayne_Gacy

Incarceration Rates/Crime Rates We are now in what some people call the Crime Control Era. Over the past several years, on average, arrests have gone up, prison populations have increased and crime has gone down. This doesn’t hold perfectly year to year but over an average of a few years, it does. Does this mean that mass incarceration is the answer to crime control? Research this topic and provide statistics and analysis to show a clear picture of what is actually happening. Write a 2 page APA style paper. Only the body of the paper will count toward the page requirement (the title page and references are in addition to the two pages).In your paper include 2-3 references.  Only one reference may be found on the internet. The other references must be found in the online library. You must cite the references in the body of your essay.https://content.grantham.edu/academics/01_Instructional_Designers/WrittenAssignmentRubric.htm For more information on Crime Control Era read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=Crime+Control+Era&title=Special%3ASearch&go=Go&ns0=1