Social Construction of a Criminal Justice
Directions:
This assignment requires that you select an issue in Criminal Justice and Media and analyze it in terms of social construction through the issue’s depictions in the media. The content must be supported by valid academic research, and that research must be properly cited.
Focus on content, not creativity. Follow the rubric and present the concepts required. This is not, for instance, research on police brutality. This is, perhaps, research on the social construction of police brutality (or some other topic), and the product should reflect that. Chapter 2 will be a great resource.
Examples
- Depictions of law enforcement in entertainment media
- Social construction of crime and race
- Media treatment of white-collar crime
- Television news coverage of violent crime
- Social media depictions of police, courts/lawyers, or criminals
Parameters
- Must cite any outside sources used
- A minimum of 2,000 words
- Double-spaced, New Times Roman, 12-point type
- This assignment is worth up to 150 points
- Please note that you may not rewrite or resubmit a paper from a prior class. This will result in a grade of zero. All papers will be submitted to Turnitin.com. APA style and documentation is required. Up to 10 percent (15 points on this assignment) will be deducted from your work if you did not properly cite and document your source(s)
- Refer to An EasyGuide to APA Style, 2nd edition, for guidance on APA style and format
- Please review the paper rubric for details on how a paper is graded
- The paper is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 p.m.
Plagiarism
You are expected to write primarily in your own voice, using paraphrase, summary, and synthesis techniques when integrating information from class and outside sources. Use an author’s exact words only when the language is especially vivid, unique, or needed for technical accuracy. Failure to do so may result in charges of academic dishonesty.
Overusing an author’s exact words, such as including block quotations to meet word counts, may lead your readers to conclude that you lack appropriate comprehension of the subject matter or that you are neither an original thinker nor a skillful writer.