According to Zimring & Hawkins: “Crime is not a problem – lethal violence in America is”, analyze this statement from the perspective of changing concepts of crime and justice
• According to Zimring & Hawkins: “Crime is not a problem – lethal violence in America is”, analyze this statement from the perspective of changing concepts of crime and justice. Provide at least one example related to this statement. You DO NOT need to research this quote just relate to it by agreeing or disagreeing. Need references throughout text and a reference page 2. Short Assignments: The short assignment is your analysis of the current issue in the criminal justice system (selected by you professor and posted in the “short assignments” folder) from the perspective of one of the theories utilized in the course. This assignment is essentially a mini/abbreviated research paper and should have a strong thesis statement which outlines what the main argument of the paper will be. It should be followed by both an overview of the relevant issue and theoretical perspective selected. Next, the student needs to critically connect details about the issue to the explanatory concepts of the chosen theory. As an example, a paper could argue against the criminal justice system’s use of plea bargaining from a power analysis perspective, using theoretical ideas from the excerpt by Chambliss. Another example would be a paper which argues that mass incarceration is a result of punitive political discourse as theoretically described by Wright. You need to write a good, concise, thoughtful, scholarly and critical paper between 4 and 6 pages in length, utilizing APA style.
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