You are an investigative reporter for a large news network. You are working on a news piece identifying how theories of crime explain specific crimes including the demographics of perpetrators and victims. You are required to make a thirty-minute presentation to your producers to convince them to run your story.
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Choose a specific crime from the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program at the following:
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- US Department of Justice, The Federal Bureau of Investigation. (2009).2008 Crime in the United States: About crime in the U.S. Retrieved from_x000D_
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http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2008
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Research this crime using your textbook, the Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet. Be sure to include the UCR and other crime reports in your research
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Based on your research, develop a presentation that addresses the following:
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- Define the crime. Include both the legal definition and others as necessary.
- Summarize demographics of the crime for both the perpetrators and the victim. Be sure to cover the following:_x000D_
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- Gender
- Ethnicity
- Socioeconomic characteristics
- Other relevant diversity issues
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- Choose two theories of the causes of crime that have been discussed and analyzed so far in the course; apply those theories to the selected crime. Be sure to cover the following:_x000D_
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- Explain the type of each theory in detail.
- Discuss the development of each theory and the main theorists associated with them.
- Compare and contrast the two theories of crime selected. Discuss the ways in which they fit with the crime and the specific demographics associated with the crime.
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- Based on your research, develop your own hypothesis of the cause of this crime. Using the theories that you have chosen, you can develop your own “combination†theory.
- Give valid reasons and scholarly, peer-reviewed sources in support of your theory.
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You are allowed to present your theory in first person; however, be careful not to abuse this privilege.
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Your presentation should include the following:
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- A title slide and a reference slide (these will not count towards the total number of slides).
- At least five sentences of speaker notes for each section to clarify anything not included in the slides. (As this is a presentation the slides should cover the main points and the details should be covered in the speaker’s notes.) The speaker notes should be properly referenced.
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