WORTH: 8% of semester grade
LENGTH: 750 - 1000 Words
CAN THIS BE TURNED IN LATE?: Yes, but be attentive to the penalties
DUE: 10/21 by blackboard by classtime
BE
SURE TO FOLLOW THE FILE-NAMING CONVENTIONS FOR THIS COURSE
(5% penalty if you do not).
All files should be saved on your computer
as: your last name, followed by an underscore ("_"),
followed by the first two letters of your first name, followed
by an underscore ("_"), followed
by the assignment number. So if a student named Saddam Hussein
were to submit assignment number 11, the file name would
be:
hussein_sa_11.doc
THIS
IS ASSIGNMENT 11
Essay Question: Explain how your chosen film (D.E. or A.W.D.F.) reflects the perspective of the Chicago School of criminology. |
Note: this essay question does not assume that the Chicago School get crime "right." Likewise, your goal is NOT to demonstrate that the Chicago School is accurate or not. Instead, your goal is to demonstrate that the film reflects the thinking of that school.
Hints: be sure to look for evidence in ALL of the Rafter and Crime and The Slums readings, not just the section I asked questions on last week.
Writing Guidelines:
Additional Writing Requirements (and CHECKLIST)
1) You must have a clear thesis statement within the first two paragraphs of this paper (and preferably in the first paragraph). (-5% pts if you don't)
2) You must underline your thesis statement (-5% pts if you don't)
3) You must have at least ten points of evidence, with at least four of those ten coming from your chosen film, and at least three coming from Rafter and at least one coming from Crime and The Slums (-15% pts if you don't). Your evidence should be in the form of direct quotations of no more than 10 words. (see here for how to reduce quotations)
The remaining 2 pieces of evidence can come from either the readings or your chosen film. DO NOT USE OUTSIDE EVIDENCE!
YOUR PAPER, HOWEVER, MIGHT EASILY HAVE MORE THAN TEN PIECES OF EVIDENCE.
4) In paragraphs that present evidence, you must identify your claims by placing a (CL) before them; your points of evidence by placing an (EV) before them; and your warrants by placing a (WA) before them (-5% pts if you don't)
GRADING RUBRIC
I will be grading your essays using this rubric (delivered as a microsoft word .doc to your desktop)
You might want to look over the rubric before starting to write the paper so that you know my expectations in advance of writing the paper.