WORTH: 8% of semester grade
LENGTH: 500 - 625 Words
CAN THIS BE TURNED IN LATE?: Yes, but be attentive to the penalties
DUE: 11/04 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 15, the file name would
be:
hussein_sa_15.doc
THIS
IS ASSIGNMENT 15
Nicole Rafter argues on pp. 16-17 of the reading that in the 1970s a rehabilitative approach to criminal justice got shouldered aside by a new emphasis on deterrence. This new emphasis drew crucial support(according to Rafter) from a widespread rejection in the 1970s of the welfare state and the civil rights movement. A good example of this new perspective in the 1970s was James Q. Wilson's Thinking About Crime (1975) that you read last week.
Essay Question: Explain how Dirty Harry reflects the perspective that Wilson argues in Thinking About Crime. |
Note: this essay question does not assume that Wilson is right. Likewise, your goal is NOT to demonstrate that Wilson is right or wrong. Instead, your goal is to demonstrate that the film reflects the thinking Wilson's book captures.
Hints: (1) be sure to look for evidence in ALL of the Wilson reading, not just the section I asked questions on last week. (2) The evidence chart you did for HW14 will obviously be essential here.
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 eight points of evidence, with at least three of those eight coming from Dirty Harry and three coming from Thinking About Crime (-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 Dirty Harry, Thinking About Crime, or Rafter's Criminology Goes to The Movies.
YOUR PAPER, HOWEVER, MIGHT EASILY HAVE MORE THAN EIGHT 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.