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HW16:

Essay on

Dirty Harry

&

The Collapse of the Rehabilitative Model

All assignments for this course are listed on the day assigned, not the day due. Unless otherwise noted, assignments are due by blackboard by classtime

 

 


WORTH:
8% of semester grade if long / 3% if Short

LENGTH: 500 - 750 Words For Long Version / 2 Paragraphs for Short

CAN THIS BE TURNED IN LATE?: Yes, but be attentive to the penalties

DUE: 4/08 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 16, the file name would be:


hussein_sa_16.doc

THIS IS ASSIGNMENT 16


This essay is the first of three short/long papers. For these three papers, you must do the "long" (2 - 3 pages) version of one of the three and the "short" (2 paragraphs) version for the other two. Which papers you do "long" and which you do "short," however, is up to you.

The specific instructions for the "short version" appear towards the end.

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.

Writing Guidelines For Long Version:

Additional Writing Requirements

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)

5) Integrate your direct quotations using either METHOD 3 OR METHOD 4 FROM THE EXPLANATION OF HOW TO INTEGRATE QUOTATIONS (-10% IF YOU DO NOT)

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.

SHORT VERSION

Writing Guidelines For Long Version:

Additional Writing Requirements

1) You need only 2 cl/ev/wa paragraphs; no intro, no conclusion

2) You must have at least four points of evidence, with at least two of those four coming from Dirty Harry and two 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)

3) 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)

4) You must integrate your direct quotations using either METHOD 3 OR METHOD 4 FROM THE EXPLANATION OF HOW TO INTEGRATE QUOTATIONS (-10% IF YOU DO NOT)