Justice Studies

The main objective of this project is to provide students with an opportunity to analyze a particular social problem or issue of their choice from a specified theoretical framework. Choose a specific problem (ex. Rape, discrimination, inequality, death penalty, murder, extortion, assault, school violence, trafficking, etc.), and describe it fully. You are welcome to present examples of these issues throughout history, and characteristics of the criminals responsible. Explain, in detail, the issue that you have chosen, its societal consequences, and describe how YOUR choosen theorist(s) would describe/analyze the problem within the framework of the theory.

Your analysis must emphasize the following:

1) A summary of the theoretical perspective's main ideas

2) How a theorist from the perspective will analyze the social problem or issue in question (specify question to be addressed)

3) Your assessment or appraisal of the theory's contribution to our understanding of the issue or social problem

4) State if you agree or disagree with the theory and why

5) Something new you learned in analyzing this particular problem or issue from this theoretical perspective