Capstone Thesis Proposal

Assignment Instructions

Using the information contained in the End of Program (EOP) Manual (2015), chapter 2, compose a first draft of your thesis proposal. Submit including a title page and three references related to your proposed topic. Ensure that the references are from peer-reviewed journals, government sources, other appropriate academically acceptable sources, or some combination thereof.

Ensure the proposal includes the following from the EOP Manual:

•Explain the question or problem to be investigated and convince the thesis professor that the question or problem merits investigation.

•It should show that the student has read the relevant and recent literature on the subject, and it should contain a list of academically appropriate resources consulted during the preliminary stages of research.

•In general, the thesis proposal should include background information related to the research topic, purpose of research, methodology and analytical procedures to be used.

(HERE IS THE START OF MY THESIS PROPOSAL)

Society tends to label individuals based off of the environment that they grew up in and their family settings and social groups. They tend to say that these particular individuals are more likely to commit crimes and be a menace to society. Because of this stereotype and labeling do these individuals stand a chance in today’s society or are they already considered to be deviant. When these particular individuals become are incarcerated at a young age are they afforded the opportunity to rehabilitate they are often rehabilitated. Once an individual is labeled are they classified as a criminal for the rest of their life even if they have served their time and rehabilitated themselves? Labeling theorist has noted that most individuals have committed a crime of some sort in their lifetime; however only certain individuals are labeled criminals. Why is it that all individuals that commit a crime are not placed in the same category? The purpose of this paper is to