FORENSIC PSY- SHORT PAPER

You made some good points in this paper and you seem to have at least some understanding of why the Supreme Court ruled like they did based upon the evidence presented at the time. However, I would have liked for you to have placed this decision more firmly within the context of the shifting social attitudes and beliefs that was occurring at that time. The main point is that legal decisions (including SCOTUS decisions) do not occur in a vacuum. They reflect the attitudes of the citizens. At the time of this court case, there was a major shift going on regarding how US citizens were viewing the rights of Black people. In the past, no one would have cared about the quality of education provided to Black children, but that this case even went to the Supreme Court reflects that this was rapidly changing. The SCOTUS decision that school segregation was not only a HUGE statement as to the rights of Blacks as US citizens, but it actually served as impetus for providing them additional rights – it sparked the Civil Rights Movement! I can tell that you have some understanding of the relationship between society and legislation, but I would have like to have seen more elaboration on this core concept.

You did a bit better answering the question about how a forensic psychologist might side in this particular case and why, but didn't really emphasize that the psychologist would focus on the psychological effects.

You integrated information from one article into your paper, so your score in the Research area is not as high as it could have been. For a higher score in this area consider integrating information from at least 3 sources.

Your writing is fairly well-organized, but there were many areas that were hard to understand. Please consider making use of SNHU's Online Writing Center. They will read your papers and give you suggestions prior to submission. This could only boost your score! You did a pretty good job with APA formatting!

Your paper was late, but you were so close that as a one time courtesy, I did not penalize you.

I'm sure this score is not what you hoped for, but you can bring future grades up substantially with a bit more elaboration and writing assistance!