Serious Violence By Youth Issue: Youths that cause serious violence often come from broken homes and past family abuse

You are required to select a course related topic for your research paper. The paper shall conform to the parameters set forth in the syllabus. READ THE GRADING RUBRIC BELOW AND MAKE SURE YOUR PAPER ADDRESSES EVERY CRITERION IN ORDER TO EARN ALL POINTS.

Turn-It-In (TII) Similarity Score

The TII similarity score MUST be 15% or lower or 10 points will be deducted. If you receive a TII score above 15% then review the TII report, revise your paper and resubmit it prior to deadline until you receive an acceptable score.

DEADLINE

Submit the paper no later than Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT of Module 6. Waiting until the last minute and finding that you cannot submit the paper and receive a TII score before deadline is not an excuse for a late paper and points will be deducted. Submit your paper early to ensure there are no problems.

Acceptable Topics:

• Sexual Homicide

• Serial Sexual Assault

• Serial Homicide

• Intimate Partner Violence

• Youth Violent Maltreatment

• Elder Violent Maltreatment

• Domestic Violence

• Familicide

• Serious Violence by Youth

• Street Gang Violence

• Drug Trafficking Related Violence

• School Violence

• Violent Stalking

• Mass Murder

• Homicide Related to Harvesting Body Parts

• Workplace Violence

• Criminal Profiling in Violent Crime Cases

• Psychopathic Behavior and Violent Crimes

ANY OTHER TOPIC MUST BE PRE-APPROVED BY YOUR PROFESSOR NO LATER THAN THE END OF MODULE TWO.

You must then develop a very specific ISSUE that your paper will examine. An issue is often a specific problem. NO LATER than the end of Module 2, you MUST email your instructor with a very specific ISSUE statement. The issue statement is a statement of a concise problem your paper will examine.

Rating:

Exceptional corresponds to an A- to A (90 - 100). Performance is outstanding; significantly above the

usual expectations.

Proficient corresponds to a grade of B - to B+ (80 - 89%). Skills and standards are at the level of

expectation.

Basic corresponds to a C to C+ (70 - 79%). Skills and standards are acceptable but improvements are

needed to meet expectations well.

Insufficient corresponds to a D to C - (50 - 69%). Performance is weak; the skills or standards are not

sufficiently demonstrated at this time.

0. This criterion is missing or not in evidence.