Social Forces, Gangs, and Crime

11/12/2020 Social Forces, Gangs, and Crime - Part 1 Scoring Guide

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Social Forces, Gangs, and Crime - Part 1 Scoring Guide

Due Date: Unit 5 Percentage of Course Grade: 15%.

CRITERIA NON-PERFORMANCE BASIC PROFICIENT DISTINGUISHED

Analyze characteristics of a selected gang that are unique to their ethnicity or race.

20%

Does not analyze characteristics of a selected gang that are unique to their ethnicity or race.

Identifies characteristics of a selected gang that are unique to their ethnicity or race.

Analyzes characteristics of a selected gang that are unique to their ethnicity or race.

Evaluates characteristics of a selected gang that are unique to their ethnicity or race, and the impact of the characteristics on the group's evolution.

Examine how a selected gang's activity is related to other social problems.

20%

Does not examine how a selected gang's activity is related to other social problems.

Describes how a selected gang's activity is related to other social problems.

Examines how a selected gang's activity is related to other social problems.

Examines how a selected gang's activity is related to other social problems, supported by the use of sociological theories.

Analyze commonalities among gang members that transcend race or ethnicity, and their impacts on criminal behavior.

20%

Does not analyze commonalities among gang members that transcend race or ethnicity, and their impacts on criminal behavior.

Identifies commonalities among gang members that transcend race or ethnicity, but does not analyze their impacts on criminal behavior.

Analyzes commonalities among gang members that transcend race or ethnicity, and their impacts on criminal behavior.

Analyzes commonalities among gang members that transcend race or ethnicity, and their impacts on criminal behavior, supported by the use of sociological theories.

Evaluate social and criminal justice responses to a selected gang's problems.

20%

Does not evaluate social and criminal justice responses to a selected gang's problems.

Identifies social and criminal justice responses to a selected gang's problems.

Evaluates social and criminal justice responses to a selected gang's problems.

Evaluates social and criminal justice responses to a selected gang's problems, including how they are similar to, or different from, the responses to other gangs.

Integrate recent and relevant peer- reviewed research and literature to support analysis.

10%

Does not integrate recent and relevant peer-reviewed research and literature to support analysis.

Integrates research and literature that are not recent, peer- reviewed, or relevant to analysis.

Integrates recent and relevant peer-reviewed research and literature to support analysis.

Integrates recent and relevant peer-reviewed research and literature to support all aspects of analysis.

Write content clearly and logically, with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.

5%

Does not write content clearly, logically, or with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.

Writes with errors in clarity, logic, grammar, punctuation, or mechanics.

Writes content clearly and logically, with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics. There are very few errors in spelling, punctuation, and/or grammar.

Writes clearly and logically, with correct use spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics; uses relevant evidence to support a central idea; and competently uses the correct terminology of criminal justice.

Correctly format paper, citations, and references using APA style.

5%

Does not format paper, citations, and references using APA style.

Formats paper, citations, and references using APA style but with several errors.

Correctly formats paper, citations, and references using APA style. Citations contain a few errors.

Correctly formats paper, citations, and references using APA style. Citations are free from all errors.