criminology assignment: Case study

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT # 1

Each student will identify an offense that was a crime at one time but is no longer illegal in the USA. Ask students to research their crime and the punishments that were prescribed to that crime.

Submit a one-page typed paper on the crime. Briefly explain the following.

1. A description of the crime.

2. The penalty for the crime.

3. Why this particular offense was decriminalized.