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Question: Based on feedback provided in the annotated bibliography, provide a detailed and comprehensive analysis to address the question. You can use the set readings used in the subject, plus any additional academic and non-academic sources, so long as you use at least five (5) academic sources.
When completing the Final Essay/Report students must include the following:
- Use at least five (5) academic sources
- Have a reference list at the end of the essay in correct WSU Harvard Referencing Style.
- Be at least 1500 words in length (+/- 10% leniency - not including reference list).
- Support viewpoints with reasoned argument substantiated by relevant theoretical material and research evidence.
Question required:
Critically examine how the theoretical framework helps us to better understand the selected crime in modern Australian society and analyse ONE Australian criminal justice policy or practice related to the selected crime through the lens of the theoretical framework."
Readings must be used in the final essay.
1. Strain theory & Drug dealing (Module 3) - Reading: Farnworth, M &Leiber, M 1989, ‘Strain theory revisited: economic goals, educational means, and delinquency', American Sociological Review, Vol. 54, no. 2, pp. 263-274.
2. Edgework & Street racing (Module 5) - Reading: Lyng, S 2004, ‘Crime, edgework and corporeal transaction', Theoretical Criminology, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 359-375
3. Labelling theory & Juvenile offenders (Module 6) - Reading: Restivo, E & Lanier, M 2013, ‘Measuring the contextual effects and mitigating factors of labeling theory', Justice Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 116-141
4. Marxism & Protests (e.g. Black Lives Matter, workers unions, environmental protests) (Module 7) - Reading: Sims, BA 1997, ‘Crime, punishment, and the American dream: toward a Marxist integration', Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 5-24.
5. Masculinity theory & Domestic violence (module 9) - Reading: Connell, R &Messerschmidt, J 2005, ‘Hegemonic masculinity: rethinking the concept', Gender and Society, vol. 19, no. 6, pp. 829-859.
6. Globalisation & Human trafficking (Module 12) - Reading: Letschert, R & Van Dijk, J (eds.) 2010, The new faces of victimhood: globalization, transnational crimes and victim rights, Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg, Berlin, pp. 3-14 (Ch 1).