Criminology goes to the Movies
Final Essay: Criminology goes to the Movies
In this final essay, you are to choose an “artifact” of “popular criminology” (Rafter and Brown 2011) – particularly a movie or series that dramatizes one of the criminological perspectives reviewed in our class or highlighted in the readers. Your movie selection should be posted on Blackboard’s discussion board.
Your essays should primarily focus on explaining a criminological theory by demonstrating or exemplifying how this theory is “imagined” in popular culture. Here, you may find areas to critique the authenticity of the movie.
Key components of this essay:
· 60% of essay should describe a criminological theory.
· 30% of essay should describe a move/series of your choice as an example of your theory in action.
· 10% of essay should provide an assessment or critique of popular criminology’s depiction of the theory.
Page: Maximum 5 pages
Citations are required of movies, text books and any other citations you use.
THE MOVIE THAT YOU HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IS “AMERICAN GANGSTER” OR IF YOU KNOW ANY OTHER MOVIE THAT CAN MAKE IT EASIER FOR YOU GO HEAD AND DO IT BUT DON’T FORGET TO APPLY THE THEORY AND TELL ME THE NAME OF THE MOVIE OR SERIES. WICH OF THE FOLLOWING THEORY BEST DESCRIBES THE MOVIE: SOCIAL DISORGANIZATION, ANOMIE, SOCIAL CONTROL. 1)THESIS STATEMENT 2)DESCRIPTION OF THEORY (IS IT ACCURATE) 3)APPLY THEORY TO THE MOVIE 4) WRITING
