Origins of Crime: Biological, Developmental, or Situational
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Origins of Crime: Biological, Developmental, or Situational?
[WLOs: 3, 4] [CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4]
Prior to beginning the assignment, review Chapters 4 and 5 in your textbook, where risk factors for criminal behavior are covered from a biological, developmental, and situational perspective. Keeping your own client in mind (that you chose for your final paper), please read the chapters and in this assignment please cover the following:
    Assess the role (briefly) that all three (biological, developmental, and situational) perspectives play in influencing criminal behavior.
    Choose one of the three perspectives (biological, developmental, or situational).
    Evaluate the relationship between your chosen perspective and criminal behavior.
    Illustrate a link between your clients crimes and your chosen perspective based on the client you chose for your Comprehensive Case Study Report Final Paper.
Be sure to use examples from the textbook and your clients case to support your assertions.
The Origins of Crime: Biological, Developmental, or Situational? paper
    Must be three to four double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Centers APA Style (Links to an external site.)
    Must include a separate title page with the following:
o    Title of paper,
o    Students name
o    Course name and number
o    Instructors name
o    Date submitted
For further assistance with the formatting and the title page, refer to APA Formatting for Word 2013 (Links to an external site.).
    Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice (Links to an external site.) resource for additional guidance.
    Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
o    For assistance on writing Introductions & Conclusions (Links to an external site.) as well as Writing a Thesis Statement (Links to an external site.), refer to the Ashford Writing Center resources.
    Must use at least one scholarly, peer-reviewed, credible source in addition to the course text.
o    The Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.
    Must document any information used from sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Centers Citing Within Your Paper