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Criminal Behavior in Your Community:Describe the typical perpetrator of this crime with regards to gender, race, age, and socioeconomic status. Compare and contrast the criminal and civil legal systems regarding penalties, burden of persuasion, and key players.

Assignment 2: RA: Criminal Behavior in Your Community
In Modules 1 and 2, you selected a type of criminal behavior that is of particular interest to you. Use the FBI’s UCR program to further investigate this behavior.
Using the information you have gathered in Modules 1 and 2, prepare a 4 page paper responding to the following using APA style:
The Crime is Burglary

  1. Describe the typical perpetrator of this crime with regards to gender, race, age, and socioeconomic status. Compare and contrast the criminal and civil legal systems regarding penalties, burden of persuasion, and key players.
  2. Using the information noted in step 1, explain the causes of this criminal behavior. Justify your answers by integrating at least one historical and two different contemporary psychological theories with your explanation.
  3. Compare and contrast criminal and civil legal systems in general regarding penalties, burden of persuasion and key players.

Please include a minimum of five scholarly peer-reviewed resources in your research.

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Media Aggression and Violence: Determine  gender, age, and culture of the characterinvolved in the aggressive or violent acts

Assignment:
Aggression and Violence in the Media
Reflect on two to three (2-3) TV shows in which characters demonstrate aggression or violence. Consider the context in which this aggression or violence occurred and ways in which it can lead to desensitization.
Write a one to two (1-2) page paper in which you:

  1. Briefly describe at least one (1) episode of a television show in which you observed aggression or violence.
  2. Identify the context in which the character(s) demonstrated aggression or violence. Determine  gender, age, and culture of the character(s) involved in the aggressive or violent act(s).
  3. Discuss at least two (2) possible reasons why the selected TV episode included aggression or violence. Provide a rationale for your response.
  4. Describe at least two (2) ways that media violence can cause desensitization in people. Justify your response.

 
Further do the following

  • Develop an increased understanding of the dynamic between society and individuals.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in social psychology.
  • Write clearly and concisely about social psychology using proper grammar and mechanics.