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Essay Instructions: Write a nine page film critique of the film Double Jeopardy (1999), Directed by Bruce Beresford

Use the list of critical analysis questions provided in the textbook as a guide while writing your paper.
Areas that must be covered:
? Storytelling
? Acting
? Cinematography
? Editing
? Sound
? Style and Directing
? Impact of society on the film and vice versa
? Genre
? Application of at least one approach to analysis and interpretation
? Overall textual themes
Use the attached template titled ?Film Crititque Shell?
Use the ideas in the attached textbook as a reference as well.
1. Must be nine double-spaced pages (excluding the reference page) in length and formatted according to APA style.
2. Must include an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.
3. Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
4. Must conclude with a restatement of the thesis and a conclusion paragraph.
5. Must use APA style to document all sources.
6. Must include, on the final page, a Reference List that is completed according to APA style as outlined in your approved style guide.

Essay Instructions: The syllabus stated the research paper to be as follows: The research paper is to be 8-10 pages long, margins should be no larger than one inch. 12 point font. The paper should cover any aspect of law that you and I together deem appropriate. Your grade on the paper will be determined by your topic, the quality of your annotated bibliography, and the strength of your paper..... I chose double jeopardy law, and discussed different topics with the teacher. She replied with these suggestions:
You believe double jeopardy is too broad -you might narrow it a bit to cover only instances in which the feds and states have jurisdiction (the Okl. city bombing cases for instance) and the interpretation of double jeopardy that these constitute separate crimes and therefore do not violate double jeopardy? Or the notion of different levels of proof in criminal and civil trials?
You can go in whichever direction you feel will make for a stronger paper.

Essay Instructions: Prepare a paper analyzing why, under certain circumstances, two state trials in two different states for the murder of the same person will not violate the Double Jeopardy Clause of the U.S. Constitution. Also, analyze why, under certain circumstances, a state trial and a federal trial may be held for the murder of the same person without violating the Double Jeopardy Clause of the U.S. Constitution. Conduct legal research to support your analysis of the concept of Double Jeopardy.

Essay Instructions: Open to all writers!!

Choose three questions each from modules five, six and seven. Write out the question first, then answer each question in its entirely, no minimum word requirement for each question.

Module 5
1. Describe the labeling theory and the consequences that labeling can have on a child.
2. Explain Hagan’s Power Control Theory and its relationship to how girls and boys are parented.
3. The text described studies which indicated that adolescents living in “high-crime” neighborhoods are more likely to become participants in criminal behaviors. Discuss these studies. How can parents deter their children from becoming part of the criminal element in these neighborhoods?
4. Think about Sampson and Laub’s life course theory and its relationship to childhood delinquency continuing into adulthood.
5. Explain the Population Heterogeneity Theory
6. What are life’s “turning points” that often influence adults who have criminal tendencies to lead more traditional lifestyles. Explain each.

Module 6
1. Explain which theory discussed in this chapter was the most interesting to you and why.
2. Think of your place of work (current or past). Describe (no complete names please) one of the workers who you felt exhibited signs of antisocial behaviors. How did the other employees treat this person in general? Did the person ever exhibit any violent tendencies? Do you feel this person had antisocial behaviors as a child or had some “turning points” in his/her life caused him or her to engage in antisocial behaviors as an adult? Explain.
3. Identify and explain two different perspectives on the causes of marital violence.
4. Explain the “double jeopardy” risk regarding women being victims of marital violence.
5. What is your reaction to the statement from the text saying that females who are “physically abused as children will tend to have relationships with males who will also abuse them” (text, 152). Discuss.

Module 7
1. Reflect about the idea from the text regarding, “child abuse is transmitted across the generations.” Do you agree with this statement? Explain.
2. Define child abuse and think about its prevalence in the United States.
3. Reflect on the theoretical perspectives regarding the link between exposures to maltreatment during childhood and becoming a parent who abuses his/her child. What remedies do each of the theories suggest?
4. You have read the research on the self-control and social control theories. What is your opinion on these theories? Give an example of how a parent would use these “theories” in their parenting.
5. If you were teaching a class of new parents on how to be good parents, what parenting skills do you think would be the most important to include in your lesson?
6. According to researchers, tendencies for domestic abuse and child abuse are often passed on through the generations. Why is this and how can these “cycles” of abuse be stopped or deterred?
7. Define and explain the “cycle of violence” hypothesis as it relates to the intergenerational transmission of mistreating children.
8. Explain the “double jeopardy” hypothesis as it relates to women being role models for “victims” of abuse.
9. According to Patterson’s Coercion Model, explain the factors that lead to the inception and evolution of delinquency and crime. Include comments regarding the link between family functioning and involvement with a deviant peer group.
10. Explain the concepts and principles of the Social Learning Theory.
11. Define vicarious learning and explain Albert Bandura’s views as to how vicarious learning would lead to the inception and evolution of delinquency and crime.
12. Explain authoritarian parenting and permissive parenting style. Which style of parenting tends to be the most effective way to follow in child rearing? Explain.
13. Discuss the factors, as related through studies and theories, which would lead to a “life-course” trajectory of adult crime and deviance.