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Essay Instructions: ***PLEASE, ONLY EXPERIENCED CRIMINOLOGY/CRIMINAL JUSTICE WRITERS!! NO HOBBYIST!!***

State your position and the reasons for it to the following statement:
Relate recent changes in public policy towards terrorism and terroristic acts with respect to the basic principles of social conflict theory.
-----> The purpose of this assignment is to critically apply criminological theory to modern events.

PLEASE FOLLOW THESE SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS:
(1) Don’t include an abstract.
(2) Essay MUST be supported with:
-----> strong empirical evidence (if & when necessary),
-----> specific, non-superficial references from acceptable sources
cited, by expanding on & not simply a regurgitation of what's in the sources,
-----> a MINIMUM of 5 acceptable academic sources (see #3 below) that strengthen the essay's argument, AND
-----> of course, STRONG concluding paragraph(s).
(3) Acceptable Academic References: SCHOLARLY SOURCES, such as peer-reviewed journal articles (on-line -- cited as "[Electronic version]" -- or hardcopy), U.S. Government publications (PDF format only – websites will not count), criminal justice/criminology textbook, etc.
-----> All citations/sources MUST have been published within the last 10 years.
(4) Direct Quotations: It's PREFERRED that the essay doesn't have any direct quotes from any of the references/sources used.
-----> HOWEVER, if a direct quote is necessary, a MAXIMUM of 3 direct quotes are allowed & each direct quote can be NO longer than 2 lines of written text.
-----> OTHERWISE, all work MUST be paraphrased OR in own words with proper APA citations.

Essay Instructions: The essay should be on modern Iraq’s history of social conflict, of power struggles between rival clans, of hostility and wars with neighboring states, as well as the struggles’ aftermath, and Iraq's deteriorating relations with the West. Analyze the course of the modern state of Iraq’s development and how this led to its distinctive politics.

Please use the following referances where available:

• Georges Roux, Ancient Iraq, Penguin USA (Paper); 3rd edition (1993), ISBN: 014012523X.
• Albert Hourani, A History of the Arab Peoples, Fine Creative Media, 1997, ISBN: 1567312160.
• Charles Tripp, History of Iraq, Cambridge University Press, 2002, ISBN: 052152900X.

Essay Instructions: This assignment encourages you to apply the Social Conflict Perspective to a current event. To complete the assignment successfully, you must compare and contrast the ideas of Marx and Weber regarding a local, state, national, or international current event. First, choose a newspaper article that represents an important social issue. You must choose a current event that is different from the topic in your first paper. Second, read the article in its entirety. Third, choose the concepts and ideas that best relate to your newspaper article. Fourth, find at least two outside scholarly resources that support your claims. Finally, write a 4-6 page essay relating the theorists? ideas to your topic. For example, how would you compare and contrast Marx and Weber on the use of steroids in professional sports? Make sure you mention your article in your essay by providing plenty of examples. You are required to use at least six sociological concepts that are consistent with the theories of Marx and/or Weber in your analysis. Rather than simply identify these concepts, you should use them to provide a sound critical analysis of your current event. In order to receive full credit for the assignment, you must provide a web link or attachment of your newspaper article.
Your paper should do the following:
1. Use a newspaper article dated after May 3, 2010.
2. Provide a summary of your current event.
3. Describe the main assumptions and principles of the Social Conflict Perspective.
4. Compare and contrast Marx and Weber regarding your topic.
5. Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of each theorist.
6. Utilize at least six sociological concepts, consistent with Marx and Weber in your analysis.
7. Cite appropriately from the text, newspaper article and outside scholarly sources.
Formatting guidelines:
1. Use an 11 ? 12 point font (Times New Roman or Arial only).
2. One inch margins on all sides.
3. Double-space all pages of text.
4. Provide a title page.
5. Include a running head and page numbers on all pages.
6. Include an introduction and a sound conclusion.
7. Appropriate use of APA in-text citations.
8. Appropriate use of APA full-references.

Essay Instructions: Analyze this article ? A TOWN IN TURMOIL? from the point of view of the Structural Functional Theory, the Social Conflict Theory as well as the Symbolic Interaction Theory.

Use the list of "major Theoretical Perspectives in Sociology" to organize your analysis.
( "major Theoretical Perspectives in Sociology" is also Upload File(s).

Paper outline: Introduce
1. Structural Functional Theory
POINT 1
POINT 2
POINT 3
POINT 4
2. Conflict Theory
POINT 1
POINT 2
POINT 3
POINT 4
3. symbols.
POINT 1
POINT 2
POINT 3
POINT 4
conclusion

Please remember:
Papers are to have FIVE FULL pages of text, a Title Page as well as a
Reference Page containing at least two citations other than
the text book.