CMRJ 518
Students will
prepare a 10 page paper on a particular aspect of deviant behavior choosing from
the following list:
Smoking
Marijuana
Political
Deviance or Scandal
Corporate
Deviance
Alcoholism
Mental Illness
Mass Murder
Further
Directions: Identify the aspects of this particular deviance and discuss its
overall impact on US society and culture. Discuss accepted policies and
practices in dealing with this deviance and how attitudes have changed (if they
have) over time. Lastly, project how you see this deviance being treated with
the next 10-20 year period. Is the behavior becoming normalized?
Your opinion does not determine your grade. Your
grade is determined by how well you support your arguments utilizing the
materials discussed in this course and research and reference material you
locate on your own for this assignment.
Document your facts utilizing standard APA style.
**You should use a minimum of 5 to 7 peer reviewed
sources in support of this paper.
The paper is to be in APA format and the body of the
paper is to be at least 8 .0/.cx pages. The body of the paper does not include
the title page, table of contents, abstract, any appendix or references. The
paper will be based on a 100-point scale. This is to be of high quality, free
of spelling and grammatical errors, and of original work. Plagiarism will be dealt with
harshly.