Paper 2: Acquisitive Crime (select one, 20 points, due): Modeling Burglary; Modeling Robbery; Modeling Fraud

Paper 3: Sexual Offenses (select one, 20 points, due): Differentiating Rape; Characteristics of Rapists; Stalking

Paper 4: Murder (select one, 20 points, due): Contact Murder; Sexual Murder; Serial Murder; Offender Characteristics

Paper 5: Organized Crime (select one, 20 points, due): Cultural Ideologies and Criminal Networks; Destructive Organizational Psychology

Paper 6: Terrorism (select one 20 points, due): Modes of Terrorism; Terrorism as a Process

The discussion of the reliability and validity of the techniques or information used for the purposes of the topics you select must include what you have learned about research reliability and validity; in other words, what evidence is there of sufficient internal and external validity, construct validity, or other features that define good science to support the use of the technique you are discussing? Are there known error rates? Has any empirical research been performed that might suggest that it is a useful tool? How strong is the evidence? Based on this evidence, would you recommend or not recommend the use of the technique in an investigation?

Application Paper: Your final paper will be an application of the information you have learned in Chapter 6 and Chapter 12 to the information Scully and Morolla's article Riding the Bull at Gilley's. Discussion Board Posts 100 points Draft Paper 50 points Final Paper 50 points TOTAL POINTS AVAILABLE = 200 POINTS

In addition to your ability to relate the material in the two chapters to the research article, your writing skill will be evaluated as indicated below.

Research Paper Scoring Rubric