Hate Crimes Against African Americans
1. The paper is to be word processed, proofread, and spell checked. Writing Counts!
4. Use double spacing
5. Pages are to be numbered
6. You must cite material that you take from your sources even if it is paraphrased. Use of uncited material from your sources is plagiarism. You may use text notes, footnotes or endnotes
7. When you use a direct quote from your sources, the material must be in quotes and the page number noted in your endnote, text note or footnotes (Price, 1999, page 32)
8. Quotes longer than 50 words lines are to be indented and single- spaced.
9. You will need to provide a bibliography with proper citations. Please use APA citation formats)
Assignment:
Each student will select an issue or problem in Hate Crime. Your topic could relate to a domestic problem in the United States or an international problem in another/other country(s). The number of potential domestic topics is limited as you will probably choose hate crimes directed at specific groups such as African-Americans, Hispanics, Jews, Muslims, and Gays. Your paper could also deal with combatting specific Hate Groups such as the KKK, Church of the Creativity, or the Aryan Brotherhood. Examples of global topics would be crimes against Roma (Gypsies) in Europe, migrant workers in a number of countries, Arabs in Israel. Your paper must deal with a contemporary and ongoing problem and should be organized as follows:
Your paper will begin with an introduction where you will introduce the problem that you will be writing about and what you will be doing in the rest of your paper
Part I of the paper will describe the problem or issue. You will provide a brief historical background going back approximately 10 years. Then you will discuss the current nature and state of the problem and how it is being addressed (current policies being used to address the problem).
Part II of the paper will be your solution to the problem. Here, you will be called upon to use your own creative, analytical, and problem solving skills. At the same time, I will be very impressed if you tie your solution to criminological, psychological, economic, or other theory; laws; or policy areas discussed in class. Your solution may be multifaceted. For example your solution might include laws, law enforcement, education, and social policy.
The important thing to do in Part II is to discuss why and how the solution that you are proposing will address the policy problem that you area writing about. Again, relating your solutions to theories/research discussed in class will help
Format:
Write this paper as a policy proposal. Imagine that you have been appointed by the President, governor, mayor or some other official to write a policy proposal on your crime or hate group. Divide your paper into the two distinct parts mentioned above. Pay close attention to sentence construction and use full paragraphs.
