DUE
DATE SUN 12th 10PM
NO
PLAGIARISM (NOT EVEN 1 %)
1-2
PAGES LONG
Sociology
essay
Assignment
2: Social Control and Criminal Deviance: Bullying
Due
Week 6 and worth 65 points
Bullying
is a difficult concept to understand and reconcile the consequences. This
assignment focuses on the critical thinking skills that are needed to analyze
an emotionally charged topic.
Student
Success Tips
·
Review the Student’s Guide to
Research section of the textbook (Chapter 2)
·
Take notes as you watch the video
below.
Watch the video titled, “From school
yard bullying to genocide: Barbara Coloroso at TEDxCalgary” (19 min 5 s)
located below. You may also view the video athttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkG0nssouFg.
Write
a one to two (1-2) page essay in which you:
1.
Identify the most important step
in the student’s guide to research that you would need in order to analyze
bullying.
2.
Define the identified critical
step of research in your words.
3.
Explain how bullying relates
to one (1) of the following
topics:
1.
the agents of socialization (i.e.,
family, teachers and school, peers),
2.
formal organizations (i.e.,
conformity to groups),
3.
different types of deviance (i.e.,
everyday deviance, sexual deviance, or criminal deviance).
Provide
a rationale for your response.
Your
assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
·
Be typed, double spaced, using
Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides. Check with
your professor for any additional instructions.
·
To keep this essay short and
manageable, your only sources for the essay should be the TED video and the
sections noted in your text. For this reason, APA citations or references are
not required for this assignment.
·
Include a cover page containing
the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the
course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required
assignment page length.
The
specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
·
Define the basic concepts used in
the discipline of sociology.
·
Define the various methodologies
for sociological research.
·
Identify the sociological
perspective to the inequalities of class, race, gender, ethnicity, sexual
orientation, socioeconomics, and political aspects.
·
Use technology and information
resources to research issues in sociology.
·
Write clearly and concisely about
sociology using proper writing mechanics.
