Sociological Analysis & Evaluation on one chosen Book about Criminal Justice Institution-evaluate its major arguments, theoretical approach, data collection methods, and research findings

May 3, 2023May 3, 2023 Discipline: Criminology
* Required Couse concepts and theories are provided as attached files, choose some that you are intersted to use in your writing

1. Your choice of choosing ONE book to write from the following:

  • (Courts) Clair, Matthew. 2020. Privilege and Punishment: How Race and Class Matter in Criminal Court. Princeton University Press.

  • (Prision) McCorkel, Jill A. 2014. Breaking Women: Gender, Race, and the New Politics of Imprisonment. NYU Press.

  • (Re-entry) Miller, Reuben Jonathan. 2021. Halfway Home: Race, Punishment, and the Afterlife of Mass Incarceration. Back Bay Books. 
  • (Jail) Walker, Michael L. 2022. Indefinite Time: Doing Time in Jail. Oxford University Press.

2. Citation style:

ASA citation style. Link provided:
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/asa_style/index.html

3. Academic Sociological Sources ( used in Argument Evaluation):
Must be Peer-reviewed sociological journal. 
You should find and check from Sociological Abstracts database. Link provided here:

https://www.proquest.com/socabs/index?accountid=14586&parentSessionId=Pi%2FZmsnbwkJWvcUQ%2BInDUpsjYESMPz%2Fo%2FxvlYGdtWds%3D


4. Paper Structure (*Topic sentence, transition phrases are needed):
Introduction
In 1 paragraph

  • A brief description of the book

  • Your Thesis statement (i.e., a sentence that clearly states your paper’s central argument)

Summary

In 4~6 paragraphs

  • Theory: What theories does the author draw on to make their claim? 
  • Evidence: Describe the data and the data collection methods (i.e., interviews, ethnography/participation observations, surveys, etc.) that the author uses to build their argument
  • Findings: Describe an interesting book finding.
  • Argument: What is the author’s central argument?

Argument Evaluation using course concepts and social theories

In 4~6 paragraphs 

  • Drawing on course concepts, use at least 2 peer-reviewed academic sociological sources to evaluate the book’s argument on how the criminal justice institution examined by the book:

1. shapes social inequality and 2. is shaped by social inequality.

  • Use at least 2 sociological theories of crime discussed in class to evaluate how the criminal justice institution:

1. tries to address criminal deviance and 2. promotes criminal deviance.


Your Personal Evaluation

In 2~3 paragraphs

  • What is your personal opinion of the book?

  • Do you buy (i.e., agree with) the author’s argument? Why or why not?

  • Would you recommend this book to someone? Why or why not?

Conclusion

In one paragraph

  • Summarize the paper’s argument and findings

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