Research Paper on Christopher Dorner

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COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES This assignment addresses the following course learning objectives related to the Liberal Studies Upper-Division Writing requirement: 5. Use appropriate evidence from multiple sources to illustrate how a chosen topic is relevant to a particular field. 6. Convey ideas clearly, coherently, and effectively for a particular purpose, occasion, or audience representative as appropriate for the field. FORMAT The format is to include title page, abstract, body, and bibliography. References and citations are to be in APA format. If you have questions concerning APA, please refer to the link or contact the instructor for assistance. The length of the body of each paper is to be 1500 words, written in 12-point font and double-spaced. Papers are to be submitted through the course website. DIRECTIONS Students will submit a draft copy of each paper by the deadline. The draft will graded on a 100-point scale and students will be provided feedback in the form of the Turnitin report, comments embedded in their papers, the completed assignment rubric, and additional summary comments as needed. This feedback will be delivered through the course website, and each student will have the opportunity to submit a revision of each draft as a final copy, with changes made based on the provided feedback. Revised papers will be similarly graded, and the grade earned for final copies will replace the initial grade for the draft copies in the gradebook. If you have any questions regarding this process, please do not hesitate to contact the instructional staff. Due to time constraints, late submissions cannot be revised and resubmitted!! Students will select a different topic for each paper. For each paper, the topic must be a criminal case that has been covered by the media. Besides using your textbooks as a source, you must also use five other additional outside sources for your paper, and two of these should be scholarly in nature. For example, you may use a combination of the internet, academic journal databases, books, encyclopedias, videos, newspapers, etc., but primarily relying on a source like Wikipedia or a textbook is not acceptable. Both of the Research papers must consist of the following: A description of the crime in its historical setting. A theoretical analysis of the crime event. A description of media involvement and coverage of the case from investigation to disposition. A perspective concerning the media effect on case outcomes. ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION POLICIES Submissions are to be submitted in MS Word or Adobe PDF. When submitting an assignment, you are responsible for saving a copy before submitting it, in the event the Course website computer system malfunctions. Save the assignment on your computer hard drive or a removable medium then submit the assignment. Save the file in the format “LASTNAME_FIRSTNAME-FINALPAPER” and do not use the # symbol in the file name.