To prepare:
- Review the Learning Resources this week, which address the risk factors associated with criminal behavior.
- Review and use the Risk Assessment Template found in the Learning Resources this week to complete your Assignment.
Note: You will be required to include your completed template as part of your Assignment submission. - Review the Week 2 Case Studies document and consider the risk factors associated with criminal behavior for each of the cases presented.
- Select one case study from the Week 2 Case Studies document on which to focus for this Assignment.
Note: You must choose a different case than you chose for the Discussion this week. - Download and use the APA 7 Course Paper TemplateLinks to an external site. found in this week’s Learning Resources to complete this Assignment.
Assignment (3- to 5-page paper, double spaced and APA formatted, not including references, title page, or abstract)
Based on the data you gathered in the Risk Assessment Template, address the following in your Assignment:
- Summarize the case you selected.
- Identify and analyze the demographics and risk factors (e.g., acute, direct, proxy, short and long term) present in the case that contribute to the subject becoming a victim or offender.
- For offenders, identify and analyze the risk factors that may influence a person, once they have committed their first crime, to continue engaging in criminal behavior.
- For victims, identify and analyze the risk factors that might facilitate continued victimization.
- Explain whether there is a correlation between risk factors and the types of crimes that are likely to occur and why.
- Rate the subject (on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being most likely) as to how likely is it they will commit a crime or become a victim.
Your conclusions should be supported with scholarly evidence from your research and/or the Learning Resources and properly cited using APA style.