EACH DISCUSSION NEEDS ITS OWN REFERENCE LIST TO FOLLOW AND PLEASE PUT A HEADING TO SEPARATE THEM. THE INSTRUCTOR WANTS A MINIMUM OF 250 WORDS BUT SHE WANTS IT IN 2 PARAGRAPHS. INSTRUCTIONS BELOW:
If Your “Friends” Jumped Off the Bridge, Would You?
According to the articles this week, where someone grows up, peers, and someone social class can decide as to whether or not they will exhibit criminal behavior. Review these three incidents of young people who have committed or victimized in horrible crimes. Using the articles, post a commentary addressing how their thought process to commit a crime is connected to peers, community and social class status. In addition, do you believe that these incidents would have occurred if it wasn’t for the presence of social media? What role did social media playing in the development of nature of these incidents?
· All posted commentaries must be two paragraphs or more in length.
· Provide three references to support your commentary and list those references at the end of your commentary. (APA format your references- use website www.citefast.com to assist).
· After, posting your commentary in the forum, pick two other classmates to provide feedback on their commentary to the topic.
· Feedback should not be an “I agree” or “I disagree” answer, but rather an avenue to provide insight and introduce components that the person who wrote the commentary might not have thought about.
Would intervention methods really have stopped the aggressive behavior of some adults?
Forum Discussion 5: According to the article this week, aggression can begin in the early developmental stages of a child but is not an indicator of whether someone will continue to be aggressive into adult years. Post a commentary addressing what you believe prevents children who have exhibited aggressive behavior in earlier stages of life from continuing such behavior. Do you believe those who exhibit aggressive behavior in their adult years, are the result of them not receiving intervention methods?
· All posted commentaries must be two paragraphs or more in length.
· Provide three references to support your commentary and list those references at the end of your commentary. (APA format your references- use website www.citefast.com to assist).
· After, posting your commentary in the forum, pick two other classmates to provide feedback on their commentary on the topic.
· Feedback should not be an “I agree” or “I disagree” answer, but rather an avenue to provide insight and introduce components that the person who wrote the commentary might not have thought about.
The student will read the provided articles below:Miller, J. M. (2009). 21st Century Criminology: A reference handbook (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. – Aggression and Crime (67-75)