Assignment:
Case Study 1. Article title: The Feminization of Poverty in Rural Kentucky: Creating Crime and Excessive Social Control
For each case study assigned answer the following questions:
- What question was the author was trying to answer or what problem was the focus of the study/research?
- What main points were made in the study/research concerning social control?
- What did the author conclude about the problem or question as it relates to social control?
No references are required. The length of the case studies should be 1 to 2 pages, double-spaced. Make sure you have a separate title page with your name on it. Either restate the question or number them from 1 to 3 as they are listed above.
Case Study 2. Article Title: Gender, Sexuality and the Law
For each case study assigned answer the following questions:
- What question was the author was trying to answer or what problem was the focus of the study/research?
- What main points were made in the study/research concerning social control?
- What did the author conclude about the problem or question as it relates to social control?
No references are required. The length of the case studies should be 1 to 2 pages, double-spaced. Make sure you have a separate title page with your name on it. Either restate the question or number them from 1 to 3 as they are listed above.
File Case Study
Case Study 3. Article title: The Wide and Unreasonable Reach of California's Three Strikes Law
For each case study assigned answer the following questions:
- What question was the author was trying to answer or what problem was the focus of the study/research?
- What main points were made in the study/research concerning social control?
- What did the author conclude about the problem or question as it relates to social control?
No references are required. The length of the case studies should be 1 to 2 pages, double-spaced. Make sure you have a separate title page with your name on it. Either restate the question or number them from 1 to 3 as they are listed above.
Readings:
1. The Feminization of Poverty in Rural Kentucky: Creating Crime and Excessive Social Control
By Rebecca S. Katz
2. The Violence of Gender, the Gender of Violence ; Law, Gender and Violence
By Lisa A. Crooms
3. The Wide and Unreasonable Reach of California's Three Strikes Law
By Doug Kieso J.D