Please see the following for assignment requirements and attached course guideline.
The research essay asks you to develop a research essay that engages appropriately with course content. As a research essay, you will be graded both on the quality of your research and its presentation as an essay, with attention to the following criteria:
• level of engagement with the task, the material and the course
• the cogency of your argument
• quality of your essay's overall structure
• the effectiveness of your critical analysis
• the extent to which you handle the material in a thoughtful, interesting, or original way
• the care you demonstrate by the quality of the submitted document
Choose a topic from the following:
1. Drawing on a new policy measure to address a specific example or issue of global crime, evaluate the potential for it to contravene international law, violate the laws of another nation or cause diplomatic tensions.
2. Drawing on a specific example or issue of global crime, highlight the connections between an illicit or shadow economy and its state-sanctioned or legal counterpart. What are the implications for the responding agencies if they wish to reduce the harm caused by this practice?
3. Drawing on a specific example or issue, describe how increased global mobility or technological innovation has led to the emergence of a new form of criminality. What changes have to be made to the relevant agencies in order to respond effectively?