Criminal Behavior
Final Project Guidelines
For your Final Project, you will examine three case scenarios from Heilbrun, Marczyk, & DeMatteo’s Forensic Mental Health Assessment: A Casebook in which each case scenario represents a different type of offender (i.e., mentally disordered offender, sex offender, violent offender, family violence offender, female offender, white-collar criminal, cybercriminal, or terrorist). You will apply a specific theoretical approach to the criminal behaviors displayed in each case. You also will analyze the degree to which developmental risk factors and correlates of criminal behavior influence the criminal behavior that the offender exhibits. Finally, you will evaluate whether or not the offender in each case scenario is a criminal.
Your Final Project shall be presented as follows:
• A 10- to 12-page (not including references, title page, or abstract),
double-spaced, APA-formatted paper that is submitted to the Week 10
Assignment Turnitin link.
The Final Project must include the following:
• A minimum of seven references (in addition to any course readings that
you may wish to reference). Be aware that user-created websites such as
Wikipedia will not be accepted as scholarly references. (Please consult
the Walden University Library’s instructions for evaluating research
resources, which includes a link to criteria for evaluating resources.)
• A brief description of each of the three case scenarios you selected
• A description of each of the criminal behaviors exhibited by the offender in
each case scenario
• An analysis of how you might apply a specific biological, psychological, or
sociological theory or approach to understanding and explaining each of
the criminal behaviors. Be sure to select a different theory or approach for
each behavior you discuss.
• A description of the correlates and developmental risk factors that
influence the specific criminal behaviors
• An analysis of how each correlate and developmental risk factor
influences the specific criminal behaviors
• An answer to the question “Is this person a criminal?” with an analysis of
why or why not
Other References that will be helpful;
Bartol, C. R., & Bartol, A. (2017). Criminal behavior: A psychological approach. (11th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall.
Chapter 1, “Introduction to Criminal Behavior” (pp. 1–26)
Chapter 2, “Origins of Criminal Behavior: Developmental Risk Factors” (pp. 28–56)
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Final Project Guidelines
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