Need to create an expository essay on the topic, which is: To what extent do the interplay of environmental factors, such as socioeconomic status and community resources, and genetic predispositions contribute to the development of criminal behavior among individuals in North America.
Make the thesis clear and obvious – thesis/big take away.
thesis is along the lines of: This paper argues that while genetic predispositions may lay the foundation for criminal behavior, it is the interplay with environmental influences, including socioeconomic factors and access to community resources, that shapes the manifestation and prevalence of such behaviors, not one or the other alone.
AT LEAST 10 scholarly sources required.
IMPORTANT: For each source, explain the who, what, when, where, why and how of that source as it pretains to the topic. why did you choose that source? make the relevance to the topic clear. Create a clear thesis. in the opening praagraph. contect the content of the sources together and have a good flow. make sure the topic sentence relates back to the thesis. State what the arguments about/what the paragraph is about. State how it relates to the thesis. Make sure to make it clear that experts agree with this (not your opinion)
MAKE SURE TO INCLUDE COUNTER ARGUMENTS TO THE THESIS: …
In your counterarguments, you have to signal to the reader that this is a counter argument. It is not you predicting this, it is others that believe this opposite side.
– ex. how some experts beleive it is nature/nurture that influences criminal bejhaviour in north america and not the combintion of both.
IMPORTANT:
MUST use these 2 sources as part of the essay (2 of the 10 sources):
Fox, B. (2017). It’s nature and nurture: Integrating biology and genetics into the social learning theory of criminal behavior. Journal of Criminal Justice, 49, 22–31.