you must locate two
peer-reviewed articles that describe a relationship between organizations and
organizational structure and some aspect of white-collar crime.
organizations facilitate crime? What features of organizations are more likely to facilitate crime? Who commits crime within organizations, and under what conditions? – these questions are suggestions only – if you have any additional questions that is ok
Structure: Overall,
the assignment will be 3-4 pages in length double spaced, excluding title page.
Page 0
Title page – you can make up an interesting title for the paper
Page 1
Provide a full ASA citation of each article and
a brief summary/annotation of the article (the main topic, the central
argument, and the main findings).
You must be brief and direct with your summary.
Citations can be single spaced. You do not need
to include the DOI.
Your summary can be double spaced or 1.5 spaced
or single spaced.
Page 2-4
Write an analysis of how
organizations/structure helps to explain your crime.
You are drawing primarily from the content of
your articles to explain the connection between organization and crime.
Draw from course material to help expand your
organizational analysis. (see attached)
You can introduce your ideas in a short intro
paragraph that acts as an outline or thesis.
Evaluation: Each assignment is worth 25% of your final grade. You are
evaluated on style, mechanics, organization, quality of sources, and quality of
analysis. – Because this is worth 1/4 of my mark – this needs to be a well articulated and well arugued paper.