The final essay will be an assessment of existing research on a social question of your choice. Choose one topic that is covered in the class and find four peer-reviewed empirical research writings (e.g. sociological journal articles). In synthesizing the four articles, discuss the following: (1) the research questions sociologists who work in that area seem to be working with (2) the tentative answers the research is offering (3) the “novelty” of the answers (as in, how did the research contribute to advancing our sociological understanding of the world?) The paper should refer to relevant chapters in TSP and the issues and concepts covered in TSP, and during the lecture and recitation sections. The paper should be 6- 10 pages, double spaced.
make my topic
Sociology of Deviance and Crime and Punishment
use TSP Chapter 7 “Deviance and Social Control.” and TSP Chapter 20 “Crime and Punishment” the find the other 4 peer reveiwed sourses