Structure of the assignment
I. Introduction (suggested words: 300)
i.
General background (max two – three lines)
-Some
related empirical statistics – to point out why this topic is important.
ii.
Explain the research question.
iii.
An outline of your arguments
E.g.,
in this essay, I will firstly discuss…Secondly, I will explain…thirdly…finally…
II. Theory (suggested words: 1000)
i.
Explain the general strain theory or that you are going to use to answer your research question.
-Who’s
theory?
-The
basic assumption of the theory
-Core
argument of the theory
-Explain
how you are going to use the theory to answer the question.
III. Case (suggested words: 700)
i.
What information have you found?
-Analysis
of the interviews/judgement of the real adolescent crime caused by domestic
violence in China.
ii.
Use the general strain theory to explain this case.
IV. Social policy implication (suggested words: 700)
i.
What are the related social policies?
-Youth
policy / Health policy / Mental health policy?
ii.
Limitation of the existing policy in addressing your case.
iii.
How might the existing policy improve?
-According
to the case study or according to learning from the foreign example
V. Conclusion (suggested words: 300)
i.
Summarize your main points.
ii.
Try to use one or two sentences to give an overall answer to the question.
VI. References