by Shaw. Analytic Essay. You need to write a five-page analytic essay on a speci

by Shaw.
Analytic Essay. You need to write a five-page analytic essay on a specific issue in
delinquency and its social control. In your essay, you may follow Shaw and his model in
Substance Use and Abuse: Sociological Perspectives. Specifically, you need to (a)
choose a specific type of delinquency or delinquent behavior; (b) choose a sociological
perspective; (c) review current literature pertaining to your chosen delinquency as well as
your chosen perspective; (d) identify and explain major theoretical components; and (e)
explore and discuss policy implications.
You need to submit your analytic essay through Turnitin at our class site on Canvas.
Ratings provided by Turnitin on similarity (plagiarism) and AI (machine writing) are
used in the evaluation of your essay. Essays showing a similarity/AI rate of 15% or
higher will be penalized with a deduction of 1.5 or higher points. For example, an essay
identified by Turnitin as having a similarity rate of 21% will automatically lose 2.1 points.
Essays showing a similarity/AI rate of 50% o
Victor Shaw. 2002. Substance Use and Abuse: Sociological Perspectives.
Westport, CT and London: Praeger.