W????????????????????hat is (or are) the primary reason(s) for lethal violence in the United States or other industrialized nations? Each essay should be neat and professional in appearance. It should be well-researched, well-written, and easy to follow, i.e., clearly written with simple English. It should follow the components listed in the following section and be around 1000 words excluding references, 2.0-line spaced, 12-point font size, and 1-inch top-bottom, left-right margins. Check your spelling and grammar and number the pages. In general, your essay should include the following: 1. Introduction about the topic, its importance and the aims/objectives of the paper, e.g., what will you discuss and why? 2. Nature, trends, and definition of the particu????????????????????lar topic including historical or recent events or incidents, statistics from government and non-government sources, etc. 3. Theoretical explanations of a theory of violence you will apply. Explain and then apply the theory to the topic you have selected in order to explain why the behavior, incident, crime, etc. occurred. This will involve getting information from primary and secondary sources such as journal articles, books and reports. 4. Discussion of both the strengths and the weaknesses of the theory you selected. Does the theory explain the behavior, incident, crime, etc. (provide examples and refer to scholarly articles and studies), or are there some limitations? 5. Conclusions 6. References/Bibliography (APA style????????????????????)
