Convicted Rapists Vocabularies of Motive: Excuses and Justifications (Scully and Marolla, 1984)
Part 1 (10 pts): Identify the key research questions in this study, describe the sample and the method (You are permitted to use A.I. to describe the methods to you to gain a better understanding, but try to put answer in your own words), and state the key finding in your own words. What did the study actually add to what came before?
Part 2 (10 pts): Answer at least 3 of the following questions (include the number of your choices):
1. What is one thing in this reading you found yourself resisting or doubting, and why?
2. What is a question this reading raised that it didn’t answer?
3. How does this reading complicate, challenge, or support something from a previous week in this course?
4. What would someone who strongly disagrees with this author’s argument say?
5. What type of person, community, or situation is invisible or underrepresented in this reading’s framework?
6. What is one thing this reading changed or shifted in how you think about this topic?
(not very long answers; just moderate) “Gender and Crime”
Watch the following video describing the Minneapolis Domestic Violence
Experiment (). (Focus on the first 10 minutes)
Summarize this experiment.
What are the benefits and costs described related to mandatory arrest policies in domestic violence incidents?
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