FBI / UCR

According to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program, violent crimes are defined as those offenses that involve force or threat of force. These include:

Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter

Forcible rape

Robbery

Aggravated assault

For this Assignment, you will identify a real-life case from one of the categories above and analyze the social factors that may have influenced the perpetrator’s actions.

Consider the following categories of violent crime:

Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter

Forcible rape

Robbery

Aggravated assault

Select one of the categories of violent crime from the list above on which to focus for this Assignment.

Identify a real-life case representing the category of violent crime you selected.

Conduct your own research online and/or in the Walden Library to identify three or more credible sources of information/evidence (e.g., court documents, documentaries, journal articles, news reports, etc.) about the case you selected.

Consider the social factors that may have influenced the perpetrator’s actions.

Review the Learning Resource, “How to Brief a Case.”

Note: You will use the format explained in this resource for the case summary required in this Assignment.

Use the APA Course Paper Template (APA 7) found in the Learning Resources to complete your Assignment.

Assignment (3–4 pages, not including title and references pages)

Address the following in your paper:

Summarize the case you selected (following the case brief format explained in the Learning Resource, “How to Brief a Case”).

Explain which social factors may have influenced the perpetrator’s actions, providing a rationale for your analysis.