Final Project

This course requires a Final Project which will be due Day 7 of Week 10. For your Final Project, you will complete a violent offender analysis related to a real-life criminal case of your choosing. By now, you have chosen a violent crime case on which to focus.

Please review the Final Project Overview (PDF) Download Final Project Overview (PDF)to familiarize yourself with the requirements for each section of the Final Project. This week, you will complete and submit the Offender Factors section. See file below 

consider the following factors that may have contributed to the offender’s criminal behavior:

Biological factors

Environmental factors

Social factors

Use the APA Course Paper Template (APA 7) found in this week’s Learning Resources to complete your Assignment. See File that is added..

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

Address the following in your paper:

Describe the behaviors related to biological factors that the offender displayed that may have contributed to their criminal behavior.

Describe the behaviors related to environmental factors that the offender displayed that may have contributed to their criminal behavior.

Describe the behaviors related to social factors that the offender displayed that may have contributed to their criminal behavior.

Note: This Offender Factors (Final Project Section) Assignment corresponds to the Offender Factors section of your Final Project.