CRIMINOLOGICAL

LANGUAGE:
THE FINAL PROJECT

Prof. Valentina Maglietta

Valentina.Maglietta@uab.cat
 TOPICS
1. Substance abuse and violence.
2. The consumption of alcohol and violent
behaviors: the alcoholic's "return" to society
3. The growing threat of Latin American drug
cartels
4. Sexual crimes: from sexual assault to
violent crime
5. Domestic violence.
6. Child abuse: pedophile activities and
pornographic abuse of children.
7. Juvenile delinquency, adolescence and
social disorders. Types of young offenders.
8. Hate Crimes and Violence Against LGBTQ
People
9. Should Hate Speech Be a Crime?
10. Kidnapping. Inside the mind of a kidnap victim:
the Stockholm syndrome
11. Prisons: historical development.
12. After imprisonment: what then? Is life inside a
prison so completely different from life outside?
13. Cases of miscarriage of justice and wrongful
convictions in law
14. Multiple and serial homicides: the case of
Jeffrey Dahmer
15. Multiple and serial homicides: the case of
Albert Fish
16. Multiple and serial homicides: the case of
Luis Alfredo Garavito Cubillos
17. Multiple and serial homicides: The Most
Brutal Spanish Serial Killers
18. Profiles of Female Serial Killers
19. The influence of genetics on criminal
behaviour. Case studies: Twins and siblings
separated at birth.
20. History of Dna Testing In Criminal Cases
21. Famous unsolved crimes in history
22. The Most Notorious Gangsters of all Time
23. What is meant by the concepts of
“environmental harm” and “green criminology”?
24. Human trafficking and illegal immigration
Once you have chosen your topic, you
should give the following roles to
different people in the group:
- Project manager
- Data researcher
- Data analysts
- Text editor
- Language editor
- Graphic designer
 PROJECT MANAGER

will be responsible for:

• planning meetings of the group (date, hour,
place)
• planning what to do in each meeting
• agreeing deadlines;
• assessing the progress of work;
• moderating group debates;
• writing the minutes of every meeting
 For ex: First meeting: Topic selection – Data
research method – division of tasks – timetable of
future meetings)
 DATA RESEARCHER(S)
Everyone will be in charge of carrying out the
research, looking for interesting articles, books,
videos, documentaries related to the chosen topic,
or looking for famous criminal cases, by using
reliable sources.

Check out:
• Trobador+
• and Dialnet.com  for academic articles
 DATA ANALYST
Will being responsible for:
- having a copy of all the articles collected
- eliminating all the sources that you are not going
to employ in your research
- analyzing data ( = identify the most useful and
“original” sources with the support of the rest of
the group)
- Drawing up the bibliography of the employed
sources, following the formal requirements of the
APA model.
 TEXT EDITOR

Will help the group to:

- draw up, first of all, the list of points you decide

to talk about
- draw up a script of your oral presentation,
following the essay’s structure template ( no
more than 2 pages, in times new roman 12!)
- Edit the final script of your oral presentation
ensuring that it has coherence and cohesion
 LANGUAGE EDITOR

Final review for mistakes both in

the script and the power-point.
 GRAPHIC DESIGNER

Power-point and script format.

 PROJECT PLANNING

To be planned by your project

manager with the agreement of the
rest of the group.
 1st meeting

Brainstorming:
What are you going to talk about?
What do you know about the topic?
How are you going to deal with the data
collection? (Are you going to work in
pairs, in little sub-groups of 3 or 4
people, or on you own?)
 FASE DOS: Data research
Every member of the group will have:
• to find out one or more reliable source
• to analyze this data, preparing a brief
explanation about what you found out, that
you will present to your group during the
next meeting.

The deadline to complete the data research and

analysis is within one week after the first meeting.
 FASE TRES: 2nd meeting
-Present the sources you have found out to the
rest of the group
-With the help of your text editor: select the topics
you are going to deal with
-Select the sources you are going to employ and
those you are not going to employ
-Help your data analysts to draw up the
bibliography
-prepare a list of points including the topics you
intend to address in your final project /
presentation; the sources you are going to make
reference; the structure of your script/oral
 FASE CUATRO: SCRIPT

Build up your script, working all together, in pairs

or subgroups

The final script will be made up of:

- INTRODUCTION
- BODY OF THE SCRIPT
- CONCLUSIONS
 FASE CINCO: project’s review
• Does your script fulfill the formal
requirements or is it too long? In this case,
some chunks of the text will have to be
summarized or cut (your text editor will do
it, with the help of the rest of the group and
he/she will assess if it’s coherent and
make sense, that there are not
repetitions…)
• your language editor will have to correct
any eventual mistakes
 FASE SEIS: Power-point
presentation
Prepare a power point for the oral presentation
(that will have a duration of a max of 10mins in
total, every member will have to speak for about 2
mins.)
 FASE SIETE: Power-point
presentation
Test your performance as a group! Are you
able to present you work within the time limit
(10 mins)?
 DEADLINE:
Not later than 7th of December (or before) you
have to upload your project on the virtual campus.
Your final project must contain the power-point
presentation and a PDF made up of:
-the final script of your oral presentation
-the bibliography of sources and materials
employed
-the minutes of the meetings done;
-a brief description about the work you have done
in the group as an individual (no more than one
paragraph!)
 EVALUATION

I will evaluate the originality by which you have

dealt with the topic and your ability to present your
work orally in the clearest way, by using
criminological vocab in English.
 Thank you
for your attention!