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T‌‍‌ype: Assignment - Written Assignment Learning Outcomes Assessed: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Due Date: 27

September 2021 08:55am (Monday of Week 10) Weight: 50% Length: 2500 words Task Description:
Select one theory discussed this trimester and use it to explain the criminal behaviour of any famous or
documented criminal. You may pick any criminal you wish, but you must document the source of your
information. Because you will not have access to case files, you will have to rely on media reports of the
criminal. This is an exception to the general rule that you should not use popular or internet sources for
information. Here is a link to get started, though note you do not need to use an Australian criminal:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Australian_criminals Hints Check the case study examples in the
Learning@Griffith site for the course (these are the case studies discussed in the tutorials). Write the
case study in normal essay-style. You do not need to pretend that you are writing a report for court or that
you have personally interviewed the criminal. You must use a theory covered in this course.

Do not just 're‌‍‌cycle' theorists covered in other courses (eg Criminological Theories: Social Perspectives).
In particular, if you select social learning theory, be sure to use the psychological versions covered in this
course (e.g. Bandura) and not sociological versions (e.g. Sutherland's differential association). There is
no 'right' theory for this case. You can choose any theory covered in this course. However, you may find
that some theories are easier to apply in this case than are other theories. The debates about human
behaviour - nature/nurture, free will/determinism, normal/pathological, person/situation - are not specific
theories. You must relate the theory to the specific case. Don't just provide general information about
your selected theory. Similarly, don't waste space in your essay documenting exactly what the criminal
did. You should take no more than a paragraph or two to describe who the criminal is and what they did.
Make sure that you try to explain the causes of the criminal's behaviour. The theories are evolutionary
theories, biobehavioral, Developmental, behavioural and social learning in the psyhcology of crim‌‍‌e