 Identify a prevalent crime in Botswana.

Look at various theories (2) that may explain the

prevalence of the crime and suggest ways to address the crime as well.
 In your write-up, discuss what as well you believe should be appropriate punishment or
remedies for the offenders, citing relevant theories of punishment (2) to justify your position
you have chosen

You may also be guided by crime statistics to choose your crime, which you can find on the
following link: www.statsbots.org.bw/crime and
https://www.statsbots.org.bw/sites/default/files/publications/Crime%20Statistics%20Report
%202019_0.pdf

Word count

 Minimum 1,500 words and maximum 2,000 words. Minimum 10 academic references.
 No Wikipedia, YouTube, essay.org, slidesahre.com or any non-reviewed articles from
journals. All references are to be either textbooks or journal articles.
 Do not copy from the lecture slides.
 Times roman font, size 12 and 1.5 spacing
 Cover page with your name, student number, lecture name, assignment topic and due
date
 Table of contents
 APA referencing
 All pages numbered
 LATE SUBMISSIONS WILL RESULT IN 5% DEDUCTION PER DAY

Good day, all. Please ensure that your name is in the spreadsheet for the groups, and you may
begin to allocate each other the work for the assignment. The following ate just guidelines to help
you work together, if you've made a strategic plan already that is fine:

- identify which crime you shall focus on

- ALL participants must read up on the crime, which criminal code proscribed it (ie which law
makes it an offence), its prevalence, and find examples, even in newspapers

- divide among yourselves how to work on the introduction, the crime itself, Criminology/criminal
justice theories to explain the crime
- short critical analysis

- recommendations to reduce the crime

- conclusion

- nominate an editor amongst yourselves for grammar, spelling, citations, plagiarism.