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54567890444 |
Type of Project |
ESSAY |
Writer Level |
PHD VERIFIED |
Format |
APA |
Academic Sources |
10 |
Page Count |
3-12 PAGES |
The graded learning activity for this module will consist of a minimum (2) mini graded discussion posts around 3/4 page each. You will be given a long list of possible discussion post options (25pts). Please pick any two of the following that appeal or resonate with you. Important: All two initial posts you make must be from different chapters!
You are also highly encouraged to make short YouTube video posts instead. IMPORTANT: Please DO NOT label your thread “Option 2 or Option 4,” rather give unique headings which somewhat reveal your thinking on the specific issue.
Crime and Deviance Chapter
Option 1: Should “pan-handling” in the streets be legal, or treated as a crime? Links to video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5hzzlzp-sA
Option 2: Should homeless encampments in the city be tolerated or bulldozed?
Option 3: Should squatting be legal or illegal? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIJcPUn6Gdo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pqYMdweIJc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CDlRqduQqw
Option 4: Should Street or indoor prostitution be legalized or remain illegal?
Option 5: Starting at what age should child labor be a crime?
Option 6: Should marijuana be legal or remain illegal?
Option 7: Should society abolish or strengthen the death penalty?
Option 8: Should mega prisons or for-profit prisons be abolished or further expanded?
You also must include and apply 1 concept or theory from the Deviance/Crime and Crime chapter in your post. See the list of theories here: https://open.lib.umn.edu/sociology/chapter/7-2-explaining-deviance/#barkan-ch07_s02_t01 the second requirement is that you must provide 1 statistic or graph that defends your argument. Finally, please reply and respond to individual posts made by others in the course. Hence, you will also receive credit for making a discussion post reply.
Social Stratification Chapter
For the next chapter, please pick only one of the following options below:
Option 9: “Poverty and homelessness is inevitable because…”
Option 10: “Poverty and homelessness can be reduced/eliminated because…”
Option 11:” Individual agency and merit (hard-work) often determines if someone becomes rich or poor in America because…”
Option 12: ” Individual agency and merit (hard-work) does not always determine if someone becomes rich or poor in America because…”
Option 13: “I support/do not support a basic income guarantee for all adult citizens in the United States because…” https://usbig.net/about-big/
You also must include and apply 1 concept from the Chapters on Stratification/ Inequality in your post. https://open.lib.umn.edu/sociology/chapter/8-2-explaining-stratification/#barkan-ch08_s02_t01 The second requirement is that you must provide 1 statistic or graph that defends your argument. Finally, please reply and respond to individual posts made by others in the course.
In fulfillment of the post requirement, you may also mention the article below in your discussion post. I will ask you to slowly read the famous and frequently cited article by Herbert J. Gans, The Uses of Poverty (1971).https://canvas.instructure.com/courses/811184/files/28412697/download Afterwards, highlight any two of the 4 questions inside your post somewhere demostrating to me that you have read this article: