If you were in a Jury in which everyone else has voted to convict a 19-year old female offender for shoplifting with a toy gun at a departmental shop; would you rather join the others or would you not?

If you were in a Jury in which everyone else has voted to convict a 19-year old female offender for shoplifting with a toy gun at a departmental shop; would you rather join the others or would you not? If you would vote to convict, what would your reasons be and if you would rather vote to release the accused, what would be your reasons?

Discuss your position, bearing in mind the various theories of Criminology examined in Chapters 4 – 9 of our texbook; Schmalleger: Criminology Today. Textbook: Schmalleger F. (2008/2010), Criminology Today: An Integrative Introduction, 5th Edition. This term paper is a case study regarding the above scenario. You are to discuss whether the 19 year-old female offender should be convicted or not be convicted; or jailed or not be jailed; and give examples. Argue whether the offender deserved to be punished or not. And why, or why not? We are required to consider the various theories in the textbook such as astoric theory, deformed theory, rational theory, etc. We are also required to consider the biological perspective, sociological perspective, or psychological perspective from the textbook. The chapters assigned for the term paper are Chapters 4 -9. For Chapter 7, you can use the Chicago School, broken window theory, strain theory, etc. SOURCE Criminology Today – Main Source You can use articles and journals as – Additional source INSTRUCTION Paper should be typed written. Required pages: 4 -5 Double spacing. References: Cite at least two books for this paper. You can cite the above textbook as one of the two references.