Case Analysis
How is School Violent?
The focus of your signature assignment is an incident or case of school violence that made national news media attention. There are several possibilities, and some example options can be found in the full Signature Assignment description. The major component of the Case Study is a Case Analysis, for which the focus is on explaining why the incident happened from several perspectives. The final paper will require you to discuss fully and support with scholarly sources up to 5 different explanations. This paper (draft of that component) will get you jump started by asking you to provide preliminary discussion of at least 3 explanations.
If you choose a school shooting for your case, you must talk about why it happened. Your final 5 explanations could be mental illness, family problems, bullying, gun availability, and toxic masculinity but this draft may just focus on the first 3 or 4.
While this paper should be a formal, academic paper, it should be written in a way that is accessible to a general audience.
Content Expectations
Construct a case analysis with the following:
• A brief introduction to the broad type of school violence reflected in your case and your specific case that also identifies the 3-5 major explanations you will present (1 paragraph).
• 3-4 sections (with subheadings) for your explanations that EACH:
o Are a minimum of 1 1⁄2 pages (doubled-spaced) in length
o Include a minimum of 2 scholarly citations that support the explanation o Use examples from the case to support or reflect the explanation
• A conclusion that identifies which explanation is the strongest or best for your case.
Formatting & Length Expectations (Due 3/15 by 11:59 PM)
• Written formally with no use of I-statements or other first-person language.
• APA in-text citing and reference list (number of required sources noted above); no direct
quotes (all ideas paraphrased in your own words and cited properly)
• Double-spaced, name and title at top of page only (no title page or abstract)
• Minimum of 5 FULL pages (around 1750 words) in length, NOT including the references