Each student will do a magazine focusing on selected topics relevant to the issue of violent crime. This project will assist you in thinking critically and creatively and will enhance your written work. You will conduct research on a major theme for the magazine and will decide issues of the magazine's design (columns, graphics, art, photos, etc.).

This assignment asks you to go beyond simply stating your opinions on the topic, please do NOT include any personal opinions. The two "articles" will be written by you and serve as your writing assignments for the course. The "articles" are NOT two articles you find and report about. Students will also decide issues of design (columns, graphics, art, photos, etc.).

Your project must include an argument/question you are asking about the topic, then evaluating/analyzing and answering the question through research. Just "reporting" on a topic will not be sufficient. This outline must include that argument/question to be evaluated/analyzed and answered (you may propose more than one question).

Your discussion of the magazine's theme must be supported with researched evidence from scholarly books, journals, articles, and other sources.

Listed below are the possible topics for the magazine. You will need to choose one from this list.

• Serial Killing (DO NOT Choose: Bundy, Gacy, Dahmer as examples- get creative and find one that isn't as famous.
• *********To be done*******

*****Describe two short 3pg serial killing articles on serial seprate*****

Magazine Outline Example********* Magazine Outline School Violence

2 Short researched "articles" (min. 3 pgs) o Article I - Cyberbullying Where does violence play a role? While there is no direct physical harm of cyberbullying, it is argued that it can fall into the general strain theory and students can turn into delinquent coping responses (Hinduja & Patchin, 2007). Violence is not only physical abuse but emotional and mental abuse as well. What does cyberbullying look like in middle and high school? Bullying is more prevalent in middle school than high school. (MacDonald & Roberts-Pittman, 2010) People participated in cyberbullying because it made them feel that they were funny, popular, and powerful (many indicated feeling guilty afterwards) (Mishna, Cook, Gadalla, Daciuk and Solomon, 2010). What does cyberbullying look like in college? 38% of college students reported knowing someone who had been cyberbullied, 21.9% reported having been cyberbullied, and 8.6% reported cyberbullying someone else (MacDonald & Roberts- Pittman, 2010) o 25% of college students reported being bullied through social networking site, 21.2% reported someone sent them

a harassing or threatening text messages, 16.1% reported receiving harassing or threatening emails 13.2% in instant messages, 9.9% chat room, 6.8% someone posted negative information or images (MacDonald & Roberts-Pittman, 2010) What is the effect on cyberbullying victims? Victims of cyberbullying are not physically harmed by the other individual although they face many physical and mental health problems (Selkie, Fales & Moreno, 2016). The verbal threats towards others are violent in nature. o They reported difficulty sleeping, recurrent abdominal pain, and headaches. Along with anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation (Selkie, Fales & Moreno, 2016)

o Article II - Sexual Assault Where does violence play a role? The violence that accompanies sexual assaults are a given. Whether conscious or not, the physical act of forcing yourself onto another individual without their consent is easily considered a violent act. How prevalent is sexual assault on college campuses? It is hard to determine the true number of assaults that occur on college campuses due to the differences in definitions and the lack

of reporting, although it is estimated that 1 of 6 women experience completed or attempted rape (Hayes, Abbott, & Cook, 2016). Are prevention classes making an impact on rates of sexual assault? Colleges with sexual assault programs do not experience lower levels of acceptance of rape myths compared to colleges with no programing (Hayes, Abbott, & Cook, 2016). What are the differences between how women and men are being taught about preventing sexual assault? Males and heavy drinkers are more likely than females and non/low drinkers to adhere to rape myths (Hayes, Abbott, & Cook, 2016). o Women are taught how to defend themselves o Men should be taught how to ask for consent o Consent should be taught to both women and men