Your tutorial journal for Criminological Theory might be a bit different to other tutorial journals
you’ve had to submit. This is not a journal in which you express your musings on a topic or offer
reflections nor is it a personal reflective piece of writing.
You will need to choose ONE theories to write the Journal entry, which is Marxist theory. Based on
your reading for class as well as at least FOUR academic sources you will apply your chosen theory to
a case study.
You need to submit a journal entry for marking and it must be 1000 words.
Based on your reading for class, the article ““The Bribe Factory””), as well as at least FOUR academic
sources you will apply your chosen theory to the following case study. As part of your tutorial journal
you can consider the following questions (but do not use these as your only points of applying your
chosen theory to the case study i.e. think of other ways to apply your theory to the case study):
1. What are the main views of your chosen theory? How is criminality explained under this theory?
2. In what ways does your chosen theory explain the case study?
Please do not just answer the above questions in the order they are presented in and numbering
them. Please do not use dot points to present your journal. This should be a clearly written, wellarticulated
piece of writing that should be academic in nature and not disjointed.
Important Using the information from the above article, as well as your 4 academic sources, apply
your chosen theory to discuss.
Just some things to keep in mind for while you’re preparing for your assessment:
Newspaper articles are not considered academic references, however, you need to reference any and
all newspaper articles you turn to
And most importantly:
Do not just answer the two prompt questions on the assessment hand out! Those are points where
you can begin to think about applying the theories to the case study they should not be the only
points you consider. If you do not think beyond those two questions you will not receive a good
grade for this assessment.
Based on the reading, the article ““The Bribe Factory””), as well as at least FOUR academic sources
you will apply your chosen theory to the case study.
Write the Journal entry about Marxist theory. Based on the reading of the case study as well as find at
least FOUR academic sources you will apply your chosen theory to a case study.
Case Study The Bribe Factory
Read:
Baumann, N., Shahid Ahmed, A., Schulberg, J., & Blumenthal, P. (2016). Unaoil’s Huge New
Corporate Bribery Scandal, Explained. Huffington Post.
