INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ASSIGNMENT
The student will then seek out three empirical papers that address the question. The student will justify the importance of the question, evaluate the quality of the research for papers they selected, (e.g., is the methodology adequate to answer the question posed), and summarize the results (if discussing more than one paper, integrate the findings). Finally, the student will discuss whether the data are sufficient to answer the question or if more data is needed, with explanation for their conclusions. Students should write concisely, with length of the body of the paper should not exceed 4 to 5 double-spaced pages, 12-point font conforming to APA style (7th edition).
MUST INCLUDE THESE SOURCES
Auxemery, Y. (2015). The mass murderer history: Modern classifications, sociodemographic and psychopathological characteristics, suicidal dimensions, and media contagion of mass murders. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 56, 149–154.
Gurian, E. A. (2017). Reframing Serial Murder Within Empirical Research: Offending and Adjudication Patterns of Male, Female, and Partnered Serial Killers. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 61(5), 544–560.
Harrison, M. A., Hughes, S. M., & Gott, A. J. (2019). Sex differences in serial killers. Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, 13(4), 295–310.
Harrison, M. A., Murphy, E. A., Ho, L. Y., Bowers, T. G., & Flaherty, C. V. (2015). Female serial killers in the United States: means, motives, and makings. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, 26(3), 383–406.
