The Theory to Policy Assignment is designed to identify and assess a criminological theory and its correlation to criminal justice policy. For this assignment, students will select a relevant theory and critically analyze the theory and evaluate its influence of criminal justice policy. The selected criminal justice policy should be current. The Theory to Policy Assignment will consist of at least six (6) pages (excluding title page, references, figures, illustrations, or other extraneous elements outside the main body of the paper). Students will format their paper using 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and double spacing. Students will use at least 4 references (Wikipedia or blogs CANNOT be used as a reference). APA 7th Edition guidelines are to be followed. The structure of the assignment must include the following sections and mandatory headings:

1. Title Page
2. Introduction

Should contain clear thesis statement: “The purpose of this paper is….”

1. Description of the selected criminal justice theory
2. Description of the selected criminal justice policy
3. Description of relationship between selected criminal justice theory and the selected criminal justice policy.
4. Conclusion
5. References