Discussion

Three pages needed. check the rubric below and see the attached files. The risk assessment TEMPLATE as well as the rubric would be used for the paper.

(3- to 5-page paper, double spaced and APA formatted, not including references, title page, or abstract) Based on the data you gathered in the Risk Assessment Template, address the following in your Assignment: Summarize the case you selected. Identify and analyze the demographics and risk factors (e.g., acute, direct, proxy, short and long term) present in the case that contribute to the subject becoming a victim or offender. For offenders, identify and analyze the risk factors that may influence a person, once they have committed their first crime, to continue engaging in criminal behavior. For victims, identify and analyze the risk factors that might facilitate continued victimization. Explain whether there is a correlation between risk factors and the types of crimes that are likely to occur and why. Rate the subject (on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being most likely) as to how likely is it they will commit a crime or become a victim. Your conclusions should be supported with scholarly evidence from your research and/or the Learning Resources and properly cited using APA style.

Here is the case:

Becoming an Offender Case 2 Enzo was considered to be a gifted child raised in relative poverty by a loving mother and an absentee father who sometimes paid him visits when he was little. He also remembers visiting his dad in jail. Enzo performed well in school but remembers having to fight off bullies. He was teased because he liked playing musical instruments. His neighborhood was controlled by gangs, and his older brother joined one, telling Enzo that if he wanted to be cool, then he, too, could join his gang when he was old enough. As Enzo grew into his teen years, he knew that survival meant being part of a gang. By then, he had smoked marijuana a few times with his brother and hung out with him and other gang members. Enzo believed that by having a gang affiliation, he would be respected and feared by others, even though he had no desire to harm anyone. The night he was initiated into the gang (jumped), he was told there would be a test of his loyalty. He was to carry out a drive-by shooting on a rival gang. The next week, Enzo drove by a residence and fired his weapon into the house. One rival gang member was wounded, and a 6-year-old girl was shot and killed by Enzo’s bullets. He was eventually caught and now sits on California’s death row.