This paper is for you to critically reflect on criminological theories and how they are represented in the music you listen to. Pick a song and describe how it represents at least two criminological theories. Your paper should provide a summary of the song, an explanation of the best criminological theory that applies to the song and a second theory that could also fit the song. The paper should develop a full explanation of why those theories apply to the song.

Length: Between 2-3 pages double spaced (excluding lyrics)

Guidelines

Song:

·  Summarize the song

Theory:

·  Use theory to analyze the song lyrics

·  What theory does the song best represent?  How?  Why?

·  Use lyrics/quotations from the song to back up components of the theory

·  Does the song represent any other theory?  Which one?

Lyrics:

·  Paste the song lyrics