Straight from the course syllabus & quot; 1. length :2-3,000 words 2. Pick a side, don''t try to cover everything 3. You need to do more than watch a video & amp; write your essay from it After you have picked a topic think about how to narrow it down to a small area. Generally the more concentrated the area the better the work. Your topics are very broad – so you need to narrow down to a specific time / place: Eg: violence in Toronto: concentrate down to violence in Toronto in the last 5 years, or how the Creba case has been perceived by the media / public, or youth / gang violence in Toronto Eg: AIDS & amp; deviance: pick a country, or city, or specific case to analyse – eg HIV/AIDS in Vancouver, in Uganda, in Cuba, the current case in Hamilton about deliberately infecting others with HIV. Apply the theory to the topic area – you do NOT have to spend a long time describing the theory – assume the reader knows what you are talking about. Key questions: What happened Any data to back up your work – put it in a graph or table (AIDS rates over time, homicide levels in Toronto) Why does the theory work / not work in this case : apart from the main theorists – who else deals with these theories – what are the limits of the theory – ie can you apply a USA theory to Zambia? What next? What are the short / long term implications of what you are writing about? Do NOT quote from lectures or the lecture slides (lazy – no marks there), read your text book for ideas, etc, share ideas with other people – try to talk for 5 minutes to someone about what you are writing about – this forces you to put your thoughts into a logical flow. DO NOT quote from any Wiki source!!!!! Unless this is relevant! DO NOT say “I think”, “In my opinion” Do NOT start your paper with “In this essay I will write about.......” – I am about to read it, so I do not need to be pre-told. & quot; The essay is for the class & quot;Deviance and social control & quot;. A second year sociology class at the University of Toronto. Therefore, the focus is on the Canadian criminal justice system, and Canadian examples would be ideal. The position I am going to take is that the plea bargain process is not just, mainly because the defendant gets a lesser charge, however, it is necessary in order for the criminal justice system to be functional.