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