This document asks the reader to analyze a crime case study by categorizing the crime as expressive or instrumental, explaining influencing factors and rationalizations, and considering why some individuals commit crimes while others do not despite similar backgrounds. The reader is also asked whether they would have behaved similarly and to explain their reasoning.

1. Identify the case that you selected and give a brief summary.
Would the crime described in your case study be categorized as
expressive or instrumental or a dichotomy of the two. Explain
your reasoning. What influencing factors may have contributed
to the subject’s crime or criminal behavior? How might the
subject have rationalized his or her behavior? Explain what may
lead one person to commit a crime while another person with a
similar background does not. Would you have behaved in a
similar way? Why, or why not?