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Rational Choice Theory And The Orange Is The New Black

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Title Page: Name, Date, Professor, Assignment Name (Final Paper) Abstract: 150- 250 words paragraph explaining how I am going to connect rational choice theory and the Orange is the New Black Introduction: 3-4 sentences summarizing Orange is the New Black, 3-4 sentences summarizing rational choice theory, 1-2 sentence thesis Body Paragraph One: 1 page in total, background on the one instance from Orange is the New Black, one instance from Orange is the New Black where Piper exhibits rational choice theory, analysis on that one instance, background on the comparing part where rational choice theory occurs in “Rational Choice and Responsibilisation in Youth Justice in Scotland: Whose Evidence Matters in Evidence-Based Policy,” quote from that

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