Assignment

 

Conduct an Internet search about the murder of Yeardley Love. After researching the story, write a 500­-750-word essay addressing the following. 

• Assuming there was abuse occurring prior to the death of Yeardley Love, hypothesize how it may have been difficult for a counselor to assess and identify this abuse. 
• Describe how a counselor’s knowledge of the abuse cycle would assist in detecting partner abuse.

Include a minimum of two scholarly references in addition to the textbook.

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Course Code	Class Code	Assignment Title	Total Points
CNL-545	CNL-545-O500	Detecting Abuse Paper (Obj. 5.1 and 5.2)	80.0
Criteria	Percentage	Unsatisfactory (0.00%)	Less Than Satisfactory (74.00%)	Satisfactory (79.00%)	Good (87.00%)	Excellent (100.00%)	Comments	Points Earned
Content	70.0%
Difficulty of Assessing and Identifying Abuse	30.0%	Does not demonstrate an understanding of the assignment directions; does not hypothesize the difficulty of assessing and identifying abuse.	Includes limited understanding of the assignment directions. A hypothesis is provided, but is irrelevant.	Provides a relevant, but cursory hypothesis. The hypothesis lacks depth and the rationale provided does not clearly support the reasoning behind the hypothesis.	Provides a relevant, thorough hypothesis that is supported by a concise rationale and clearly links the situation involving Yeardley Love with the difficulty of assessing and identifying abuse.	Provides a relevant, thorough hypothesis that is supported by a concise rationale; clearly links the situation involving Yeardley Love with the difficulty of assessing and identifying abuse; and supports the rationale provided with scholarly references.
Counselor’s Knowledge of the Abuse Cycle	40.0%	Does not demonstrate an understanding of the assignment directions; does not describe how a counselor’s knowledge of the abuse cycle would assist in detecting partner abuse.	Includes limited understanding of the assignment directions. Provides a description of how a counselor’s knowledge of the abuse cycle would assist in detecting partner abuse, but the description is irrelevant or incorrect.	Provides a relevant, but cursory description. The description lacks the depth to fully illustrate how a counselor’s knowledge of the abuse cycle would assist in detecting partner abuse.	Provides a relevant, thorough description that fully illustrates how a counselor’s knowledge of the abuse cycle would assist in detecting partner abuse.	Provides a relevant, thorough description that fully illustrates how a counselor’s knowledge of the abuse cycle would assist in detecting partner abuse and supports the information provided with scholarly references and real-word examples.
Organization and Effectiveness	20.0%
Thesis Development and Purpose	7.0%	Paper lacks any discernible overall purpose or organizing claim.	Thesis and/or main claim are insufficiently developed and/or vague; purpose is not clear.	Thesis and/or main claim are apparent and appropriate to purpose.	Thesis and/or main claim are clear and forecast the development of the paper. It is descriptive and reflective of the arguments and appropriate to the purpose.	Thesis and/or main claim are comprehensive. The essence of the paper is contained within the thesis. Thesis statement makes the purpose of the paper clear.
Argument Logic and Construction	8.0%	Statement of purpose is not justified by the conclusion. The conclusion does not support the claim made. Argument is incoherent and uses noncredible sources.	Sufficient justification of claims is lacking. Argument lacks consistent unity. There are obvious flaws in the logic. Some sources have questionable credibility.	Argument is orderly, but may have a few inconsistencies. The argument presents minimal justification of claims. Argument logically, but not thoroughly, supports the purpose. Sources used are credible. Introduction and conclusion bracket the thesis.	Argument shows logical progression. Techniques of argumentation are evident. There is a smooth progression of claims from introduction to conclusion. Most sources are authoritative.	Clear and convincing argument presents a persuasive claim in a distinctive and compelling manner. All sources are authoritative.
Mechanics of Writing (includes spelling, punctuation, grammar, language use)			5.0%	Surface errors are pervasive enough that they impede communication of meaning. Inappropriate word choice and/or sentence construction are used.	Frequent and repetitive mechanical errors distract the reader. Inconsistencies in language choice (register), sentence structure, and/or word choice are present.	Some mechanical errors or typos are present, but are not overly distracting to the reader. Correct sentence structure and audience-appropriate language are used.	Prose is largely free of mechanical errors, although a few may be present. A variety of sentence structures and effective figures of speech are used.	Writer is clearly in command of standard, written, academic English.
10.0%
Paper Format (use of appropriate style for the major and assignment)	Template is not used appropriately or documentation format is rarely followed correctly.	Appropriate template is used, but some elements are missing or mistaken. A lack of control with formatting is apparent.	Appropriate template is used. Formatting is correct, although some minor errors may be present.	Appropriate template is fully used. There are virtually no errors in formatting style.	All format elements are correct.
Documentation of Sources (citations, footnotes, references, bibliography, etc., as appropriate to assignment and style)	Sources are not documented.	Documentation of sources is inconsistent or incorrect, as appropriate to assignment and style, with numerous formatting errors.	Sources are documented, as appropriate to assignment and style, although some formatting errors may be present.	Sources are documented, as appropriate to assignment and style, and format is mostly correct.	Sources are completely and correctly documented, as appropriate to assignment and style, and format is free of error.
Total Weightage	100%