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CRJ322 – Human Trafficking, A Hidden Crime
Unit 4 Assignment: Push and Pull Factors
Due: 11:59 pm, on Sunday of Unit 4
Total Points: 100
Overview:
In this week’s assignment, you will be identifying the “push” and “pull” factors relevant to your
topic choice. This is the third assignment out of five which will make up your Research
Paper.
Instructions:
Write a paper which identifies the push and pull factors related to your topic for an individual
to immigrate or emigrate to or from a country. What can be done to reduce these factors?
Requirements:
• 1-2 pages, double-spaced, not including title or reference pages.
• Follow APA formatting guidelines, including: title page, running heads, page numbers,
12 point Times New Roman font, 1-inch margins, in-text citations and reference page.
• Include at least two resources to support your writing.
• This paper will be checked for originality so make sure you use paraphrasing
appropriately and cite your resources.
Be sure to read the criteria, by which your paper/project will be evaluated, before
you write, and again after you write.
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Evaluation Rubric for Push and Pull Factors Assignment
Criteria Deficient Needs
Improvement
Proficient Exemplary
(0-24) (25-30) (31-35) (36-40)
Content Missing or
inadequate
explanation of
push and pull
factors.
Explanation of
push and pull
factors are
present. Details
are vague or
confusing.
Explanation of
push and pull
factors are
present. Many to
all details are
related to and
support the topic.
Explanation of
push and pull
factors are
present. Details
are clear and welldeveloped.
(0-9) (10-11) (12-13) (14-15)
Resources No resources are
used to support
the assignment or
evidence is not
analyzed.
1-2 resources
are used to
support the
assignment.
Evidence may
not be fully
analyzed or may
not have a clear
connection to the
topic.
At least 2
resources are
used to support
the assignment.
Evidence is
analyzed and has
a clear
connection to the
topic.
3 or more
resources are
used to support
the assignment.
Analysis of
evidence is clear
and well
developed. All
evidence has a
clear connection
to the topic.
Paper
Length
Less than 1 page
in length.
1 page in length. 1-2 pages in
length.
More than 2
pages in length.
APA
Formatting
There are more
than 3 APA
formatting errors.
There are 2-3
APA formatting
errors.
There are 1-2
APA formatting
errors.
There are no APA
formatting errors.
Spelling and
Grammar
There are more
than 3 spelling
and/or
grammatical
mistakes.
There are 2-3
spelling and/or
grammatical
mistakes
There are 1-2
spelling and/or
grammatical
mistakes
There are no
spelling or
grammatical
mistakes.
