CCJ 323: JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
RESEARCH PAPER FORMAT
Your research paper must address one or more aspects of juvenile delinquency. The central matter is one of your personal selecting, however must contain an examination of a related drawback regarding juvenile delinquency, theoretical concerns of the issue, empirical research into the causes, correlates, and controls, and particular, actionable suggestions for enhancements drawn out of your findings. Papers must be organized to incorporate the next parts.
A. TITLE PAGE must embrace title of paper, identify of course and course quantity, identify of professor, your full identify as scholar writer and date of submission.
B. ABSTRACT supplies a concise assertion (as much as 120 phrases) that identifies the subject, key ideas expressed within the kind of questions or points, an important and important research findings, general conclusions and key advice[footnoteRef:1] The summary is often the ultimate half of the paper you’ll write. [1: Please consult the American Psychological Association Publication Manual, or consult myself, or a member of the library staff for guidance.]
C. INTRODUCTION serves to introduce the reader to the topic and scope of your research paper by offering clear and concise assertion of the particular questions and points you’ll be addressing within the physique of your paper. Inform the reader what particular questions your paper is making an attempt to reply. On this part you need to embrace knowledge and knowledge that describes and defines the character, scope and extent of the issue or problem your matter addresses.
D. EMPIRICAL RESEARCH examines what is understood within the scholarly and professional literature in regards to the matter in Question Assignment. This part organizes, summarizes, and presents insightful research masking the historical past, current developments, and key considerations of the issues you’re learning. Throughout the evaluate of research, you must establish the identified causes of your chosen matter, theoretical concerns, empirical examinations, and present efforts to address it. You also needs to take into account what problems come up when making an attempt to address the issue from a sensible perspective.
E. CONCLUSION(S) AND RECOMMENDATION(S) that may be made based mostly upon the empirical proof and your Assessment. Suggestions ought to embrace concrete actions supposed to have an effect on the prevention or management of the recognized drawback and/or bettering features, companies, packages and/or insurance policies involved with the juvenile justice and/or delinquency prevention. Make sure to confer with the help, cited earlier in your paper, which motivates your arguments. You may additionally provide ideas for future research on this matter.
F. BIBLIOGRAPHY AND/OR REFERENCES – The paper would require reviewing present related empirical research literature and immediately citing a minimum of 5 (5) separate, unbiased, skilled, refereed journal articles, e-book chapters, formal research and different respected sources from which empirical research findings have been drawn in addressing and organizing your presentation. Empirical research research, knowledge and knowledge could also be retrieved from respected internet sources however must be totally and precisely sourced. Newspaper articles, Wikipedia and related sources are NOT acceptable as one of the 5 (5) required cited sources. You have to to go to and use the library. So, go early and sometimes!
Do’s and Don’ts
Papers must be ready utilizing APA format. They must be typed, doublespaced, utilizing working headers and footers in order that the title of the paper and a web page quantity seems on every web page. References and cited works must be recognized within the kind of footnotes. Though no higher restrict is ready on the quantity of pages the paper ought to comprise, a very good ruleofthumb could be to maintain it to a minimum of 15 pages nor more than 30 pages in size (not counting the title web page, summary, and bibliography.)
In organizing your paper use main aspect captions and sub-captions to interrupt up the sections or parts of the paper. For instance, DO use main aspect captions for INTRODUCTION, EMPIRICAL RESEARCH, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
DO use minor aspect captions inside every of these sections to arrange and distinguish materials that applies to completely different questions or points beneath a significant caption. Use of main and minor aspect captions helps forestall run-on sentences and overly lengthy paragraphs which may in any other case trigger your reader to get misplaced or overwhelmed by element.
DO use knowledge and different kinds of empirical help which you’ll summarize in tables, graphs, charts, illustrations, pictures and different visible references that immediately Help in speaking your info. DO NOT use these as “filler” as “boilerplate” materials to stretch the web page size of your paper.
DO use spell examine and evaluate grammar, sentence building, and examine for correct punctuation! It will be a sensible thought to have a classmate or trusted pal learn your paper or learn it to you so that you could be spot attainable errors.
Should you intend to request Help from the Reference Librarians and folk within the Writing Middle, make sure to start the trouble early within the semester and be thoughtful of the numerous calls for which might be being made on the time and good nature of those that try that will help you. DO NOT PROCRASTINATE! In case you have not begun work in your paper by Spring Break you’re at critical threat of issue finishing your assignments.
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JUVENILE DELINQUENCY (CCJ 323)
FORMAT OF A RESEARCH PAPER
Your research paper must address one or more aspects of juvenile delinquency. The central matter is one of your personal selecting, however must contain an examination of a related drawback regarding juvenile delinquency, theoretical concerns of the issue, empirical research into the causes, correlates, and controls, and particular, actionable suggestions for enhancements drawn out of your findings. Papers must be organized to incorporate the next parts.
A. TITLE PAGE must embrace title of paper, identify of course and course quantity, identify of professor, your full identify as scholar writer and date of submission.
B. ABSTRACT supplies a concise assertion (as much as 120 phrases) that identifies the subject, key ideas expressed within the kind of questions or points, the
