Prepare a 8 page paper that identifies a problem or issue in criminal justice that was covered in the text and expand upon it with further research. The paper must adhere strictly to APA 7th Edition and address the issue from a policy perspective. The paper must focus on the relationship of the criminal justice system to the issue selected.
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Prison Programming and Recidivism
John Jones
NOVA Southeastern University
Criminal Justice Institute
Introduction
This is where you tell the reader what they are about to learn from your review of the literature. This should be a paragraph or two and should begin with the following sentence: This literature review will explore………….
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This section consists of what you have read and learned from the empirical literature on your topic . You will be finding – reading- and summarizing all that you have learned about this (ie. Homicide, violent crime, juvenile delinquency, etc.). You should be augmenting your analysis with academic support using in text citations. This is where you will be using APA format for citing. Do not copy word for word since this is considered plagiarism. You must paraphrase and summarize in your own words the following items: 1) Define the concept and terms. 2) Why is this considered such a problem? 3) Who is most impacted? 4) What is the prevalence of the problem? Statistics, data, rate, percentage, incidence, etc. This should be about 4 pages in length.
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Conclusion
This is where you sum it ALL up and re-tell the reader what they just read but more importantly this is where you apply the literature review to criminal justice/ criminological policy, practice or research.
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