Please adhere to the guidelines that are below and choose an empirical article published in a scholarly journal (in the last ten years) that deals with gender issues related to criminal justice (this may be interdisciplinary).

***Title and reference pages do not count towards the total number of pages.

GENERAL GUIDELINES:

Writing 20%
–    Paper must meet APA standards.
Paper must be organized; each paragraph flows logically into the next paragraph.
–    Appropriate terminology must be used; writing is clear and concise.
–    Proper spelling and grammar must be used; sentences are properly constructed.

Content 80%
–    Choose an appropriate article selection (scholarly and/or empirical); recent (last ten years).
–    Give a brief overview of the article is provided; state the thesis of the article is clearly stated.
–    Give a description of the research problem.
Make sure that the research methods used to study the problem are discussed and critiqued in detail
–    Ensure that the authors’ conclusions and recommendations are provided.
–    Ensure that the contributions to the literature are discussed in detail along with a brief discussion of conclusions/recommendations.
The critique must address the following questions: What methods did the author use to investigate the topic? Were the appropriate methods used?  Did the author’s approach to supporting the thesis make sense? Did the author employ the methods correctly?  Did you discover any errors in the way the research was conducted?

Suggested Subtitles:

Overview
Description of the Research Problem
Research Methodology
Contributions to the Literature
Critique of the Article