RESEARCH PAPER:THESIS STATEMENT AND ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
OVERVIEW
Research is the essence of scholarly discourse. The graduate student should, at a minimum, be
given to critical thought in a way that exposes gaps in the literature and offers new insight to
more improved methodologies and policymaking. The Socratic method is the workhorse of the
young scholar. Succeeding in failing to disprove a hypothesis is the hallmark of achievement in
this regard. For this course of study, the student should identify critically apparent flaws in
current criminal justice policymaking and offer improved pathways to policing, corrections, and
the judicial system.
To do that, you must have a foundation upon which to build this hypothesis. We begin this
process with the Research Paper: Thesis Statement and Annotated Bibliography
Assignment.
INSTRUCTIONS
The exact requirements for the Research Paper: Thesis Statement and Annotated
Bibliography Assignment are outlined as follows:
? Length of assignment (see Research Paper: Thesis Statement and Annotated
Bibliography Template)
o Include any information that is excluded from this length (e.g., title page, abstract,
reference section, etc.)
? Format of assignment: APA
? Number of citations: 6
? Acceptable sources (e.g., peer reviewed or scholarly journal articles published within the
last five years)
INSTRUCTIONS
In this course, you will submit an original Literature Analysis based upon a current problem or
trend in criminal justice today.
You will choose the topic for this assignment so long as it relates to criminal justice. The topic
will be closely associated with a certain or a specific problem in the cybercrime profession or
discipline today that you will develop and defend.
The literature review in the body of this paper must cite at least 8 scholarly resources that are
specifically related to the hypothesis and Thesis Statement (current, relevant, credible, and each
carries its weight) with a clear and meaningful connection between all the resources.
As the body of your Research Paper: Literature Analysis Assignment will require an
argumentative position, be sure to obtain scholarly resources that serve to answer the following
questions (as the research paper must provide answers to all of the questions a person would ask
if one defended the hypothesis to another person):
? What is the current problem?

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? What does the literature say about the problem?
? What is the solution?
? What gaps in the literature will my solution address?
? What do my critics say about the problem and my particular solution?
? What are the implications of my research?
? And a conclusion.
In order for you to have a rudimentary understanding of what might be necessary for such an
undertaking, you will complete a Research Paper: Thesis Statement and Annotated
Bibliography Assignment. This will provide you with the structure and direction needed to
move forward with your initial hypothesis. You must choose a thesis statements of your own for
the Research Paper: Thesis Statement and Annotated Bibliography Assignment.
Be sure to review the Research Paper: Thesis Statement and Annotated Bibliography
Template before embarking on this venture.

Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.