Criminal Justice, Annotated Bibliography

Question

The impact of wrongful convictions on the entire US criminal justice system.

PAPERS SHOULD INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING CONTENT:

• • Title Page – including paper title, your name, course prefix and title, and semester
  • Statement of the problem or introduction of the topic that will be covered.
  • Review of relevant literature
    • Use evidence from peer-reviewed journals in relevant fields to summarize what is known about your topic
    • Current “state of affairs” regarding your topic
    • Contextualize the issue you are covering within the larger scheme of society
      • How does this issue affect other parts of society (i.e. economy, social/cultural consequences, education systems, political systems, technological systems, the criminal justice system overall)?
    • You may use non-academic sources for this section – empirical research above tells us one thing, but what is the larger dialogue in society about this topic and how does that compare to the research literature?
  • Implications and Conclusions
    • This is the chance to “bring it all together”
    • What does it all mean? Why do we care?
  • References list (correctly following current APA formatting)

• GUIDELINES:

• You do not need an abstract
• Double-space your paper
• Include page numbers
• Left justify
• Use spell and grammar checker
• Write clearly and concisely
• Write in 3rd person (e.g., do not use I, we, us, you, etc.)
• Do not use contractions (eg., it is instead of it’s)
• Identify the word count (3000-3500) at the end of the document
• Include a reference page
• Wikipedia is never an acceptable reference
• Scholarly, peer-reviewed articles are to be published no earlier than 2015
• Direct quotes are to be used sparingly
• Always cite the author(s) of the article/reference
  • Do not say According to the textbook….
  • Say According to Smith and Wesson (year)…
• Use APA formatting rules throughout your paper and reference page.