Criminal Matters

Rough draft in link

Use this assignment area to submit a rough draft of your final paper. You will receive feedback for this draft. This is required but ungraded.

The student will develop a five-page research paper (excluding title page, reference page, and any applicable attachments) that addresses a single component of the corrections subsystem (e.g., jails and prisons, probation/parole/community corrections, OR juvenile corrections).
From the focused perspective of a subsystem, develop a theme or hypothesis concerning the area (i.e., overcrowding in prisons, the effectiveness of reentry programs, or alternatives to juvenile incarceration, etc. – Note these are just examples – you can develop a topic and subtopic area in corrections that interests you) and form the research around this subtopic.
The student is expected to use at least 10 scholarly sources for this paper.
The paper should critically analyze the theoretical and applied nature of the issues and develop evidence-based conclusions on the accuracy and effectiveness or lack of effectiveness of those theories in modern society.