**10 ACADEMIC SOURCES MUST BE ACADEMIC WITH LINK PLEASE**
You may select one of the following topics for your Capstone Paper:
1. Mandatory Arrest Policies (Keep in mind how this might lead to mass incarceration)
2. War on Drug Policies (e.g. Disparities in sentencing between crack and powder cocaine)
3. Prison Reentry and Rehabilitation
4. Three Strikes Laws
5. Immigration Laws (e.g. Patriot Act)
6. Hot Spot Policing
7. Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) and DUI laws
8. Black Lives Matter and the contemporary implementation of Body Worn Cameras (BWC)
9. All of Us or None and the Fair Chance – Ban the Box policy
10. Civil rights groups and the fight against the School-to-prison Pipeline
Paper Instructions:
First, for this class, you will write a Policy Brief evidence-based research paper. Put more simply, this will entail you to select a criminal justice policy or program that is currently failing, explain the problem(s) surrounding the policy/program, and then offer recommendations to improve the policy/program.
For this class, you will write a 10- to 15-page research paper on one of the topics approved by your instructor. The purpose of the paper is to provide the reader with a synopsis of the policys or programs history, purpose, goals, target population, and activities or elements; thus, you must include the following information in your paper:
a description or definition of the program or policy, including a brief discussion of the scope of the problem (e.g., statistics) that the policy or program is trying to address;
a discussion of the history of the program or policy, including why, where, and when it was created;
a discussion of the purpose(s) or goal(s) of the program or policy (i.e., what it is designed to accomplish, who or what it is targeting); and
a discussion of the elements of the program, including activities or actions designed to accomplish the programs goals.
In addition, you should summarize empirical studies that have evaluated how effective the program or policy has been in achieving its goals. For each study, you may, but are not required to, include the following information:
a summary of the research question examined,
a summary of the population examined,
a summary of how the data were obtained (i.e., the type of information collected),
a summary of the findings as they relate to the thesis statement (e.g., evidence the author[s] found that supports it), and a brief discussion of any significant limitations to the findings.
All information contained in the paper must come from academic sources unless your instructor tells you otherwise. In addition, you should not rely on your own knowledge about the topic. Moreover, you must use a minimum of 10 academic sources when writing your paper. Your paper must be written in APA format and must include citations written in APA format. Failure to include citations constitutes plagiarism. Your paper must include a title page as well as a reference page. Points will be deducted from papers that do not meet the page requirement or that do not incorporate eight academic sources.
Structural Elements of the Capstone Research Report
Policy reports directly reflect the different roles that the policy analyst commonly plays, i.e. from researcher to advocate. The type of report that you are writing is one from the more action-oriented, advocacy end of the continuum (but that is nevertheless based purely on evidence and not your opinion). Although there is much variation even at this end of the scale, the most common elements of the policy brief are as follows:
Title of the Policy Report
Executive Summary
Context and Importance of the Problem (also called the Introduction)
Pre-existing Policies, Policy Options, and Research
Conclusion
Policy Recommendations
Reference Page
Note: All research papers will be checked for plagiarism via Turnitin
Powerpoint instructions:
Structurally, your PowerPoint presentation should begin with a brief overview of your topic and connect it to the main policy goal (or problem) of the capstone policy report. Following this, you will need to synthesize the research that favors or disfavors the policies, strategies, or practices related to your topic. Based on this research review, you should conclude with a recommendation for policymakers and/or criminal justice agents to implement (including addressing common concerns that they will have, such as, cost and public support). You are doing a mock policy making presentation, so remember who your audience is as you create your slides and presentation notes.
*11 pages not including the title page or reference page.*
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