Criminal Justice Question

RESEARCH PAPER: THESIS ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
OVERVIEW
As a criminal justice professional, you must learn how to write an academic research paper. In
this class, you will write an academic research paper. We will break down the steps of academic
research in this class by working on the Research Paper Assignment in various stages. The
Research Paper Assignment will culminate in the Research Paper: Final Assignment.
The first step of the Research Paper Assignment is for you to write the Research Paper:
Thesis Assignment. For the Research Paper: Thesis Assignment, start by selecting a criminal
justice topic of your choosing. This will be the same topic that you will use throughout the
course. Select a criminal justice topic that is of interest to you and that you have not previously
written about or researched. Also, select a topic that is current yet developed enough that
academic research has been written on the topic. This topic will be the topic you use to write
your Research Paper: Final Assignment on.
After you have selected your criminal justice topic, begin to develop your position/argument on
the topic and the 2-3 major points in support of that topic. Those elements will be included in the
Research Paper: Thesis Assignment.