INSTRUCTIONS
After selecting a criminal justice topic for the Research Paper: Final Assignment and
submitting your Research Paper: Thesis Assignment on the topic you chose, you will prepare
the Research Paper: Annotated Outline Assignment of your Research Paper Assignment.
Your annotated outline must fully support each facet of your thesis.
The Research Paper: Annotated Outline Assignment must provide a detailed blueprint of the
Research Paper: Final Assignment in current APA format and contain the following
components:
1. Thesis
2. Three Main Headings
3. Two Subpoints Per Main Heading (at least)
a. An APA citation in each subpoint.
b. 3–5 sentences for each subpoint. These sentences must explain the academic
resource and how it will be used to support your thesis.
4. A Reference Page.
The three main headings must provide an argument about your topic rather than ask a question.
When read alone, the three main headings must show what your Research Paper: Final
Assignment will be arguing.
One of the three main headings and its subsequent subpoints must incorporate a biblical
worldview and provide a Scripture reference.

this is the thesis for the paper:

A criminal justice topic that interests me is the link between race and criminality. There is vast debate and data on the subject that will assist in writing a research paper guided by the following thesis.

Thesis: Although critics argue that there has been a genuine decline of racial disparities in the criminal justice system in recent years, such adversities remain an issue subject to police practices, possible bias by the judicial system, and extended societal imbalances with minorities bearing the burden.