Instruction
Research Paper: 8 pages,
For the research paper, you will select a criminal justice policy or practice and determine its morality or immorality by applying an ethical theory. In so doing, you should review the ethical theory(ies), provide an analysis of the chosen policy/program, and address what changes are needed to make a current policy or practice an ethical one according to ethical theory(ies).
Topic: three strikes
The research paper should follow the format below:
Cover page: (See below) *
Table of content
Abstract (A brief description of the paper, the way the study was done, its main arguments, or main findings, etc.)
Introduction (what is to be expected in the paper; a kind of roadmap for the reader so that they know what the writer is going to talk about in the paper)
Body (where you develop the main question; explaining the problem, or the theory, or the practice; arguing for the pro’s and the con’s; or advantages, disadvantages, or favorable and the unfavorable, etc.)
In this case, what you are going to do more specifically is to explain to the reader the policy or practice in question; Give the historical background or context; Evaluate the policy or practice in terms of its advantages and disadvantages (for example, is it good or bad for the individual, for society, etc.?); Use the ethical theory learned in this course to determine the morality or immorality, the ethical or the unethical aspects of the policy or the practice.
Conclusion (giving a summary of the main points developed in the paper)
References (following the most current APA style).
The paper is to be written in Microsoft Word and is to be turned in as an attachment (file attached) in the MessageBox_DropBox. Failure to follow the above instructions will result in points being deducted or the paper not being graded.
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• Cover Page
Title of the Assignment: Research Paper
Topic: Title of the Paper
Submitted by: Your name
To: Name of your Instructor
Course Name and Number: Seminar on Administration of Justice Ethics (AJ 411-O1)
Term: Summer 2019