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THE JOURNAL ARTICLE REVIEW…HOW TO: Here is an example of the proper form for your journal article review [don’t type the brackets, that’s just sample information]

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THE JOURNAL ARTICLE REVIEW…HOW TO:

Here is an example of the proper form for your journal article review [don’t type the brackets, that’s just sample information].  Your review must be 1,000 – 1,500 words in length, typed, and double spaced.  Since this article will be submitted online simply add the following to the first page to identify you as the author:

 

                                                          Your Name

                                                          CJ 251 Terrorism and Domestic Preparedness
                                                          Journal Article Critical Review Assignment #

                                                          Instructor’s Name

 

[Journal Article Information]

Author(s).  (year of publication). Article title.  Journal name, volume, number, pages.

 

Example:

 

Smith, K. W. (2015). Drone technology: Benefits, risks, and legal considerations. Seattle Journal of Environmental Law, 5(1), 12. Retrieved from http://digitalcommons.law.seattleu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1053&context=sjel

 

First, summarize the article in your own words.

 

Beneficially envisioned and applied applications of drones include forest health monitoring, fire mapping applications, forest inventory, wildlife surveys, avalanche patrols, air quality monitoring, plume tracking, groundwater discharge monitoring, mine surveys, and precision agriculture for things like the monitoring of crop health and precision application of chemicals.

In a recent survey about drone use, 63 percent of Americans indicated a belief that uninhibited personal and commercial drone use would represent a change for the worse.

Registration of drones and even permitting of drone use under four hundred feet should be undertaken by individual states, relieving the FAA of exhaustive and often regressive rulemaking on this promising technology. 

Next, explain and critique the methods used and/or the findings presented.

 

The author found several issues that needed to be resolved in the near future with regard to the use of drones:

1. How will the privacy issue be addressed when these flying cameras have the capacity to invade your backyard and take photographs at will?

2. The unchecked potential for mischief using these devices, particularly with regard to the rise in domestic terrorism.

3. The FAA concerns about near misses with aircraft due to the lack of regulatory authority.

As a result he suggested…

 

Finally, offer your opinion on the value of the study.  Describe how this study contributes to or fails to contribute to furthering our knowledge base or the goals relevant to terrorism or domestic preparedness, i.e., analyze, explain, evaluate, predict, infer, concur or disagree with the perspective the author espouses.

Although the format is APA, the opinion and position expressed is your own. As a result, you should be able to cite other sources, including the course text to support your opinion.