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CJUS 235 JUVENILE DELINQUENCY RESEARCH OR TOPIC POSITION (ARGUMENTATIVE) PAPER Due: May 18, 2021 OVERVIEW 1

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CJUS 235 JUVENILE DELINQUENCY RESEARCH OR TOPIC POSITION (ARGUMENTATIVE) PAPER Due: May 18, 2021 OVERVIEW 1. Choose a Topic by Clicking on This Button: Pick a topic that you are interested in and sign up for it. If you have a topic you’d like to write about that isn’t listed, use “Other” as the topic and write in what you would like to write about. I will let you know if your topic is approved. Please sign up for a topic as soon as possible, but no later than Friday, April 16th Wednesday, April 20th. Only approved topics can be used to write your paper. This means you must sign up for a topic if you want to write the paper. 2. You can choose whether to write a regular research paper or a paper in which you take a certain position and argue that your position is the correct one. Either way, be sure to include the following: • A description of the history of this topic – how it originated and has developed (and/or changed) over time. • An indication of what it is like today and what might be expected for future developments. • What the demographics are for those working in jobs related to it and offenders/victims utilizing it. • Whether you think this would be a field in which you’d like to work or a topic on which you’d like to work. 3. Formatting and Other Requirements: • 7-8 6-7 pages of writing (but if you do an excellent job in less than this, I won’t take off points. If you give me meaningless filler for several pages but write 6-7 pages, I will take off points). Writing literally means writing. It does NOT include pictures, graphs, quotes, Reference page, etc. • APA style for in-text citations and reference page • A reference page completed in APA style • Use Times New Roman 12-point font • Double-space your lines • Format the paper for 1-inch margins • Check grammar and spelling!!! (If you can’t be bothered to use the free version or the paid for by the college premium version of Grammarly, at least use your Word/Google Docs/Pages grammar and spelling checker!) And then proofread too! • NO TITLE PAGE and NO NAME on your paper anywhere (you’re turning it in on Blackboard so it will be submitted under your name. There’s no need to worry that it will somehow get mixed up with someone else’s.) You need to use: • AT LEAST FIVE (5) appropriate sources o These include peer-reviewed journal articles (AKA scholarly or academic journals) o You may use a credible book if it has a firsthand account of the topic or important related information. 4. Questions: Please set up an appointment with me or email me if you have questions about appropriate sources or any other issues related to your paper. 5. Grades: • Grades will be based on whether all points were addressed, how well the paper was written, and whether all other requirements (formatting, APA, references, etc.) were met. • Essentially, I will take the points from sections 1-3 on here and make them up into a rubric, which I will use to grade your papers. • The total number of points you can receive for your paper is 100. • If you plagiarize, expect that you will fail this assignment. Use SafeAssign to your advantage and check your percentage before the paper is due! Not sure how? Follow this link for step-by-step instructions. 6. Suggestions: • PROOFREAD! Read your paper out loud to give yourself a better idea of how well you have written your paper and if there are any problems. • Go ahead and use Grammarly. It’s easy to use and it will make your papers better. • Ask me questions if you have questions! • This website from Western Kentucky University might be of help when figuring out how you want to write your paper and what should be in it. (At the bottom of the page, it tackles research papers, and it has what seems to be some helpful resources on the upper-left-hand side.) 7. Submitting Your Paper: Please submit your paper on Blackboard by 11:59 PM on May 17th. You are welcome to turn your paper in before that if you would like to do so.