College of Arts & Sciences
Humanities & Social Science Division – Criminal Justice Program
CJUS 8400
~ch Project Guidelines:
The paper should be 10 – 15 pages in length and include an APA (or others) title references page
Use APA guidelines for formatting and referencing – sec the instructor or your ( Handbook for additional details if you arc unclear on this.
Paper should be objective and support your research question. At least 7 scholar sources should be used in this paper (literature review).
Paper structure:
a. Introduction: Clearly discuss the topic of study and purpose/justification project; clear research question included
b. Literature Review: The literature review should contain at least 7 scholai sources. The purpose of the lit review is to explain past research results a pertain to the topic at hand. (5- 10 pages)
c. Methods: Identification of the variables, how data was collected, what i were used, and sampling method. Survey, questionnaire, informed cons should be included as an appendix. Data might also be collected from data sets, news reports, etc. Note: N = 20 (minimum!)
d. Analysis: In-depth analysis of the data collected and explain how it sup refutes the hypotheses/rcscarch question – use of tables and graphs to d data. At minimum, students should provide descriptive stats of sample, analysis (distribution, central tendency, dispersion), and inferential stats (correlation)
c. Conclusion: Summary of the study, detail any limitations, and the possib future research on this topic
No more than 20% of the paper should be direct quotes.
Use proper grammar, citations, structure – The use of the Writing Lab is sugges editing.