Gender & Justice

Brief Introduction (1-1.5 pages)

Start out with your research question.  

Include a very brief discussion on the issues surrounding the incarceration of women.

Body (2-2.5 pages)

Explanation of the relevance of the research question & topic and what you are attempting to show with the research conducted.

Include information about the research topic are you are attempting to address – length, extent, who is affected & why?  

Indicate the scope of the research topic by showing the impact of the problem – include statistics.  Incarceration rates/arrest rates/recidivism rates/crime rates/victimization rates that have some direct correlation to your research topic

Include other attempts at addressing the problem/issue related to your research topic. (failed attempts and successful attempts should be addressed) This would be a good place to include some analysis on gendered responses to female criminality/incarceration

What does your research show? (You should attempt to analyze the research – don’t just include what authors are saying – explain it in terms of how it relates to your research question)

Brief Closing: (1-1.5 pages)

Research Question – Answer it

Summary of most important areas covered.

Anything new revealed about the problem as a result of your research?

Status of research topic being  as it relates to Women/Children/Communities – Race/Class & Gender, Incarceration and Crime

Remember to do the following while writing your paper:

Constantly refer back to your research question & topic – make sure you are answering your research question throughout your paper.

Connect the ideas from one section to another and ensure your ideas flow from paragraph to paragraph – sentence to sentence.

Make sure you use proper wording and that grammar issues have been corrected

Make sure to include relevant material and connect the dots from sentence to sentence and paragraph to paragraph

Make sure your ideas flow logically

Use an outline if needed

Break your paper into sections

PROOF READ OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND THEN AGAIN FOR A THIRD TIME

Ensure you are using proper in text Write your paper in your academic voice.

Gender & Justice

Summer 2018

Rough Draft – Outline

Due in class by no later than Wednesday June 20, 2018 – please note you will not be able to submit a rough draft via email, nor will you be able to leave one in my mailbox or under my door.  You must turn in a rough draft in order to turn in a final copy at the end of the semester. NO DRAFTS will be accepted past this deadline– IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT YOU TURN IN A DRAFT BEFORE THE DEADLINE OTHERWISE YOU WILL RECEIVE A ZERO FOR 50% OF THIS COURSE.

Format To Follow

Brief Introduction (1-1.5 pages)

Start out with your research question.  

Include a very brief discussion on the issues surrounding the incarceration of women.

Body (2-2.5 pages)

Explanation of the relevance of the research question & topic and what you are attempting to show with the research conducted.

Include information about the research topic are you are attempting to address – length, extent, who is affected & why?  

Indicate the scope of the research topic by showing the impact of the problem – include statistics.  Incarceration rates/arrest rates/recidivism rates/crime rates/victimization rates that have some direct correlation to your research topic

Include other attempts at addressing the problem/issue related to your research topic. (failed attempts and successful attempts should be addressed) This would be a good place to include some analysis on gendered responses to female criminality/incarceration

What does your research show? (You should attempt to analyze the research – don’t just include what authors are saying – explain it in terms of how it relates to your research question)

Brief Closing: (1-1.5 pages)

Research Question – Answer it

Summary of most important areas covered.

Anything new revealed about the problem as a result of your research?

Status of research topic being  as it relates to Women/Children/Communities – Race/Class & Gender, Incarceration and Crime

Remember to do the following while writing your paper:

Constantly refer back to your research question & topic – make sure you are answering your research question throughout your paper.

Connect the ideas from one section to another and ensure your ideas flow from paragraph to paragraph – sentence to sentence.

Make sure you use proper wording and that grammar issues have been corrected

Make sure to include relevant material and connect the dots from sentence to sentence and paragraph to paragraph

Make sure your ideas flow logically

Use an outline if needed

Break your paper into sections

PROOF READ OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND THEN AGAIN FOR A THIRD TIME

Ensure you are using proper in text APA citations

Ensure you are using ALL resources that you have listed on your AB

DO NOT USE I, ME, MY, WE, US, YOURS. MINE, OURS

 

Write your paper in your academic voice.