Research paper for criminal investigation class
Research Assignment Instructions
Students will do a scholarly assignment that is a minimum of 8-10 pages in length (8-10 pages excluding the title page, abstract, and reference page) in proper APA style format.
References may be found in the APUS library or search engines such as Google Scholar. The assignment must include at least five, peer-reviewed sources that cover your chosen topic from the list below. Keep in mind that 5 is the minimum. A good quality research assignment usually contains more than 10. Sources should be as current as possible. Do not forget to use in-text citations to credit your sources.
The references used for your research needs to be peer-reviewed/scholarly journals. These journals typically have the following characteristics:
1. articles are reviewed by a panel of experts before they are accepted for publication;
2. articles are written by a scholar or specialist in the field;
3. articles report on original research or experimentation;
4. are often published by professional associations;
5. utilize terminology associated with the discipline.
The use of newspapers, news magazines, and similar periodicals must be kept to a minimum and will be acceptable only as sources for supplementary information.
References like “Wikipedia,” “Psychology Today,” and “Court TV” are not primary sources, are not peer-reviewed (reviewed for empirical integrity, accuracy, and authenticity), and are not appropriate references for scholarly writing (with the possible exception of use for anecdotal background information).
Research Assignment Topics
Choose a topic relevant to criminal investigations. Examples include:
4th Amendment
6th Amendment
Crime Prevention
Crimes against children
Crimes against the elderly
Domestic Terrorism
Driving Under the Influence
Human Trafficking
Identity Theft
Juvenile Crime
Landmark Cases
Police Brutality
Police Pursuits
Sex Offender laws
Wrongful Convictions
The assignment should be of high quality, free of spelling and grammatical errors, and of original work. In addition, it needs to be in proper APA style format. Plagiarism will not be permitted and occurrences of it will result in the procedures outlined in the “Student Handbook.”
IMPORTANT NOTE: Once you have submitted the assignment it is automatically run through a plagiarism checker. Do NOT directly quote. Rather summarize and paraphrase completely in your own words and phrases while giving proper credit to where that information came from.