Prison Overcrowding
Topic Selection Assignment Deciding on a topic is one of the hardest parts of doing research, but it’s an important starting point.
Your topic should relate to your discipline drawing on existing theories within criminal justice system. The topic should be an examination of current problems in the criminal justice system. You need to demonstrate that sufficient research exists to support your research topic. For this section, you must provide a bibliography with 5 recent (within the last five years) credible sources on your topic, and for each source, provide a brief summary (1–2 sentences) of what it says about your proposed topic. These sources must be cited appropriately according to APA guidelines. Write a draft thesis statement. The thesis statement should not be too narrow or too broad. The statement will change as you conduct more research and draft your literature review.
Resources: Writing resources on the Web: The Owl Online Writing Lab http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ Additional information about APA citation of sources can be found on the Purdue OWL Writing Lab: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/.