Outline on Juvenile Crime

For the Key Assignment Draft, you will identify and fully analyze the topic(s) you have selected to address within Weeks 2 and 3. You may exceed the 20 pages if necessary. You will identify the problems associated with the topic as well as a specific method of change implementation. You will defend your recommended changes and outline the anticipated outcome of the promulgated actions.

Note:It cannot be stressed enough the need for defending the actions advocated as well as ensuring that facts stated are well-supported and based on appropriate references and not emotive responses.

Assignment Guidelines

The outline of the paper will contain a breakdown of, but is not limited to, the following questions:

• How did you select the topic in terms of its importance to the social community?
  • Did it come from the media? Why or why not?
• What are the issues, problems, or policies that need to be addressed?
  • Is it an issue, problem, or policy? Explain.
  • Is it a combination of an issue, problem, or policy? Why or why not? Explain.
• What implemented changes are proffered to affect the topic(s) selected?
  • Be specific with recommended changes.
  • Match recommendations with the specific component that you are intending the implementation to affect.
• How are the changes valid for the topic(s)? (This is the defense portion and should be significant.)
  • The positions and changes recommended must be defended with logic and facts.
  • Facts must all be supported with adequate research sources from legitimate references (cite the facts in APA style in the outline).
    • Without defended recommendations, this paper will have no merit.
• What is the anticipated outcome of the changes for the research topic(s)?
  • Use logic and deductive approaches to the anticipated outcome.
  • If you can show something to be so, and it relates to the next step, then the deduction will be strong.
  • Remember that if any of the arguments in deductive logic are false, then the outcome cannot be valid.
• A minimum of 10–20 appropriate references must follow the outline.
  • This is the backbone of your decision-making process
  • It cannot be stressed enough that your references need to be from legitimate academic and scholarly sources and must be sound in their scientific acceptance.
  • Use academic search engines if you are using the Internet.
  • Do not use simple Internet searches.
  • Do not limit yourself to Internet-only resources if possible.
• The references must be written in APA style for a reference page. Each reference should be followed by a short paragraph that describes what this reference source is going to contribute to the research.
• Citations are appropriate in the outline from the references that you have provided. Citations will be in APA format.