Thesis Statement and Annotated Bibliography

CJUS 550

Research Paper: Thesis Statement and Annotated Bibliography Template

Proposed Topic:

In one sentence tell the reader what you plan on researching.

Proposed Thesis Statement:

The thesis statement should be at least a paragraph that includes a reason why the problem needs to be solved, a hypothesis, a brief summation of the literature on the topic, why critics might say about the hypothesis, and projection of what the research might find.

Preliminary Bibliography (minimum of six sources in APA format):

Example:

Schmalleger, F. (2011). Criminal justice today: An introductory text for the 21st Century (11th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NY: Prentice Hall.

Annotated Bibliography

Summarize each article or text you are going to use in this paper (at least 6 sources need to be included in this portion of the assignment). Each summary needs to be about a paragraph in length. At the end of this annotated summary you will need to write a one paragraph summary regarding how these sources connect to the topic at hand and how you plan on using these sources to justify your conclusion.