Reac 2

CRM 330 Reaction Paper Guidelines

Each student will be responsible for submitting five reaction papers. Your objective in writing this assignment is to define

an issue comprehensively, critically, and clearly and to formulate and clarify your position using supporting published

literary evidence on that issue by reacting to an assigned controversial statement.

The paper must be at least 500 and no more than 750 words, excluding the title page, abstract page, and reference page,

and must adhere to the APA Sixth Edition writing format. Please review the APA Guide link under Resources. If your

paper does not fully comply with the APA style and format you will lose points.

Please cite at least one reference for your paper from the assigned website(s) in addition to other optional citations and

provide in-text citations in the paper.

Submit the paper to your instructor via the course Assignment box by no later than 11:59 PM Sunday EST/EDT of each

assigned module. (These Assignment boxes may be linked to Turnitin.) For more information on the Turnitin integration,

click on the link under Resources.

Grading Rubric for Scholarly Paper

Criteria Ratings

Null Novice Basic Proficient Exceptional

The paper extensively develops the issue and ideas are presented in a clear, concise manner

0 14 16 18 20

The paper provides a fundamental overview of the topic as it relates to the criminal justice system.

0 14 16 18 20

Shows depth and understanding of the subject matter with appropriate analysis of the topic selected (i.e. Due process model, crime control model, or social process theories).

0 14 16 18 20

Meets acceptable college level standards with respect to form and substance; meets APA style requirements.

0 14 16 18 20

Free of typographical errors; typed in a double- spaced format with bibliographic references; free of plagiarism.

0 14 16 18 20

Total 100