Criminal Justice Policy Issue

week 2 discussion 

Identify a journal article related to the criminal justice policy issue that you will be using in your final paper of this course and prepare a summary of the journal article for presentation to the class. You are submitting a presentation of the journal article to the class via this discussion.

Presentation to the Class
You must present your Criminal Justice Policy Issue to the class. You may attach a PowerPoint presentation or a summary in the traditional discussion forum format. Your presentation must include:

• A title page formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.) (essentially the title page for your paper).
• A brief description of your Final Paper and how the journal article will support your research.
• An explanation of the basic premises of the author.
• A summary of the journal article you chose.
• An examination of the recommendations of the author.
• A determination of the effects of the author’s recommendations on the criminal justice system and current policy.
• Your assessment of the journal article. (This is the main focus of your presentation. Include in-text citations for all of the references used to evaluate and analyze the journal article; include a citation of the article itself.)
• The effect the author’s recommendations have on social justice, based on your analysis.
• A references page formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Include the APA-formatted reference entry for the selected journal article, as well as any additional references you used in your evaluation and analysis. 

Guided Response/Feedback: Your initial responses to fellow students are due on Day 5 with the follow-on discussion complete by the end of Day 7. You must moderate the discussion for your journal articles in the following manner:

• Respond to at least one initial post of a fellow student by Day 5. (You may craft responses to more than one peer.) All responses must be substantial in nature (at least 200 words) and include in-text citations. Posts submitted earlier in the week will enhance discussion by giving you time to prepare thought-provoking interactions with peers; this will assist your fellow students with formulating their ideas for Part III of their formal journal article reviews.
• Respond to at least one additional student response. This may be an additional initial student response such as above or in response to another student response, much like sitting around a table discussing various journal articles. All responses must be substantial in nature (i.e., exceeding 200 words) with use of in-text citations.
• Respond to an Instructor Response. All responses must be substantial in nature (i.e., exceeding 200 words) with use of in-text citations.

The formal report due next week must include a summation of this discussion.