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teamc_cja334_week2_proposal.docxTeam,
This week’s assignment is pretty simple; however, it is the foundation for our week 3, 4, and 5 assignment. This what I propose for the Team,
After reading the directions below, EACH team member should devise a 100 word synopsis about the topic! How would you persuade the Maryland Board of Corrections to fund your research? (read below about the research) How can you ‘We” determine the causes? Etc… Does that make sense?
I also propose that EACH team member should use one reference and cite that reference. Make sure the references are current ‘less than 5 years old. (Don’t worry about APA, just copy and paste the link I will cite prior to submission)
Foot note, although this week’s assignment only requires one RESOURCE, week three’s assignment requires us to provide three-four academic articles that support our hypothesis. (So, two birds in one stone)… Make sure these articles supports your hypothesis!
`I’d like to have all portions by ‘Saturday’ this way I can construct, edit, and combine, whatever needed. Does everyone agree/disagree? Any other suggestions/concerns?
Please reply with your consent…
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Deliverable 1: Construct the Learning Team Group Charter (DONE)
Deliverable 2: Provide a written summary (200-300 words) on the Learning Team’s hypothesis based on the assigned topic. (EXPLAINED ABOVE)
Deliverable 3: Provide one academic article that supports your hypothesis. (EXPLAINED ABOVE)
The Assigned Topic!
The Maryland Board of Corrections is attempting to address internal corruption after a recent criminal investigation into correctional officers facilitating a prison black market and sex ring. In order to address the problem, they are attempting to determine the causes. Your learning team is a professional research corporation and must persuade the Maryland Board of Corrections to fund your research over other research companies competing for the same funding. Using this problem, apply the Week 2-5 learning team assignments. Each learning team is competing against each other to obtain the funding –at the end of Week 5, the Maryland Board of Corrections will notify your learning team which team is awarded the funding. (This is the topic that was assigned by the faculty)
Keep in mind the following! (which is due in week 4)
Research Proposal, Part I
Throughout this course, your Learning Team will submit a completed research proposal to your facilitator. The project will consist of two sections. This outlines the content needed in Part I.
This proposal must be professionally written, address all sections identified below, and be consistent with APA formatting guidelines. When writing, use section headings to indicate where the information may be found. Subheadings need not be used, though in long sections, they may facilitate organization.
1. Introduction: Explain the issue you are examining and why it is significant.
0. Describe the general area being studied.
0. Explain why this area is important to the general area under study.
0. State your research problem first.
0. Explain the background to the research problem.
0. State your research questions.
0. Justify the proposed study.
0. List the issues that emerge from the problem.
1. Rationale: Explain how these questions are related to the larger issues raised in the introduction.
1. Describe what specific claim, hypothesis, or model of criminal justice you will evaluate with these questions.
1. Explain what the hypothesis will suggest about criminal justice theory if confirmed.
1. Explain what the hypothesis will suggest about criminal justice theory if not confirmed.
1. Background or literature review: description of what is known about this area and short discussion of why background studies are not sufficient
2. Summarize what is known about the field. Include a summary of background information on the topic from your literature review. You may include information from the book and class, but the bulk of the information must be outside sources.
2. Discuss several critical studies done in this area, citing consistent with APA guidelines. Use current references, studies, and material that is fewer than 5 years old, unless it is the only literature that addresses the topic.
2. Point out why these studies are insufficient. In other words, what questions do they leave unresolved that you would like to study?
2. Make sure you list these readings in the References section at the end of the proposal.
