Capstone Project: Draft Literature Review

Scholarly Resources

Literature reviews

One of the citations used is from Empire State College. This is a scholarly article, published in an institution of higher learning. It is helpful in this research since it gives guidelines on how to arrive at a correct research question. The integrity and quality of the content are not questionable hence is a good document for reference (Developing a Research Question, n.d.). The second citation is obtained from a website of National Institute of Justice. This article is one of the most helpful because it gives statistics on the research that was carried out concerning the research question. This proves that the topic of discussion is a really important matter that has to be accorded the resources it deserves in order to fully address it (Recidivism, 2014).

Another source is a book called The Craft of Research, which is a publication of The University of Chicago Press. It entails the possible causes of recidivism as the subject matter, dated 2008 (Booth, Williams, & Colomb, 2008). In any research, there are words that may seem unclear to the researcher hence have to be looked up in the dictionary. It is true that not every online dictionary or any other book having definitions is scholarly and worth citing. There are two approved scholarly dictionaries that have and will be very helpful in this research: Meriam-Webster (Recidivism, 2015) and the Oxford Dictionaries (Recidivism, 2015).

Further, in the research question we would examine the causes of the recidivism. We shall as well see the extent, nature, and the forms that this issue takes. Recidivism in foster care is the book to look up to (Block & Libowitz, 1983). For comparison purposes, an article that explains the possible causes of recidivism by John Dewar is used. It has a well-researched content that has been cited by many other scholars hence will give useful information for this research (Gleissner, April, 30th 2012). Kristen Bailey also tries to explain the various acts of recidivism in his article. Additionally she explains why it is very needful to address them. Her medical field in which she practices has given her many experiences regarding the causes and prevention off criminal behavior in people(Bailey, Dec 2006-Jan 2007).

Mark Gornik in his article reveals ways to reducing recidivism. He suggests a strategy that involves moving from correctional programs into better strategies that have been proven to change the criminal behavior (Gornik). Lastly, an article which explores incarceration as a way to reducing recidivism presents us with findings from a research that was undertaken back in the year 2007 (Mitchell, Wilson, & MacKenzie, 28th September, 2007)

References

Bailey, K. (Dec 2006-Jan 2007). The Causes of Recidivism in the Criminal Justice System and Why It Is Worth the Cost to Address Them. Nashville Bar Jornal, 1-4.

Block, N. M., & Libowitz, A. S. (1983). Recidivism in foster care. New York.

Booth, W. C., Williams, J. M., & Colomb, G. G. (2008). The Craft of Research. University ofChicago Press.

Developing a Research Question. (n.d.). Retrieved June 20th, 2015, from Empire State College: http://www8.esc.edu/esconline/across_esc/writerscomplex.nsf/0/f87fd7182f0ff21c852569c2005a47b7

Gleissner, J. D. (April, 30th 2012). Recidivism - Its Causes and Cure. correctons.com.

Gornik, M. (n.d.). Moving from Correctional Program to Correctional Strategy: Using Proven Practices to Change Criminal Behaviour. 1-14.

Mitchell, O., Wilson, D. B., & MacKenzie, D. L. (28th September 2007). Does incarceration-based drug treatment reduce recidivism? A meta-analytic synthesis of the research. Journal of Experimental Criminology, 353-375.

Recidivism. (2014, June 17th). Retrieved from National Institute of Justice: http://www.nij.gov/topics/corrections/recidivism/pages/welcome.aspx

Recidivism. (2015). Retrieved from Meriam-Webster: http://www.merriam-webster.com/inter?dest=/dictionary/recidivism

Recidivism. (2015). Retrieved from Oxford Dictionaries: http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/recidivist?q=recidivism#recidivist__9