Bail Reform
Due DateSunday, November 1, 202011:59 PMPoints Possible100This course requires a full-length Research Proposal. It should be written in APA style; please proofread and utilize spelling/grammar check to ensure accuracy. For your midterm, you will be completing the first five sections: Introduction/Abstract, Topic Question, Background, Literature Review, and Hypothesis.This should be approximately 8-10 pages.Introduction/Abstract: A clear, concise statement of the question/s you are addressing, your proposed resolution, and the empirical work that would need to be done (if you were actually conducting the research). Why do you wish to research this topic, why does this topic need further study? This section will set the scene and put the research into context. The introduction should be designed to create interest about the topic and proposal. Some questions that can be used to assess the significance of the study are:What is the central research problem? Who has an interest in this topic? What do we already know? What has not been answered adequately in previous research/practice? How will this research add to knowledge, practice, and policy in this area?Topic Question: What is the question you are trying to answer?Background: Is there any significant historical background on your research topic? This is where you explain the context of your proposal and describe in detail why it is important. Literature Review: Using a minimum of 7 peer-review journal articles, develop an analytical summary of the existing attempts to explain your dependent variable or prove/disprove your hypothesis. Do not catalog a he said/she said chronology, simply synthesize the existing literature. The literature you choose should include supporting data, disagreements, and controversies. Remember the Five Cs of writing a literature review:Cite, so as to keep the primary focus on the literature pertinent to your research problem.Compare the various arguments, theories, methodologies, and findings expressed in the literature: what do the authors agree on? Who applies similar approaches to analyzing the research problem?Contrast the various arguments, themes, methodologies, approaches, and controversies expressed in the literature: describe what are the major areas of disagreement, controversy, or debate among scholars?Critique the literature: Which arguments are more persuasive, and why? Which approaches, findings, and methodologies seem most reliable, valid, or appropriate, and why? Pay attention to the verbs you use to describe what an author says/does [e.g., asserts, demonstrates, argues, etc.].Connect the literature to your own area of research and investigation: how will your own work draw upon, depart from, synthesize, or add a new perspective to what has been said in the literature?Hypothesis: A hypothesis is a specific statement of prediction. It describes in concrete (rather than theoretical) terms what you expect will happen in your study.Please make sure none is plagiarized as the essay will be put through safe assign and turnitin two sites that check for plagiarized.
