CRJU 3352 Juvenile Justice

This assignment is a research paper. Pick a country (below) and explore this topic in your paper with a review of the scientific literature on that country. This paper is, essentially, a literature review, which is a summary of the research pertaining to a specific topic. You will provide a discussion of findings from past scholarly research regarding the topic of your assigned position. The literature review should address your topic in detail and only discuss information relevant to your assigned position. This paper should begin with an introduction (2-3 paragraphs. This is where you present your assigned position and provide a brief discussion of your topic. Your paper will then give a discussion of the research in greater detail in the “body” of the paper (5-6 pages). Here, you will talk more specifically about the research and the researcher’s findings. Finally, you should provide a conclusion (1-2 paragraphs) that provides a summary of the research.

Choice of Country:

You are to pick a country and put your selection in the assignment section, under “choice of country”. You must list ONLY the chosen country in the heading or the body of the assignment section. There are about 50 countries listed at the bottom of this page and only one student can explore one country. This is to let the class know that this country has been selected and no other person can select this country. Y

The country outline should consist of ample information of what you will discuss within the paper. Below is an example of how you can design your country selection outline. I have added notes/suggestions/information to guide you on your design of chosen country.

INTRODUCTION

1. Country selection (about ½ page)

1. Country juvenile justice system.

1. You present information about the country’s juvenile justice system.

2. Compare and contrast with US juvenile justice systems.

B.

1. What ideas will you present in your comparison?

2. What ideas will you present in your contrast?

Be sure to adequately address your country’s pros and cons in the introduction.

What has worked and what has not worked.

BODY

2. Review of the literature (about 3 pages)

1. You must use AT LEAST 8 academic/peer-reviewed journal articles. Go into greater detail of what is known about your country selection. In doing so, you should point out what is not known to give credence to what are the differences between the US juvenile justice system and your country selection, uniqueness, difference and/or importance.

2. What is known in the literature on your topic? Generally, there are two sections to the literature review:

1. Historical, Legal and/or Theoretical Context–this is where you include the contextual basis for your research. To what extent does your topic have a history, legal past and/or theoretical context? This section relates to the “past” of your topic. What have people said about this country and how it governs its juveniles?

2. Review of Programs and/or Policies and/or Legislation–this is where you review what types of programs, policies and/or legislation exist regarding your topic. In essence, what have other people done and what have these studies found? HOW and what methods did people use in studying your country? Here you need to outline the results of previous empirical research. Discuss gaps in existing research.

3. This section should end with a summation of what you have just reviewed which leads nicely into the next section.

3. Critical/creative analysis/any policy implications (about 3 pages)

1. This is where your voice and critical/creative analysis/reasoning based on your literature review needs to come to life; if you found, for example, problems of prosecuting juveniles for a specific major crime such as one of the Part I crimes (defined by FBI/UCR on crime), what are the implications from this taking a social justice, criminal justice, public policy or legal perspective?

2. You also need to be realistic. If you suggest awareness programs, how might these be implemented? If you suggest changing laws or policies, how would you go about doing this? How would you get people interested? How would you get policymakers or neighborhoods to buy into the proposed programs or changes and actually participate or have a stake in them?

3. For this section, you might identify and summarize the key problems and issues. You can use other people’s assessments or your interviewee’s remarks of what the key issues are (be sure to cite them) and/or you can think of your own. Also, what other problems are present because of or in relation to your topic? You should identify and discuss the constraints and opportunities presenting by the problems you have outlined.

4. Which problems are susceptible to change, treatment, intervention or prevention? What constraints are in place that would make any solution impossible or improbable? Second, identify competing policy/program/legal choices. What are the various options you have in dealing with the problems you have identified? What problems might be presented by adopting a particular solution? What benefits might be realized? What might the “future” of your topic look like? What needs to be done (realistically) to tackle the problem? What can you/we do? How or should the US implement any positive implications can be used from progressive in other countries.

5. SINCE EVERYTHING IS ABOUT (lack of) MONEY and resources, please do not include this as part of your analysis. Be creative, realistic and logical.

CONCLUSION

3. Summary

1. Discussion summary (about ½ page)

1. Sum it all up. Also include significance and limitations. Wrap up your literature review, arguments, perspectives and country evaluation from what you have just found in your research.

2. You essentially need to state once again what you compared and contrast between the company and why it was significant. In short, give a very short thumbnail sketch of what was just written.

3. You should also state which policy/program/legal option(s) you would pursue to help solve the US juvenile problems you have outlined and why. Whereas the introduction moves from broad to narrow, the conclusion moves from narrow to broad.

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