Each student will be required to complete the term project, which is a 1000-word APA Style paper. The project should have 1000-words of substance not counting the cover and reference page. The Term Project must be in a Word Document (.doc) uploaded to the student's folder through the assignment section. Students will be required to use at least three scholarly references in their work.

Students are required to follow APA Style guidelines. There is a sample paper under "Lessons" that students can use as a template for their project. Feel free to copy and keep the sample paper as a model to help guide your work. Under resources there are several APA Style helpful resources. There is also help with APA Style within the AMU Online Library.

Please make sure that you are using the course-writing rubric to use as a checklist so that you write a solid paper.

Students must choose from one of the following topics to write their Term Project:

1. Discuss various types of research that would warrant the use of quantitative research methods in Criminal Justice/Security Management research

2. Discuss various types of research that would warrant the use of qualitative research methods in Criminal Justice/Security Management research

3. Discuss various types of research that would warrant the use of Mixed-Methods research in Criminal Justice/Security Management research

4. Evaluate why statistical analysis is used in Criminal Justice/Security Management research

5. Evaluating sources (references) for Criminal Justice/Security Management research

6. Evaluate ethical research concerns as it applies to Criminal Justice/Security Management research

7. Explain why writing in APA Style is important to Criminal Justice/Security Management writing

8. Evaluate why plagiarism undermines Criminal Justice/Security Management writing & research.