Research Paper General Guidelines
In this course, each student must submit a 3000-word minimum research paper. Students have two options for the research paper. Students must email the topic of their paper for approval by Sunday of Module 3. Failure to receive approval may result in a reduction in grade and the student completing a paper on an unacceptable topic.
Option 1
Students currently working in the corrections field can develop a new program for their agency based upon current validated research. The program must involve an evidence-based practice.
Students will provide an overview of the evidence-based program, benefits for the agency, costs, manpower resources needed, anticipated obstacles, and implementation plan. The plan should be sufficient enough to allow presentation to agency heads.
Students must receive professor permission for this option prior to starting.
Resource for option 1
• Bogue, B. (2004). Implementing evidence-based practice in community corrections: The principles of effective intervention.
Option 2
Students not working in the corrections field can identify one evidence-based practice found in the literature and develop a 3000-word minimum paper on the practice.
In the paper, students will locate and explore the existing research on the practice that validates and confirms it value and effectiveness.
You should include any research against the practice. The student must also contact their local community corrections office to determine if they have implemented any evidence-based practices. The student should incorporate local evidence-based practice efforts into their paper.
Research paper requirements for options 1 and 2:
• APA style of writing
• Title page
• Abstract
• Table of contents
• End notes or foot notes if applicable
• A minimum of 3000-words not including title page, table of contents, endnote page, and references
• Typed, double spaced, normal 1" margins
• Type size 12, type style: New Times Roman or Arial font
• Graduate level writing
• A minimum of 10 APA references
• The Research Paper is to be each student's original work. Students are required to use no more than 20% of others work when completing this assignment. This includes properly cited quotations and references
• The Research Paper scoring rubric will be based on scholarly writing, completeness, organization, evidence-based practices identified, extensive analysis of the issues, evidence-based practices logically discussed, grammar, punctuation, spelling, and consistent with this assignment's requirements.