Criminal Justice article review

Posted: December 10th, 2013

1.Discuss intermediate sanctions and the overall purpose of this type of community-based sanction.
2.Describe the article’s purpose, hypothesis and goals.
a.Purpose: In a sentence or two, state the author’s purpose in writing the article by summarizing what the author was trying to do.
b.Assumptions or Hypotheses: Tell what the author believes about the topic or give a hypotheses if the author provided hypothesis statements. If this is an empirical research article the author will usually state one or more hypotheses.
3.Methods:
a.Identify the topic(s) of the article by identifying who or what the article was written about.
b.Identify the authority of the author by determining if the author had personal experience with the topic researched or if the author relied on outside research to support his or her opinion.
4.Conclusion: State the findings of the study (only the main points) by briefly stating what the author found from the research. This should be done in no more than three paragraphs.
5.Critique: Provide your opinion of the article. Pinpoint how you feel about the central theme of the article, whether or not the author provided support for his or her conclusions, and how the article/research project could have been better. Determine if there was a bias in the article on behalf of the researcher. If you identify prejudice, state the source of the bias.
6.Implications: When discussing the implications of the article, answer the following questions:
a.What are the common factors in community-based corrections?
b.Which sanctions do you feel have the potential to be most effective? Why?
7.In addition to the course materials, use other scholarly resources to support your arguments.