Reference no: EM132424670 , Length: 5

Topic: Reserach paper on Social Effect of Policing on Campus

• This is a research paper, and it should be written in a formal manner. 
• Use APA style for citations in the text and in the reference section. 
• If you have any questions about citations in APA format, a good resource is our course LibGuide
• Avoid the use of quotes. If necessary, minimize use to 2-3 short quotes (i.e. a quote that is less than 39 words). Be sure to properly cite a direct quote; failure to do so is plagiarism.
• Paper should be a minimum of 5 total pages in length. This means that your writing goes to the end of the fifth page. The reference list does not count towards the page count.

Literature Review

• This should be approximately 5 pages in length of research and 1 page can be results of graphs which can be found on poster attached, not including references.
• It should include: should be 6 pages not including the title and reference page.

Introduction -

• This is your chance to make readers interested in your chosen topic, so telling a story or providing statistics about your problem of interest might be a good way to begin. This section should be a general introduction that points readers to the main question you will attempt to answer and should be no longer than 1 page. An introduction should:
• Present the question you plan to answer in an interesting/compelling manner
• Tell the readers why the question you are answering is important and interesting,
• Provide a one or two sentence overview of your question (if you have not provided that yet) AND how you plan to answer your question (i.e. your research project).

Literature Review - This should provide the reader with a detailed overview of the state of research on the topic and/or research question that will be answered. This section focuses on past research findings and issues that specifically relate to the question you want to answer. In the literature review, you should cite your minimum of five relevant and important research articles that have been published in peer-reviewed journals that have addressed your issue(s) of interest.

In this section you should:

• Provide an overview of the field related to your specific research question.This should include:

1. A summary of other research that has been conducted related to your specific research question (which should be related to your concepts)
2. A description of any unanswered questions/controversies related to the research that has been conducted on your research question

Should include the following.

1. Do not just cite one paper and describe what was found, followed by citing another paper and describing what was found, and so on and so forth. Your writing should be organized by ideas as opposed to by specific author (think back the paper outline). You will again be required to use your three topic specific subheadings in the literature review. These can be the same or updated from the paper outline.
2. ONLY A EXAMPLE OF WHAT TO INCLUDE NOTHING TO DO WITH TOPIC
3. ALSO ATTACHED IS A EXAMPLE OF WHAT ALL TO INCLUDE STARTING WITH INTRODUCTION

• Binge Drinking among College Students

1. In-depth discussion of the correlates of binge drinking

• Consequences of binge drinking

1. Self-Control as Predictor for Deviance

• Describe theory of self-control

1. Summarize research on self-control

Binge Drinking and Self-Control

1. Describe how self-control should be related to binge drinking and research conducted on this topic.

Conclusion -

• Statement of hypotheses - Smoothly transition from past research into what you did for your research study. If we consider a full manuscript as an hourglass, this should be where you get the sand (aka, the readers) ready to head through the middle of the hourglass and to the other side. In this final paragraph of the literature review, you should include:
• A brief reminder of your research design for your specific study, including how you measured your variables and your sample.
• State your specific hypotheses in terms of the variables involved and whether the data supported these hypotheses or not.

There must be a minimum of 5 peer-reviewed articles in your paper.

Attachment:- SocialEffects.rar