Non plagiarized.APA format. abstract page.  Follow all guidelines.  This research propose enacting juvenile effective intervention programs that could deter youth from juvenile delinquency. Race is

Ru nning head: YOUR TITLE 1 Title of the Paper (IP 3 SAMPLE: THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF IP1) Student Name American Intercontinental University Senior Capstone in Criminal Justice IP3 Submission Date CRJS 499 NOTE: You will take your IP1 paper and : • M ake corrections to all identified errors in IP1 . • Transform it into IP3 . • Edit and redraft it to the best of your ability. Expand it. • Some students will have significantly more work to do than others. TITLE ONLY (ALL CAPS) 2 Thesis Statement This statement presents the problem or issu e you intend to research and shoul d be clear and concise. You can read more about how to wr ite a thesis statement by clicking here . Your introductory paragraph should be at least three sente nces long and should have your thesis statement in it. For your IP3 paper, please improve your thesis statement. Research Question This sh ould represent your Thesis Statement , but in question form . Your “research question ” (R Q) shou ld correlate to your th esis statement . Try to create a minimum of three research questions. Below are several sample research questions : RQ: What are the fact ors associated with recidivism for inmates who are release from prison ? RQ: Why do ci tizen -complaints against officers decrease when officer s wear body cams? RQ: Why do use -of-force reports decrease when officers wear body cameras? RQ: Why does recidivism decrease when prisoners receive job tra ining skills? Hypothesis A hypothesis is your predic tion about something. A hy pothesis is based on observations and experiments. You are predicti ng a relationship between variables , factors or situations . For example , if I were using the first RQ from ab ove (RQ: What are the factors associated with recidi vism?) , then m y Hypothesis co uld be: TITLE ONLY (ALL CAPS) 3 HR: Indigent s ocio -economic factors will predict recidivism in ex -offenders. Also, b riefly identify your proposed solution to the problem. How might your working solution sol ve the problem? Click here to read more about how to write a hypothesis . You will continue to develop yo ur hypothesis throughout this course all the way thr ough Unit 5! Measurement and Analysis Approach Define the key points you propose to res earch . How will you hypothetically analyze the information (data ) that you find from all the articles that you read ? You can discuss or use information that is relate d to any crime statistics that you might find that are relevant to you r issue – or you c an use the information that other authors have f ound . Click here to read how to write your measurement an d analysis section. Annotated Bi bliography (aka Ap plicable Resources) Identify 5 sources you have found that are relevant to your purp ose stat ement. For example, i dentify case studies, library articles , website informa tion and other scholarly resources. If an article that you ’re r eading already has an abs tract written, then you can modify that to suit your needs. Click here to see five sample annotated bibliographies. Ethical Standards What ar e your ethical and legal responsibilities to ensure that your research will be ethical? Do you need approval from an Institutional Review Board (IRB) to conduct your research? TITLE ONLY (ALL CAPS) 4 • Click here to read about IRB approval an d ethical considerations. • Click here to read about an unethical syphilis experiment that was conducte d for 40 years on African American men in Tuskegee Alabama. • If you propose to administer a survey to humans, then you must ensure that it is ethical.

For example, giving a psychological survey to a mental health patient who is already emotionally traumati zed could possibly be unethical. That’s why all research mus t get IRB approval before they can be conducted. • If you collect preexisting data from other research articles or from online articles, then you will not need IRB approval. Do you need IRB approv al for your research proposal? You decide! TITLE ONLY (ALL CAPS) 5 References You already know how to format your references.