Investigating issues is an important component of working in the U.S. criminal justice system. For this assignment, you identify the historical issue in criminal justice that you will address in the F

Investigating issues is an important component of working in the U.S. criminal justice system. For this assignment, you identify the historical issue in criminal justice that you will address in the Final Paper.

In Week 3's Assignment, you created an annotated outline/bibliography with a minimum of 8 resources on the historical issue you are focusing on for your Final Paper. You should begin to incorporate those resources into this Assignment. As a reminder, you will need to include in your Final Paper a minimum of 15 peer-reviewed articles. You should continue your research in preparation for completing all components (Weeks 2, 3, 6, 7) of the 10-15 page Final Paper that is due in Week 10.

Note: Review the "Final Project Week Rubric 2, 3, 6" in the Course Information area for additional information.

The assignment (2–3 pages):

• Explain the historical issue in criminal justice that you identified in Week 2.
• Explain historical data regarding the issue and explain laws or policies that historically addressed the issue.