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Research Paper: Annotated Outline Assignment Instructions

Overview

The second step of the Research Paper Assignment is for you to write the Research Paper: Annotated Outline Assignment. The annotated outline is a tool used by criminal justice professionals to provide an outline of a research paper while incorporating annotations of the research used to support the thesis.

Instructions

After selecting a criminal justice topic for the Research Paper: Final Assignment and submitting your Research Paper: Thesis Assignment on the topic you chose, you will prepare the Research Paper: Annotated Outline Assignment of your Research Paper Assignment. Your annotated outline must fully support each facet of your thesis.

 

The Research Paper: Annotated Outline Assignment must provide a detailed blueprint of the Research Paper: Final Assignment in current APA format and contain the following components:

 

  1. Thesis
  2. Three Main Headings
  3. Two Subpoints Per Main Heading (at least)
    1. An APA citation in each subpoint.
    2. 3–5 sentences for each subpoint. These sentences must explain the academic resource and how it will be used to support your thesis.
  4. A Reference Page.

 

The three main headings must provide an argument about your topic rather than ask a question. When read alone, the three main headings must show what your Research Paper: Final Assignment will be arguing.

 

One of the three main headings and its subsequent subpoints must incorporate a biblical worldview and provide a Scripture reference.

 

The three main headings must be supported with at least 2 subpoints each. The subpoints must each be 3–5 sentences and accompanied by a current APA citation of an academic resource for each subpoint.

 

The Research Paper: Annotated Outline Assignment must include a reference page with 5 academic resources published within the last 5 years and composed using current APA formatting.

 

The Research Paper: Annotated Outline Assignment must be written in outline format. The Research Paper: Annotated Outline Assignment should not be written in a research paper/rough draft format.