Students must write a 12+ page term paper on the topic of mass incarceration. The paper must discuss the causes and impacts of mass incarceration on the criminal justice system and minorities. It must also examine potential solutions and include at least 5 citations from peer-reviewed sources published between 2014-2021. Strict requirements outline the expected structure, content, writing quality, and academic integrity of the assignment. Papers not meeting these standards will receive point deductions or a zero.

1. Students are required to write a term paper. Students must
follow, to the letter, the term paper requirements as outlined
below. The term paper must be transmitted to the instructor as a
“word” attachment via email. The minimum requirements for
the term paper and the due dates are provided in the syllabus.
Term Paper Requirements
:
The Term Paper is worth 25% of your grade. Your term paper
topic is
“Mass Incarceration”
Assume the following:
1) you have been hired as a criminal justice expert by the
Justice Department; 2) The Justice department would like you to
research and report on the Causes of Mass Incarceration 3)
Discuss the impact of Mass incarceration on the criminal justice
system 4) Discuss the impact of Mass incarceration on
minorities and marginal offenders 5) Explain whether mass
incarceration can be avoided 6
) You have until May 5, 2021 to submit your report to this
authority. Please keep in mind that your report for must
demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of the issues,
and your familiarity with various viewpoints criminological
literature and crime statistics. You may NOT write a term paper
about any other topic. THIS IS A DIFFICULT ASSIGNMENT.
BEGIN YOUR WORK NOW!!!
This assignment is designed to teach students how to think and
write like professionals.
The Term Paper a/k/a "report" must meet the following

2. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
1. The term paper must be at least 12 pages in length. The term
paper length does not include the title page, table of contents
page, or reference page.
2. The term paper must have a title page The title page must
have the title of the term paper, the student's name, the student's
address, and the name of the course.
3. The term paper must have a table of contents. The table of
contents must indicate the pages on which each portion or
section of the paper begins. This will look like the table of
contents of a book.
4. The term paper
MAY
have a "statement of the problem." The statement of the
problem identifies the topic discussed and the issues pertaining
thereto. For purposes of this term paper, it is a one or two
paragraph long discussion of the topic and identification of
major issues relating to the topic.
5. The "statement of the problem" section of the term paper
might identify many issues relating to the topic. However, after
the "statement of the problem" section, discuss only one or two
of the major issues you identified.
6. The term paper
MAY
have a recommendation section. It should briefly summarize
the issues raised in the term paper, discuss your
recommendations, and note how your recommendations are or
are not supported by the facts and expert opinion to which you
refer in your paper.

3. 7. There must be a reference section of the term paper, using the
APA citation format. If you do not know what the APA citation
format is, then look at your textbooks and see how these authors
cite the works on which they relied to write their documents. If
you still are confused, visit the library and ask a reference
librarian to show you an APA citation style document.
8. The term paper must rely upon relevant facts and expert
opinion. The term paper must cite at least five peer-reviewed
journal articles and scholarly books. THIS MEANS - DO NOT
CITE NEWSPAPER OR MAGAZINE ARTICLES!!! The APA
citation format must be used.
9. The only references you may cite are peer-reviewed,
professional journal articles (e.g., articles published in Crime
and Delinquency, Police Quarterly, Social Problems, American
Psychological Review), law review articles, scholarly books,
federal and state case law (i.e., appellate court decisions), state
or federal statutes (including references to their legislative
history), and government publications (e.g., Uniform Crime
Reports, National Institute of Justice publications, U.S. Census
data).
10. The references cited must be books or scholarly journals
published between 2014 and 2021 and at least one published
between 2019 and 2021.
11. Each section of the term paper must have a separate heading
and same must correspond to the page numbers noted on the
Table of Contents. Placing a heading at the beginning of each
section of the paper makes the discussion in the paper easier to
follow. Headings also improve the paper's visual presentation.
Generally the paper should also meet the following criteria: 1.
Central idea clearly stated in the introduction., 2. Adequate
examples and evidence to support and develop the ideas., 3.
Logical organization, 4. Clear method of development., 5.

4. Unified and coherent paragraphs with smooth and functional
transitions, 6. Use of details and specific language, 7.
Accuracy, coherence and logic, 8. Consistency in tone, point of
view, tense and diction, 9. Variety of sentence structure, 10.
Effective and mature vocabulary, 11. Readable style.
12. The term paper must use the proper grammar, spelling, and
punctuation. If a direct quotation is more than two lines long,
make certain you single space and indent it.
13. Points will be subtracted for all technical flaws in the term
paper.
14. The term paper may not contain any plagiarism. Plagiarism
occurs when a person represents someone else’s words, ideas,
phrases, sentences or data as one’s own work. When a student
submits work that includes such material, the source of that
information must be acknowledged through complete and
accurate references. All verbatim statements must be
acknowledged by means of quotation marks. Examples of
plagiarism include, but are not limited to the following:
One person quoting another’s words directly without
acknowledging the source;
Using another’s ideas, opinions or theories without
acknowledging the source, even if they have been completely
paraphrased in one’s own words;
Using facts, statistics or other illustrative material taken from a
source, without acknowledging the source, unless the
information is common knowledge;
Using words or work of others taken from the internet without
acknowledging he source(s).

5. For this assignment, academic misconduct will consist of:
Submitting written work to fulfill the requirements of more than
one course without the explicit permission of the instructors and
will result in a zero grade and other University discipline.
If any part of a term paper contains plagiarism, no matter how
small that part is, the student will receive a zero on the term
paper assignment. All papers will be checked by a Plagiarism
Prevention System.
For purposes of this term paper assignment, if a term paper fails
to use quotation marks when stating the specific language of a
statute or court decision, there will be no penalty - just make
certain the statute or court decision is properly cited.