Discuss in some detail the various arguments, research findings, and theories that deal with your topic.

Title Page: Include your name, the title of your paper (which should be up to 15 words long and should clearly indicate the precise focus of your paper).

Topic: The Role of Forgiveness in Restorative Justice

2. Abstract: Following APA style, this will be approximately 150 words and represents a brief summary of the information presented in the paper.

3. Introduction (usually only a page or two): Begin with a brief discussion of the topic.

4. Maybe include a few statistics, some descriptive information or definitions, a brief summary of what the problems are. Then clearly state exactly what you intend to do in the pages that follow.

5. Review of Literature (the main body of the paper): Present what you have learned from the reference materials you have located, organized thematically around appropriate sub-topics. Basically, follow your detailed outline. Discuss in some detail the various arguments, research findings, and theories that deal with your topic. Remember that you need to use a minimum of 9 academic sources. Especially important here is that you clearly identify the sources you are using. Keep using such phrases as “According to…,” or “In a study conducted by…,” or “In the opinion of…,” or “So-and-so has argued that…,” or “So-and-so believes that….” This section of the paper SHOULD NOT be presented article by article. Rather, you need to identify commonalities or differences or unifying themes across the sources and that is how your paper needs to be written.

6. Conclusion: Summarize what you now believe to be the main problem and possible solutions. What other information would be important to get to get a better understanding of the topic? What sort of additional research would help? Especially important here is your appreciation for the complexity of the issues involved and your ability to think through these issues carefully and critically.

6. References: At the end of your paper, list all references you cited in your paper— and only those references, along with full bibliographical information for each (authors’ or organizations’ names, year of publication, title of book or article or Internet page, book publisher information or name, volume and page of article or URL for Internet site), arranged alphabetically by first author’s last name. Follow APA style.

I provided the simple and detailed outline for the research paper. I want the paper to talk about the role of forgiveness in restorative justice: differences between retributive and restorative justice, differences between restorative justice and punishment and how restorative justice is more beneficial than retributive justice in correcting transgressions betwecixen the victim and offender.

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