The Future of Crime in the U.S.

Topic: The Future of Crime in the U.S.
Key Question: How to Reform a Broken Facet of our CJ system in America?
Page Length: MAXIMUM Five (5) pages, double spaced;
Font: Times New Roman, 12 pt.
Sourcing: All in-text citations (quotes) and Works Cited (at the end of paper) must be in proper APA format;

attempt to answer the question: what is the future of crime in the United States? You will achieve this by first, analyzing a specific, “broken” part/aspect/facet of our CJ system, and second (and most important), putting forth a realistic plan of reform for the fledgling aspect of our CJ system.
“Parts” of Research Paper:
1. Background and Claim (Problem and Hypothesis): Introduce the part of our CJ system which you believe is “broken” and in urgent need of reform. You already began this process last week with Journal #3, but for the final, you will expand. First, introduce your topic and your rationale/reasoning for focusing on this particular aspect of our CJ system (I.e. what is the function of your chosen focus with regard to the CJ system?). Then, introduce your claim as to why the need to fix this aspect of our CJ system is URGENT.
2. Research and Observation: Include research about your chosen topic. Examples of research include (but are not limited to) relevant court cases, legislation, current events, or academic journals which SUPPORT your claim. Depending on your chosen topic, statistics could be an important part of research as well. After you provide research in support of your claim, analyze the urgency of the need for reform; specifically, how does your research point to the NEED to change this “broken” part of our CJ system?
*This part of your paper will require sources and quotes–both your in-text citations and works cited must be in proper APA formatting.*
3. Conclusion (…and Experimentation and Results): Draw conclusions as to how you plan to reform this “broken” part of our CJ system. Remember, we are talking about reform here, meaning realistic, real-world solutions toward making our criminal justice system better for ALL, regardless of race, class, or any other dividing characteristics. Also included in this section: research and analysis of how others in the CJ world (lawyers, cops, judges, activists, administrators, academics, etc.) have gone about reforming this “broken” part of the system. Tie this research into your own conclusions and analyze the differences and similarities in order to create the best “plan” for reform going forward.

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