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Prison Programming and Recidivism

John Jones

NOVA Southeastern University

Criminal Justice Institute

Introduction

This is where you tell the reader what they are about to learn from your review of the literature. This should be a paragraph or two and should begin with the following sentence: This literature review will explore………….

Level One Heading

This section consists of what you have read and learned from the empirical literature on your topic . You will be finding – reading- and summarizing all that you have learned about this (ie. Homicide, violent crime, juvenile delinquency, etc.). You should be augmenting your analysis with academic support using in text citations. This is where you will be using APA format for citing. Do not copy word for word since this is considered plagiarism. You must paraphrase and summarize in your own words the following items: 1) Define the concept and terms. 2) Why is this considered such a problem? 3) Who is most impacted? 4) What is the prevalence of the problem? Statistics, data, rate, percentage, incidence, etc. This should be about 4 pages in length.

Second Level One Heading

Third Level One Heading

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Conclusion

This s where you sum it ALL up and re-tell the reader what they just read but more importantly this is where you apply the literature review to criminal justice/ criminological policy, practice or research.

1. What is the structure of a literature review on prison programming and recidivism?,

2. What should be included in the introduction?,

3. What elements must be addressed when summarizing literature?,

4. How should empirical findings be integrated using APA format?,

5. How should the conclusion connect the literature to criminal justice practice or policy?,

6. What is the structure of a literature review on prison programming and recidivism?

7. What should be included in the introduction?

8. What elements must be addressed when summarizing literature?

9. How should empirical findings be integrated using APA format?

10. How should the conclusion connect the literature to criminal justice practice or policy?

11. Prison Programming and Recidivism