Prior to beginning work on this assignment read Chapter 6: Tracking Ideas and So

Prior to beginning work on this assignment read Chapter 6: Tracking Ideas and Sources from the text, and begin to research the ideas that you outlined in Week 2, using the Ashford University Library. You may also use any relevant sources that you found for your Week 1 Annotated Bibliography assignment. This week you will build on the outline you created in Week 2. Think of this paper draft as an abbreviated version of your Capstone Paper; it does not need to be a complete Capstone Paper. Consider your rough draft a “mini-Capstone Paper” that will prepare you to create your comprehensive Capstone paper in Week 5. Write a short paragraph for each of the points in your outline, Integrating Research to support these ideas. Add a short introductory paragraph, Writing a Thesis Statement at the beginning of your outline. * Revise your thesis statement that you created in Weeks 1 and 2, which identifies your social and criminal justice issue. * Incorporate any feedback that you received regarding your thesis statement from your instructor. * Summarize your chosen social and criminal justice issue. * Describe what makes this an issue. * Provide data to show how this issue has made an impact on society. * Explain which social justice principles need to be addressed and why. * Detail the cultural and diversity issues present in your chosen social and criminal justice problem. * Describe how addressing your chosen issue contributes to the goal of a more just society. * Analyze the empirical research on your chosen topic. * You may use your Week 1 Annotated Bibliography to complete this section of the paper. * Propose a possible resolution to your chosen social and criminal justice issue. * Evaluate which branches of the criminal justice system are impacted/involved and how they either help or hinder the issue. * Analyze how the criminal and social justice theories (in relation to the United States Constitution) and landmark U.S. Supreme Court decisions impact your chosen issue and support your resolution. * Examine how the judiciary, corrections, and law enforcement systems address social equality, solidarity, human rights, and overall fairness for all and how these essential concepts impact your issue and resolution. * Evaluate how poverty, racism, religion and other sociocultural variables may apply to contemporary social and criminal justice by drawing information among the fields of, but not limited to, criminology, law, philosophy, psychology, science, and sociology. The Capstone Paper Rough Draft, * Must be 750 to 900 words in length (not including title and references pages and formatted according to APA style. * Must include a separate title page with the following: * Title of paper * Student’s name * Course name and number * Instructor’s name * Date submitted For further assistance with the formatting and the title page, refer to APA Formatting for Word 2013. * Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice resource for additional guidance. * Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper. * Must use at least five scholarly and/or credible sources. * The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment. * Must document any information used from sources in APA style. * Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style.

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