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RESEARCH PAPER: TOPIC INSTRUCTIONS (DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN CRIMINAL LAW)
*focus on the Criminal Law aspect of domestic violence laws, not the social issues.
Choose a criminal law topic and submit it, along with a 100-word rationale for choosing the
selected topic, to the instructor for approval. To help choose a topic, consider that the purpose of
this class is to provide an overview of the legal elements that apply to criminal law, procedure, and
evidence, including proof, intent, conspiracy, punishments, culpability, and defenses. You can use
the Course Schedule and the textbook help you with your selection.
You will also use this topic to develop your thesis and the 5–8 page research paper later in the
course. The purpose of this paper is to discuss one of these criminal topics through the lens of your
Christian Worldview.
RESEARCH PAPER: THESIS AND OUTLINE INSTRUCTIONS
The thesis must state the subject matter of your paper, and explain the position that you are
taking on the subject. It must be no more than a couple of sentences and should help you focus
your topic.
In your thesis, you must take a position on the topic—this could include exposing the faults,
explaining the positive, or providing a better way of dealing with the problem.
Here are 2 websites that can guide you in producing your thesis.
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http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets.shtml
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http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/thesis_def.html
Your outline must be well-developed in current APA format, including all of your paper
headings and subheadings. It must be clear and concise to provide an established framework for
the paper. A well-written outline will help you keep your paper on track and make sure there is a
logical progression of ideas.
Here is a website that can help you with producing an outline:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/544/2/
RESEARCH PAPER – FINAL SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
The Research Paper must:
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Be 5–8 pages in length (not including the Title page and the References page).
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Use Times New Roman in 12 pt. font, be double spaced, and have 1 inch margins.
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Use current APA formatting including page numbers with running heads in the upper
right hand corner; a cover page with the title of the research paper, student name, course
name, and instructor name; an abstract, a References Page with citations in current APA
format.
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Utilize academic writing (i.e. neutral gender, no personal pronouns (I, we, our), no
rhetorical questions, etc).
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Cite any idea that is not your own (In a good research paper there should be many
citations, and remember the in text citations must be in current APA format).
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Use at a minimum of 10 scholarly sources including journals from the field (online or
hardcopy) and books (the ILRC-Integrated Learning Resource Center- has numerous
sources available). Bible verses, case law, and statutes will not count as part of the 10
sources.
*focus on the Criminal Law aspect of domestic violence laws, not the social issues.
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