SOC 3710 Lecture Notes - Kindergarten, Sheldon Glueck, Somatotype And Constitutional Psychology
7 Mar 2013
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Research question: asks a question: ex. Thesis statement: you are setting an argument: rest of paper supplies evidence to support argument, ex. This paper will show that the long term effects of youthful offending are How many drafts of a paper do you normally write before you submit your paper (final draft) Know what journals to look in: canada. The canadian journal of criminology and criminal justice. The canadian journal of sociology: usa. The research journal of crime and delinquency. The american journal of sociology: uk. Policing and society: new zealand and australia. Books: avoid textbooks- go to original sources. The ministry of justice: they have done research on young offenders in canada, 1984 to today. Juristat- by statistics canada: trends in crime, diff between males and females, ages, ethnic groups, etc. Try and stay in canadian context but you can include stuff world wide: ex. Why kids join gangs- it is the same reason worldwide.
