The writing assignment in this course is a literature review of one of the course-related topics listed below. Once you select a topic, identify 4 (four) scholarly
peer-reviewed journal articles, and then critically review the literature related to your chosen topic. Please note that newspapers, Facebook, Buzzfeed articles,
and all other non-scholarly sources are strictly prohibited. Additionally, annotated bibliographies are not the same type of writing as literature reviews.
Literature reviews collect and discuss literature in a topical or time-oriented manner rather than discussing each source in a paragraph by itself. These
themes should become the paragraph topics for your paper, not article-by-article. For example, you may ask yourself: “What do these readings have in
common? How do they differ? What does source A say about topic X that is different from what source B says about topic X?”
Essay Topic:
Police Misconduct
This is assignment is considered a formal academic writing assignment. As such, I expect that you to do all of the following:
Write with an academic voice/tone.
Use proper English spelling and grammar.
Use the same glossary of terms that the reading’s author uses. In other words, do not make up your own descriiptors such as informal clichés, text speak
(e.g. ROFL), emoji, non-text characters.
Write with purpose in organized paragraph form. Each sentence should contribute to your overall writing (no fillers like “very very very very interesting”).
The assignment must be formatted according to ASA style. At minimum, this includes the following:
in-text citations
reference list
typed, double-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman font, with 1-inch margins
