Analyze, evaluate, and discuss the ways that the juvenile justice system has addressed your chosen issue, and to propose a solution to any problems in the system.

Analyze, evaluate, and discuss the ways that the juvenile justice system has addressed your chosen issue, and to propose a solution to any problems in the system.
Your paper should start with a summary and definition of your topic, including a clear thesis statement of the problem you will be analyzing. You also should select a theoretical context for the issue based on the theories we learned about in class, and discuss the relevance of the theory to your topic.

Within your paper:
you should include a discussion of current relevant research from a minimum of seven (7) academic sources. You also should use your sources to help you discuss proposed solutions for the juvenile justice system, and your analysis of new methods to manage or address the problem you are writing about.
Your paper needs to be a thoughtful and critical analysis on the topic that is written at a graduate level. Your sources should be peer-reviewed, academic sources from the John Jay Library databases. You should not use websites, Wikipedia, or media sources for this paper. You should make sure to include your own opinion on the issue, but be able to validate your opinion with your research sources.

Your conclusion should relate your topic to the broader juvenile justice issues that we have discussed in class.

In addition to the final paper, you will have two related prep assignments.

Paper should be 10-15 double spaced pages – with numbered pages
· 1-inch margin all around
· 12 point Times New Roman font.
· Please use APA style to cite your sources in-text and format your reference page. Make sure to reference any direct quote and to include a reference list at the end of the paper.
· Refer to the rubric in Blackboard for grading expectations.

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