Question Description
I’m working on a writing question and need an explanation to help me learn.
Possible topics to write about: (choose one item to write about)
- Death penalty
- Wrongfully convicted
- Implicit bias in the criminal justice system
- Police brutality or misconduct
- Collateral consequences to being convicted of a crime
- Baston vs. Kentucky ruling
- Mentally ill incarcerated in prisons
- How does diversity in a jury affect its deliberations?
- What effects does poverty have on a person navigating the criminal justice system?
- Children incarcerated in adult prisons.
- Should wrongfully convicted individuals receive compensation from the government, once they are freed?
Students are encouraged to seek help in the Writing Center Library, room 205.
1. Minimum – Five well constructed paragraphs (word processed)
2. Minimum – two references (scholarly articles), no .com’s
3. Minimum – outline and one rough draft
4. Minimum – General Education Goals and Strands addressed:
a. Writing/Reading
b. Critical Thinking/Problem Solving
c. Moral/Ethical Issues
d. Computer/Information Literacy & Technology etiquette
5. Optional General Education Goals/Strands (identify and addressed)
a. Speaking/Listening (oral reports)
b. Multiculturalism
c. Global Issues
d. African American Experience
e. Self-evaluation