Category: Writing

Hi there, Im currently studying a bachelors degree of law and society. And am doing CRIM3301, law, trauma and crime.
I have a research project at the moment that needs to do done by May, and I am needing a good grade,however im already stuck as CRIM is not my best subject..
I am looking at two case studies, and the suffering in miscarriage of justice.
However, I need guding questions that are creative and interesting, but when it comes to thinking outside the box, i seem to struggle.
I have a couple basic ones, but I want to expand on these:
Why is it problematic?
It what ways do people suffer a miscarriage of justice?
Possible to change? ( legal mechanisms)
and I will be drawing on 3 case studies.
How can I expand on these? what are some better questions I could use?
thank you, I would really apperciate any help I can get right now. 🙂

1. Discuss when a defendants case can move the court to dismiss an
action. Give at least one example. Then explain fully why this can be done in relation to
your example, explain the steps, etc.
2. What are the steps in civil litigation?

Write a literature review on application of knowledge based systems/artificial intelligence in health and wellness perspectives. 2500Words
Attachments:
6244435_1_ISIT919-Assignment-1.pdf

Whether or not you ultimately major in psychology or continue to graduate school, an important skill is being able to write about the key findings of a study
in your own words
. Many findings by legal psychology researchers may seem puzzling or counter-intuitive, and it is useful to be able to explain to a general audience how research sheds light on them. For this paper, you should find one empirical article on a topic that you think will be of interest to either legal professionals or the general public from a respectable legal psychology journal (e.g.,
Law and Human Behavior, Psychology, Public Policy, and Law,
and
Criminal Justice and Behavior
are some of the leading journals in the field, though of course others are acceptable). If you are having technology issues, you also have the option of choosing from a pre-approved article from a folder in Blackboard. The assignment is to discuss a study’s methodology, findings, and application in detail in your own words. For example, you could use an article by Elizabeth Caufmann to discuss how adolescents have a different future orientation than adults. If it helps, you could think of your assignment as being to write a 1250-word long brief that summarizes a study’s findings in engaging way for a lay audience or legal professionals.
NOTE.
Many psychology articles contain more than one study. For this paper you need only discuss one of the studies in an article in detail, though you may briefly discuss findings from additional studies in your journal article in your Commentary/Critique section at the end of your paper.
OPTION 1: Find an empirical article on a psychology and law related topic of your choice using PSYCInfo or the references in your text and run it by your TA for approval. Submit a 3-sentence description of your topic and its citation to the Article Approval link in Blackboard by Sunday, March 7
th
.
Your TA will let you know if you have picked an appropriate journal article. If not, you will need to resubmit either a new topic, journal article, or both.
OPTION 2: Select one of the pre-approved empirical articles from the Writing Assignment 1 Articles folder in the Assignments link in Blackboard.
Your paper should incorporate the information you have learned from your reading of the article, but it should be written in your own words. Note that the writing rubric requires you to discuss one study in detail. If you are writing about a multi-study paper, discuss the methodology of
one
of the studies in detail. You may then choose to discuss the methods and results of other studies in the paper in a more cursory fashion. When the article you have chosen (or other material) is discussed, make sure to properly cite when needed (using APA format). Papers must adhere to APA format, be six pages long, typed, double-spaced, Times New Roman font size 12. Five pages is defined as having the body of the paper be 1250 words long, not counting title page info or references.
An abstract is not required.
Assignment Details:
Youwilldomuchbetter ontheassignmentifyoutaketheoutlinebelowseriously andfollowthatoutlineinyourwritten assignment.
Yoursynopsisandcritiqueshould bewrittenusingthefollowingsectionsandallquestions withineachsectionshouldbeanswered:
i)
Rationale and ResearchQuestion:
This is the introduction to your essay. What phenomenon are you examining?Whyisthisinteresting? Whatisthemain researchquestion askedinthe target study of thepaper you are discussing? If your paper has more than one study, select ONE study as your target study for more in-depth discussion.
ii)
Introduction&MethodologySections:
Whatisthe purposeoftheexperimentandhowdidtheauthors studyit?Thatis,whatiscomparedtowhat,andexactlyhowandwhydoesanydifferencebetweentheseconditions(orlackthereof)answer thequestionposedin(i).Don’tfocusonthetrivialexperimentaldetails.Rather,emphasize themainideabehindthepaper(e.g.thetaskthesubjects performedislikelytobeimportant,theexactnatureofthestimulilikelyisnot.)
iii)
Results:
What werethemainfindings?Howdidtheyanswerthequestionposed? Don’t get bogged down in the minute details of the statistics. If you are having difficulty picking out the key findings from the results, they are summarized in the Discussion section.
iv)
Implications:
What canyouconcludefromtheresults—what arethebroaderimplicationsofwhattheauthorsfound?
v)
Commentary/Critique:
This is your summary and discussion section.Whatdoyouwant people to take away from this paper? Are there additional studies in the paper that shed further light on your topic?In a multiple study paper, this is the point where you may discuss the additional studies in less detail either together or sequentially. Doesthedesignmakesense,ordoyou see flawsandifsowhatarethey?Ifyoudo notseeanyflaws,couldyouhaveansweredthequestionwithadifferentdesign?Whatfurther experimentswouldyou want totrynext,basedontheresults reportedinthispaper? How might the findings be applicable in a particular criminal or civil case?
ImportantPoint:
Pleasenotethatthedefinitionof“critique”is
adetailed analysis andassessmentofsomething
.Notethatthedefinitiondoes notimplythatthecritiquemustbenegative. WhatImeanis,theword“critique”doesn’tjustmean “teartoshreds”. WhatIaminterested indoingisdevelopingyourscientificminds…encouragingyoutothinkaboutwhatshouldcomenextintheresearch program.