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Social Science Question
Post ID: 3254573
Overview
- ORGANIZATION GUIDELINES:
- Title Page in APA format
- Outline Page that contains thesis statement and outline of body of paper
- The Paper in APA format.
- Reference Page in APA format.
- The title page, outline page, and reference page does not count towards your paper length.
- BASIC GUIDELINES FOR PAPER:
- Paper must be no more than 8 page (excluding title page, outline, and reference page)
- You are allowed to use 8 sources, but not more than 10. Sources should not be older than 2015.
- 5 sources must be peer-reviewed scholarly journal articles.
- 3-5 additional sources can be scholarly journal articles, professional magazines (ex. Police Chief, FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, Corrections Today, etc.), government documents, and/or credible websites.
- Required sources does not include the following: newspapers, personal communications, entertainment magazines, blogs, and any source that is not credible.
- Do not use quotes in your paper (including direct and block quotes).
- Do not use contractions within your paper.
- Do not include an abstract, listing items, tables, charts, or figures in your paper.
- Do not use paragraph headers. Use proper transitional sentences
- FORMATTING GUIDELINES:
- Grammar, spelling, organization, and sentence structure counts towards your grade!
- Times New Roman 12-point font
- 1 inch margins (top, bottom, left, and right)
- Double space your paper (remove extra spacing between paragraphs)
- Do not bold any part of the paper or right justify
- Only type in black ink.
- THE PAPER
- Pick a persuasive topic related to child maltreatment.
- Conduct preliminary research on the topic. You can use AI to help with your preliminary research and narrow down your topic but cannot use it to write your paper.
- Format of Paper
- Introduction
- Body
- Conclusion
- See Writing a Persuasive Essay for help with paper: https://www.hamilton.edu/academics/centers/writing/writing-resources/persuasive-essays
- See the attached rubrics for assignment expectations and grading.
- Turnitin Plagiarism Detection Software will be used.