Criminal Justice Capstone

Introduction

When you first start planning your Criminal Justice Capstone course, you will be excited and motivated. As your academic advisor and research partners, we want to help guide you through this process as well as ensure that it is as fulfilling for you as possible.

The Criminal Justice Capstone course is the culmination of all your study in the program.

The Criminal Justice Capstone course is the culmination of all your study in the program. You will be required to write a research paper that represents your learning and knowledge about criminal justice issues and how they relate to other topics you have studied as part of your degree. Your capstone paper should be well-researched and well-written, with an appropriate level of depth and detail (i.e., don’t just summarize something).

You form an advisory committee, made up of three faculty members (one of whom will be your capstone adviser).

You form an advisory committee, made up of three faculty members (one of whom will be your capstone adviser). The purpose of this committee is to help you with your research paper and make sure that it is completed in a timely manner. Members should be familiar with the discipline, so they can provide feedback on the direction and quality of your work.

The members’ roles include:

Providing suggestions for topics for future capstone projects;

Assisting students as they write their final papers; and

Reviewing drafts before submission to ensure accuracy and relevance.

Your capstone committee will also approve your research paper topic and your questions or hypotheses.

Your capstone committee will also approve your research paper topic and your questions or hypotheses. Your capstone adviser will review them before you submit them to the dean’s office, where they’ll be evaluated by a staff member who has expertise in that area.

If you’re working on more than one capstone project at once (for example, if you’re taking both Criminal Justice 101 and Criminal Justice 202), then each subject has its own group of advisers: one for each individual course. You’ll meet with these individuals before submitting your final draft for evaluation; their feedback is crucial because it helps ensure that both courses are covered adequately throughout all sections of the document.

Your advisory committee’s goal is to guide you through a lengthy process.

Your advisory committee’s goal is to guide you through a lengthy process. They will help you create a research proposal and revise it until everyone is satisfied. They will give you feedback on your research paper before you submit it for evaluation.

They’ll also make sure that everything is prepared, so that when the time comes for them to meet with their professors—and then with each other—you’re ready for whatever comes next!

You submit a research proposal, which includes a literature review, discussion of research methods and detailed timeline for completing the capstone course.

A research proposal is a formal document that outlines the topic of your capstone course, its scope and goals. You can use this document to discuss what sort of information you will be researching, how it will be organized and presented in class, who your thesis committee members are and other relevant details.

You should include in your proposal:

The research topic (i.e., criminal justice)

Your hypothesis or central question(s). What do you think is true about criminal justice? Why do people commit crimes? What makes some people more likely than others to commit crimes? This could include any number of issues related to sentencing or punishment; for example: Are there differences between types of crimes committed by women versus men; how does gender impact criminal behavior differently based on age group; what role does social class play when determining whether someone should receive jail time instead of probation/community service etc..

Your committee will help you revise the proposal until everyone is satisfied with it.

The committee will help you revise the proposal until everyone is satisfied with it.

You will have several opportunities to present your ideas, ask questions and get feedback from other students on how they feel about them. All of this should be done in a friendly manner so that everyone feels comfortable contributing their thoughts and ideas in an open forum.

Once you have submitted a final, approved proposal, you begin conducting your research and writing the paper itself.

Once you have submitted a final, approved proposal to the university and received your letter of acceptance, the research process begins. You will need to do a lot of reading and research as well as learning how to use different tools.

The paper itself is an analysis of data that has been collected through various sources (including books). It may take several days or weeks for you to complete this task because it can get very tedious at times when there are so many things going on in your life such as schoolwork or other responsibilities like working part time jobs during summer vacation periods.

When you are ready to submit the paper, your committee will give it careful review and criticism before you submit a final draft for evaluation.

When you are ready to submit the paper, your committee will give it careful review and criticism before you submit a final draft for evaluation. Your committee will provide feedback on the following:

Research methods

The writing quality of the paper (grammar, syntax, etc.)

The appropriateness of your research design (how well does it support your thesis?)

The revisions that need to be made are based on comments from your peers in class. As an example: if they don’t like what they see in their first read-through but agree with some points later on down through revisions then maybe those areas could use more work? If there’s nothing wrong with them but they still seem too general or vague then maybe there needs more details?

The capstone course is extensive; keep in close contact with your advisory committee and take advantage of their expertise.

The capstone course is extensive, so it’s important to keep in close contact with your advisory committee. They will help you throughout the process and provide feedback on your work.

If you’re having trouble understanding something or if there are things that aren’t clear enough for you, ask them! If they can’t answer your question directly, then ask them to find someone who can explain it better.

When presenting your project at the end of the semester (and hopefully getting an A), don’t be afraid to ask questions about how certain parts fit together—even if they seem obvious now! Your professor may have missed some important details that could have been included earlier on in the process; this is especially true when working with information from other sources whose formats might not be easy pickings up right away (like PDFs).

Conclusion

The capstone course is extensive; keep in close contact with your advisory committee and take advantage of their expertise.