Reaction Paper 2
Congratulations! You have just been hired by Governor Kemp to serve on a special correctional board of experts who are to provide a recommendation to the state of Georgia for the prevention, treatment, and punishment of violent serial offenders. Your role on the committee is to write up a 4-5 page proposal for Governor Kemp summarizing the various strategies that the state should use to address violent serial offenders/offending. There are some important things you need to know about Governor Kemp before you write your recommendation.
First, he is not interested in your opinion but an educated perspective that is based on what is known about the prevention, treatment, and punishment of offenders. This means, that you will need to back-up your recommendations with scientific research findings and citations from academic sources. Second, Governor Kemp will want a recommendation document that balances both the need to hold offenders accountable and keep the public safe, while also considering budgetary restraints and the possibility for change and desistance. Third, Governor Kemp is looking for a recommendation that addresses violence across the life-course and includes multiple different treatment/punishment options (i.e., not a “one-size fits all”policy).
You must incorporate at least four different outside credible sources in your paper that are both cited AND referenced. The outside sources must be peer-reviewed research articles that are specifically related to the paper topic. The outside source needs to be independent of the course content and not a source cited in the lecture slides.
Assignments that fail to include APA in-text citations and references will receive a failing grade. A complete reference page in APA format is also required that includes the references for the outside sources.
Formatting:
- Minimum of 4 pages of content (not including the cover page and reference page)
- Reference page
- Cover Page
- Double-spaced
- 1 inch margins
- 12 point sizedfont
- Times New Romanfont
- An abstract should NOT be included in thepaper
- AllcontentshouldbeparaphrasedandNOdirectquotesshouldbeused(pointswillbe deducted for the use of directquotes)