Data Collection
Do as you did order 349 use same topic
Assignment 4: Data Collection
Considering your chosen topic, prepare a one (1) page paper in which you:
- Discuss what data you have collected or researched to indicate there is a problem.
- Include at least two (2) sources of data (charts, data, statistics, etc.)
- Discuss how each data source is relevant to the problem.
- Use at least two (2) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
- Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
- Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
- Consider personnel and stakeholders and how they influence decision making.
- Use technology and information resources to research issues in criminal justice.
- Write clearly and concisely about criminal justice using proper writing mechanics.
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What compelled this author of all previous assignments to write that there is a problem with overcrowding within the United States (US) prisons? Two factors, first was the reading of news articles referring to the US Supreme Court in upholding an order for the State of California to reduce inmate population. The second factor was the reading and seeing US Attorney General Eric Holder address the problem in the news about the over crowed population within the federal prison systems. Therefore this in why thisstudent has chosen to write about the topic ‘Overpopulation Within US Prisons’. And in wanting to…
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