The assignment shall be in APA format, typed in 12 font Times New Roman, and shall not have been
turned in previously to any other instructor for any other course or assignment. Paper length is 1-2
pages not to include the cover page or bibliography. It is to be submitted as a Microsoft Word
Document. The assignment shall be an individual effort and not a group project. Since criminal justice is
a social science, the writing requirements of the American Psychological Association, otherwise known
as the APA, will be in effect for the research paper assignment