Unit III Research Article Analysis



Unit III Research Article Analysis

Research Article 1

Cothern, L. (2000). Juveniles and the Death Penalty. Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Retrieved from http://www.ncjrs.gov

Review of Previous Literature

Ans. 1: The first paper selected by the author is by Cothern based on the Juveniles and the Death Penalty. This paper is linked with the previous literature in a sense that it reflected the primary purpose of the juvenile justice system.

Ans. 2: The paper was published in 2000 by the International Foundation of Protecting Officers, and covered almost every point that was required by the author to cover the research article.

Problem and Purpose

Ans. 3: Yes, the statement of the problem is clearly understand by the author because it basically covering the area of death penalties to the juvenile offenders and the author's research also covering the same area of juvenile offenders being tried or punished as adults.

Ans. 4: The purpose of the study clearly stated as the author already mentioned that it helped a lot in understanding the concept.

Hypothesis

Ans. 9: The research hypothesis was not clearly stated as the paper was highlighting the history of juvenile offenders and their relation to criminal activities and the role of judiciary in this matter.

Ans. 10: Yes, the hypothesis was explicitly stated.

Method

Ans. 14: No, the independent and the dependent variables were not clearly defined.

Ans. 16: Yes, it was clearly understood because the paper showed that the study was based on the previous literature and the author presented enough evidence in terms of table to make readers friendly paper.

Sample

Ans. 17: The sample of the research represents the majority of the population.

Ans. 18: Yes the research article clearly states where the sample came from and how it was selected and analyzed.

Results and Discussion

Ans. 20: The author clearly and effectively relates the results to the literature review of the article.

Ans. 21: The results are linked and related to the hypothesis of the research article.

Refernces

Ans. 24: The majority of the references in the list are current; however, there are a few old references in the list as well.

Ans. 28: All of the references that are cited in the research article are present in the reference list.

General Comments about the Report

Ans. 29: The research report is clearly written and understandable.

Ans. 30: The research has been completely unbiased in the entire research article.

Research Article 2

Richards, K. (2011). What makes juvenile offenders different from adult offenders? Australian Institute of Criminology. Retrieved from http://www.aic.gov.au

Review of Previous Literature

Ans. 1: The paper is related to different factors like the psychological, social and the biological that basically differentiate the juvenile offenders from the adults and thus must not be treated and punished like adults offenders.

Ans. 2: Yes, the review is recent and the paper was published in 2011.

Problem and Purpose

Ans. 3: The statement of problem clearly understood because it based on the factors that make juvenile offenders different from ...