Assignment:
Then:
Summarize the article's key points.
Since the summary you compose is relatively brief, DO NOT USE DIRECT QUOTES FROM THE ARTICLE. MAKE SURE TO PARAPHRASE/USE
YOUR OWN WORDS.
Explain how the article is related to this week's assigned readings.
Discuss a law or criminal justice policy that you think should be enacted to resolve the sentencing-related problem(s) addressed in the article.
Instructions:
Initial responses must be at least 300 words.
You must answer the questions thoroughly and cite all relevant assigned readings for that week (using APA format).
You may also refer to outside sources as long as they are scholarly (e.g., peer-reviewed journals) and/or reputable (e.g., article from The New York Times, chapter from another textbook). DO NOT refer to or incorporate information from extremely unreliable sources (e.g., Wikipedia, TMZ, blogs).
Posts must be well written, free of grammatical errors, relevant to the topic, and demonstrate critical thinking and analysis.
Posts must be original and in your own words. Please note that discussion forum posts are subject to review by a plagiarism detection program. DO NOT PLAGIARIZE.
Readings:
How More Than 50 Women Walked Out of a Prison in Oklahoma
By CARY ASPINWALL