The completed assignment will include:
1) Identify subtopic in Sociological Social Psychology that you chose to investigate for this assignment. (eg. doing gender, socialization over life course, etc.)
2) List search terms you used in your searches (i.e. stratification, dramaturgy, gender)
3) Annotated entries for a minimum of 3 peer-reviewed articles (see below for what should be included in each entry)
4) Annotated entries for a minimum of 4 popular and/or open-web sources
Each source entry should be in a table format and include the following:
1) APA-formatted full reference for the source
2) Brief description of the source
3) Brief discussion of how the source is relevant to your subtopic of interest and why you chose it.
4) Evaluation of where the source came from – i.e. peer-reviewed journal, blog, website, etc.
5) Evaluation of strengths and weaknesses regarding how helpful the source was in addressing your subtopic of interest.
6) Comparative analysis – compare/contrast how this source addresses your subtopic of interest in comparison to another source (note: no source should be used in this section more than twice)
7) Brief analysis of the source using a concept from class readings
Source 1 Source 2 Etc.
1) Source Title
2) APA-formatted citation for source
3) Source Evaluation
4) Relevance of source to Subtopic
5) 3-5 sentence description of source
6) Strengths
7) Weaknesses
8) Analysis of 2+ sources (compare/contrast)
9) Analyze the source using a concept from class readings
Topic: One topic that I’ve always been interested is Crime and Punishment. Lately, there has been a lot of controversy on racial killing by the police; I figure that this would be the most relevant topic to research. Treyvon Martin and Michael Brown stories are two major killings that have sparked anger in the black community. These events has led me to research the subtopic of racial disparities in the criminal justice system.
One article, How Criminal System Racial Disparities May Translate into Health Disparities examines the justice system and the over-representation of minorities. Iguchi, Bell, Ramchand, & Fain (2005), suggests that the imprisonment of minorities due to drug charges has affected the health and well being of minorities. The over-representation of minorities is due to biases that exist in the justice system.