Research Question: Compared with men (independent variable), women (independent variable) receive lighter prison sentences (dependent variable) for the same offenses. Instructions: Paper must be in APA format and must be uploaded to our classroom. You also must supply the link to the article you have used for this assignment. Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is for you to critically analyze a peer-reviewed academic journal article relevant to your research question. The completed assignment should be 3 pages (the body of the work, not including the title page or references) and should include: 1) The Research Question of the study. Sometimes you have to infer this; it won’t be stated directly. Be sure to put it in the form of a question. 2). Authors’ Hypothesis. You may have to infer this as well. 3) Clear statement of how this article is relevant to your research project’s thesis/research statement/question. 4) Sample size and Sample Characteristics (the sample consisted of 2,743 [size] White juvenile defendants accused of murder [characteristics] and 2,689 Black juvenile defendants accused of murder). 5). Identification of key Independent Variable(s) and Dependent Variable(s). 6) Key Findings. 7) Identify 1 strength and 1 weakness of study. ** Any paraphrased or quoted work must include APA formatted in-text citations and reference. I recommend the Purdue Owl APA Formatting Guide: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ ? Notes: Be aware of the structure of a scientific article such as this: introduction of the problem, literature review, methodology, findings, and discussion. Notice that the authors begin with a discussion of theories (and prior literature) that predict/explain their thesis a hypotheses ? This should be written in essay format (not bullet points) Reference: Harmon, M., & OBrien, R. (2011). Gendered Arrests or Gendered Sentencing: Explaining the Narrowing of the Gender Gap in Imprisonment over Time: 1970-2008. Sociological Perspectives, 54(4), 641664. https://doi.org/10.1525/sop.2011.54.4.641
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