Traditionally, very little research has been conducted within the field of community corrections regarding its effectiveness. However, recently the literature has suggested that various educational, treatment and supervision programs within the field of community corrections have proven to be effective in changing offender behavior and reducing recidivism. Probation and Parole departments throughout the United States have begun to incorporate this literature into the types of programs that they implement.
You will examine the “what works” literature or “evidence-based practices” in an area of your choice pertaining to a topic within the field of community corrections.
Please ensure that your research presentation has the following information:
Introduction:
- In this section, you will inform your audience of all the relevant background information of your research project.
- Each bullet point should be a concise summary that you will elaborate on with your voice over/audio.
Background/Literature Review
- This section will be a brief literature review for your audience, where you discuss only the most relevant articles that you used in your research.
- In this section, you will want to list the author(s) and a brief statement about what you learned from their work and how it helps aid your research.
- If you are citing a text, you might want to include an image of the book cover
Research Question:
- State your research question-it should stand alone on this slide.
- This section should not be fancy and will most likely only be one or two sentences.
- The goal is to showcase your research question so that your audience can let it sink in for a moment.
Research Methods:
- In this section, you should share with your audience how you went about collecting and analyzing your data.
Findings/Data:
- In this section, you want to clearly organize and display your data and findings.
- This is where graphs, charts, and images are most helpful.
- Let the data do the talking in this section and just explain the graphs, charts, and images that you are presenting to your audience.
- You will analyze and discuss the data in this section.
Conclusions:
- This section is a concise summary of your main findings.
- Ideally, you should be able to state the answer to your research question that you initially posed in the beginning.
- This is also where you will analyze and discuss the answers you obtained from the data that you showed in the previous slides.
- Do not make this slide too overwhelming, but rather keep it to the main findings.
References:
- In this section, you want to include your entire reference list.
- Be sure your references are in APA format.
Your presentation should be a minimum of 15 minutes in length (with Audio). You will submit your presentation to the Week 6 Research Presentation assignment link AND to Week 7Research Presentation Reflection Discussion board link.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047235222000228?via%3Dihub
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00938548231219805
https://www.igi-global.com/chapter/recidivism-and-cognitive-behavioral-therapies/285726
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cns-spectrums/article/abs/risk-factors-for-recidivism-in-individuals-receiving-community-sentences-a-systematic-review-and-metaanalysis/D7D5325D9EE3E47089B5A849BAC5627B