The major project is the completion of a 2500-word minimum research paper in full APA 7 Professional style and format. The paper must demonstrate a professional literature review, an introduction, body narrative, summary and conclusion reflecting critical thought. The paper must also clearly and directly address the Core Value of Community related to the value of relationships, coordination, cooperation, and collaboration relative to effectively managing, mitigating or meaningfully addressing psychological impacts, and fostering recoveries or resiliency during and/or post critical incident. Quotes and paraphrases from selected, reviewed and researched sources must be limited to no more than 15% of your paper.
All quotes, paraphrases, ideas and statistics taken from other sources must be in-text cited in proper APA 7 Professional style and format and must be connected to references listed on the Reference pages. APA has different rules for citing different types of sources so be sure to check the APA 7 Manual required for this course and all criminal justice courses to be sure you are citing correctly.
You must use 5 scholarly sources other than your course textbook for this assignment and a minimum of two sources must be scholarly journal articles. Be sure the sources are credible and professional. The only sources that count for this category are journal articles from academic journals, academic books and published government information (professional level government sources, not general information for the public). Wikipedia, blogs, dissertations, thesis documents, and general http:/ information type sources are not acceptable. Advocacy websites, forum, businesses, blogs or any source that are not scholarly are also not acceptable. Scholarly sources are peer-reviewed journals and reviewed academic books. Self-help books are not acceptable. You should be obtaining these sources through libraries such as the Saint Leo online library or any source that provides access to academic journals.
All paraphrasing and ideas or facts taken from sources must be properly cited. Any verbatim wording must be shown in the proper APA 7 Professional style and format quote format.