Choose an empirical study from a peer-reviewed research journal.

Choose an empirical study from a peer-reviewed research journal. The article you choose must be CRIMINAL JUSTICE related and include: an introduction, literature review, methods, analyses, results, and discussion. Once you find your article, answer the following questions:

Write the reference for your research article in APA style.

Write an overview or brief summary of the article.

According to the introduction, what information was already known about the topic?

What variables were studied? What were the hypotheses concerning these variables?

What was the independent variable?

What was the dependent variable?

What were the operational definitions of the variables studied?

Who were the participants in the study? What were their demographic characteristics?

What were the procedures used to test the hypotheses?

What were the major results of the study? Were the results consistent with the hypotheses?

How did the researcher interpret the results? Can you think of alternative interpretations?

Did the author give suggestions for future research? Can you provide other suggestions?

**you will need to go back to your book/the powerpoints to what you learned in the beginning of the semester to answer these questions. The more thorough your analysis of the article, the more points you will receive. These points will be added to the exam grade.**

**turn this in through the link that will be under the ‘extra credit’ tab on blackboard**