Female Juvenile Offenders

Submit your final research paper to the Submissions Area by the due date assigned. It should include a cover page, an abstract, an introduction, a literature review, a methodology, and a reference page.

Your final paper should be double-spaced, 8–10 pages in length, and properly edited.

Please use the following outline:

• Introduction (2–3 pages)
  • Introduction (including the statement of the problem)
  • Purpose of the study
  • Research question and hypotheses
  • Theoretical framework
  • Operational definitions
• Literature review (3 pages)
  • Introduction
  • Review of research topic (as covered by the literature)
  • Conclusion
• Methodology (3–4 pages)
  • Introduction
  • Research design
  • Participants
  • Instruments
  • Procedures
  • Data analysis
  • Limitations of the study (i.e., threats to validity)
  • Ethical issues
  • Dissemination strategy
  • Summary
• Reference page

All written assignments and responses should follow APA rules for attributing sources.