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In writing the literature review, the purpose is to convey to the reader what knowledge and ideas have been established on a topic, and what their strengths and weaknesses are. The literature review must be defined by a guiding concept. It is not just a descriptive list of the material available, or a set of summaries*

The student must provide a literature review of relevant research on juvenile curfew laws and their effect on crime.

Literature Review Guidelines:

• The literature review should be 5 pages in length and include an APA title and references page (7 total pages).
• Minimum of 3 scholarly sources must be included.
• Paper structure:
  • Intro paragraph that clearly explains the theory and your ‘guiding concept’ (narrow scope) ; clear thesis included
  • Review which makes it clear that you have read, evaluated and analyzed the research articles, and relationships and/or gaps between the literature are identified and articulated.
  • Succinct concluding statements which summarize the review in its entirety.
• You will use a lot of paraphrasing in this paper. Always cite the author (in-text or parenthetical) when you paraphrase them.
• No more than 5 one-sentence direct quotes can be used in this paper.
• Use APA guidelines for formatting and referencing.
• Demonstrate grade-level writing conventions