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    This document provides instructions and a template for analyzing four academic journal articles about the relationship between rational choice theory and crime. The articles must be at least 15 pages and empirical in nature, testing hypotheses with collected data. For each article, the analysis template requires a full citation, key facts from the introduction, an overview of the literature review discussing previous research and the theory, a description of the research methods and participants, an evaluation of whether hypotheses were supported including cited evidence, analysis of policy implications, identification of three weaknesses, and discussion of how the article extends classroom learning of rational choice theory.

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    This document provides instructions and a template for analyzing four academic journal articles about the relationship between rational choice theory and crime. The articles must be at least 15 pages and empirical in nature, testing hypotheses with collected data. For each article, the analysis template requires a full citation, key facts from the introduction, an overview of the literature review discussing previous research and the theory, a description of the research methods and participants, an evaluation of whether hypotheses were supported including cited evidence, analysis of policy implications, identification of three weaknesses, and discussion of how the article extends classroom learning of rational choice theory.

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    This document provides instructions and a template for analyzing four academic journal articles about the relationship between rational choice theory and crime. The articles must be at least 15 pages and empirical in nature, testing hypotheses with collected data. For each article, the analysis template requires a full citation, key facts from the introduction, an overview of the literature review discussing previous research and the theory, a description of the research methods and participants, an evaluation of whether hypotheses were supported including cited evidence, analysis of policy implications, identification of three weaknesses, and discussion of how the article extends classroom learning of rational choice theory.

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    This document provides instructions and a template for analyzing four academic journal articles about the relationship between rational choice theory and crime. The articles must be at least 15 pages and empirical in nature, testing hypotheses with collected data. For each article, the analysis template requires a full citation, key facts from the introduction, an overview of the literature review discussing previous research and the theory, a description of the research methods and participants, an evaluation of whether hypotheses were supported including cited evidence, analysis of policy implications, identification of three weaknesses, and discussion of how the article extends classroom learning of rational choice theory.

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    Reminders:

     Articles must look at the relationship between rational choice theory and crime. You can select articles
    that evaluate policies rooted in your theory, articles that test how well the theory explains crime or a
    specific type of crime, and/or articles that test how well the theory explains criminal involvement among
    different groups of people (e.g. different neighborhoods, countries, people of different races, sex, social
    classes, etc.).
     Articles must be at least 15 pages. and must be academic journal articles. This means you cannot use
    encyclopedia, online reports, newspapers, blogs, etc.
     Articles must be empirical. This means the author(s) must list hypotheses and then test the hypotheses
    with data that they collected or data that someone else collected and they are reusing. There should be
    charts/tables and statistical information being presented.
     You will fill out this template for each of your 4 articles.

    ARTICLE ANALYSIS TEMPLATE

    Information that can be found directly in the article. If your article does not have these sections, you did
    not select an empirical article and you need to go back and find a new article.

     Full Citation (.5 point)  Includes author name(s), title of article, date, and name of journal.

     Introduction/Background  Provide 5 key ideas, facts, or statistics from the introduction or background
    section of the article. (.5 point)

     Literature Review/Previous Literature  Provide an overview of the information presented in the


    literature review or previous literature section of the article. This should include information related to
    the theory, as well as a discussion of at least 4 previous research findings from other studies. (1.5 points)

    Information related to the theory: (me summarizing, not directly from the article)

    Previous research findings #1:

    Previous research findings #2:

    Previous research findings #3:

    Previous research findings #4:

     Data/Methods  Explain what research methods are used to gather data (e.g. police reports, surveys,
    interviews) and who participated in the project/study. (1 point)

    Research methods:

    Who participated?

     List of hypotheses and discussion of whether each hypothesis was supported, partially supported, or not
    supported. Do not just write “supported”….you need to explain what was found and cite some of the
    numbers and information from the article. (2 points)

    Information that you have to create based on your understanding of the article and course material.
    Minimum of one full paragraph (6-8 sentences) per question.
     How does this article relate to policy recommendations and/or evaluation of existing policies? (1 point)

     What do you think are 3 weaknesses of this article are? Explain each. (This should not be copied from
    the limitations section, but should include your personal opinions regarding the research and the
    usefulness of the article for your project.) (1.5 points)

    (1)
    (2)
    (3)

     How does this article extend what you learned in class about your theory? (2 points)

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