Research Paper

My topic was the effects of gender and race on juvenile cases being transfered to adult courts and ultimately juveniles being sentenced to adult facilities. I chose this topic because i had heard many complaints from people throughout high school stating that their friend's court case was treated unfair and i wanted to know how much evidence there was that actually proved this. There were many articles that covered this topic as well as books. Most of my information that i used came from books in the CSULA library. One main source for me was the book "The Cycle of Juvenile Justice" by Thomas Bernard and Kurlychek. This class and paper does require a lot of time but all the assignments that are assigned help to maintain yourself on schedule. If you do all the assignments by the date that they are due then this class shouldn't be too hard. Just keep track of all the assignments and learn to manage your time if you haven't done so. Also make sure to double check the syllabus and the point breakdown sheets for assignment due dates. Going through everyones post it seems we all agree that you have to start the writing process early. Good luck!

-Jonathan Martinez