Week+5+Final+Project+Part+I+Literature+Review

**Literature Review** **(Final project: Part I)** **Due: July 30, 2011**

Produce a narrative linking the findings of 4-10 articles to your own project: its importance, questions, design, or measurement techniques. (10%)

__Search__ For this assignment, you need to have found sufficient articles to anchor your research project (either of the two final options). You may find that the initial four articles are or are not suitable for your project at this point. A majority of your citations should be to research, although some opinion pieces may be useful in demonstrating the importance of or controversies about your topic, and review articles can ‘anchor’ secondary parts of your argument.

__Write__ Discuss your topic and the articles in the format of an article’s introduction and literature review. Begin with a description of your topic/research question, then discuss the articles as they relate to an understanding of the background of your topic, what is known, and how someone might wish to proceed further in researching it. Emulate the style of the articles you have already read.

A very basic presentation style is to have an introduction then one paragraph per article, but you should strive to organize the points you are making. One paragraph could be about how to conceptualize one of your variables, another about how to measure; another about how important the issue is.

Length: probably between 700 and 1500 words. This literature review will become part of your final project. The grade for your final project will be based on the __other__ sections of the project. You can revise this original literature review, and receive a better grade, if you choose.

-INDEXED BY WEB OF SCIENCE--, T., & Katsiyannis, A. (2000). Academic remediation, parole violations, and recidivism rates among delinquent youths. Remedial and Special Education, 21(3), 161-161. Retrieved from http://ulib.iupui.edu/cgi-bin/proxy.pl?url=/docview/236317219?accountid=7398

--journal INDEXED BY WEB OF SCIENCE but this article is not listed--Fields, D., & Abrams, L. S. (2010). Gender differences in the perceived needs and barriers of youth offenders preparing for community reentry. Child and Youth Care Forum, 39, 253-269. Retrieved from http://escholarship.org/uc/item/94k5g0nz

Abrams, L. S., & Freisthler, B. (2010). A spatial analysis of risks and resources for reentry youth in Los Angeles County. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, 1(1), 41-55. Retrieved from http://www.jdaihelpdesk.org/Docs/Documents/5745-23503-1-PB.pdf

Lit Review Article/non-research -this particular article was not INDEXED BY WEB OF SCIENCE—McCook, K dL.P. (2004). Public libraries and people in jail. Reference & User Services Quarterly, 44(1), 26-26-30. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com.proxy2.ulib.iupui.edu/docview/217927271/1308E4BF9741604765D/7?accountid=7398 - McCook provides overview at library philosophies of service relating to incarcerated people and examples of public libraries providing service to people in local detention centers. She then suggests that by developing programs that reach out to those in jail, librarians can open the door to reflection and new rules that promote fairness and a chance for the prisoners to participate in the life of democracy.

-INDEXED BY WEB OF SCIENCE--Gagnon, J. C., & Barber, R. R. (2010). Characteristics of and services provided to youth in secure care facilities. Behavioral Disorders, 36(1) 7–19. Retrieved from http://www.ccbd.net/sites/default/files/bedi-36-01-7.pdf

 Wright, R. (2004). You were hired to teach! Ideological struggle, education, and teacher burnout at the New Prison for Women. The Qualitative Report, 9(4), 630-651. (NOT A RESEARCH ARTICLE... PERSONAL REFLECTION:      This paper is part of a more extensive qualitative case study of the tacit, practical knowledge of 22 prison teachers located at minimum, medium, and maximum security prisons across Western Canada (Wright, 2002).       )