Part A: Thesis Statement

Part A: Thesis Statement

Draft the thesis statement for your research paper. “Topic is _Gun Control_

Part B: Locating Academic Sources

Locate three academic sources that you will use for your capstone research paper.

1. One source should describe or explain the history, purpose(s), goal(s), or effects of a specific policy or broader set of policies such as the ‘War on Drugs’, the ‘Tough on Crime’ movement, or ‘Mass Incarceration.’
2. One source must address the scope of the problem that your policy or program is trying to fix (this might be similar to source #1); and
3. One source must be an empirical study that supports your thesis statement or is related to the policy area that you are investigating (for example, policing, sentencing, courts, corrections, or reentry).

For each academic source, paste its abstract and write 1 to 3 sentences describing how you might utilize the source for your capstone 

research paper.