What effect do teenage curfews have on crime and public safety?

Follow these guidelines in structuring your paper:

• Include an introduction that presents the topic, engages readers attention, and poses the research question as its thesis.

• Include body paragraphs that achieve the following:
• Feature evidence, drawn from credible and relevant sources, that answers the research question posed in the thesis.
• Contain synthesized information from at least three different sources.
• Establish clear relationships among facts, reasons, and evidence.
• Contain correctly formatted in-text citations to at least three different sources.

• Include a conclusion that
• Summarizes the major points of the body paragraphs
• Re-asks the research question posed in the introduction
• Answers the research question based on the findings of the paper
• Includes a works-cited page that
• Includes at least three sources from both print and digital sources
• Use MLA format to correctly document all sources
• Supplies full source information corresponding to all the in-text citations
• In terms of mechanics, the paper should
• Use formal language and an objective tone.
• Follow the rules for grammar and usage.

Conducting Research

Begin gathering information on your topic by searchingonline and print sources. Organize your sources and your notes. Create anoutline for your paper. Evaluate your research process for criteria such as therelevance of your details and the effectiveness of your organizational plan.

Drafting

Write the first draft of your research paper, and rememberto save often. Use your outline as a guide. Keep your audience in mind, consideringtheir level of prior knowledge about the material. Synthesize your research bymaking connections between sources. Make sure you provide sufficient, credible,and relevant evidence to support your analysis. Use transitions and organizationto establish the relationships among your ideas and between ideas and evidence.Include in-text citations and a works-cited page.

When youve finished the draft, you will share it with oneor more readers to get feedback for revision.

Revising

Revise your first draft. Review the feedback you received,and decide which comments you agree with so that you can revise accordingly. Afterrevising, use online checklist to make sure you have done the best revision youcan.

Revise your paper for content, organization, and language. Checkfor cohesion in your organization of ideas. Make sure you have used formallanguage and maintained an objective tone throughout. Revise for clarity andvariety in sentence structure and diction as necessary. Double-check allin-text citations and works cited entries for correct MLA format.

Proofreading and Publishing

Proofread your draft using the online checklist. Then submityour final draft, as well as your planning documents.

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