How To Write A Good Criminal Justice Thesis For MA

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Whatever be the area of study (be it forensic science, law enforcement or legal studies), the criminal justice students, if they really want to earn their Master of Arts degree, are expected to complete their thesis in a timely manner. However, the problem is that a majority of the criminal justice students are often clueless about what topic to explore for their thesis! Now, if you too claim of having drilled your brain for thesis ideas without success, then here are some guidelines on how to write a good criminal justice thesis for your master’s program.
Note:–If you think thesis-writing is too strenuous for you, then do apply for the alternative “non-thesis option”, the provision of which is available in almost any criminal justice universities.
Tips For Graduate Level M.A. Students At Writing A Good Criminal Justice Thesis:–

1. Seek The Aid Of Your Criminal Justice Professors Out What Topic Interests You the Most!

With such a diverse field of criminal justice, it ought not to be difficult for criminal justice students to find an appropriate thesis topic that is up to their interest as well as meets the requirements of their respective master’s program. Anyways, if you are in dire need of guidance and some inspiration, then you may seek a discussion with your professors or committee chair.
These criminal justice faculty members, being scholars of their art, can indeed help you fish out some tasty thesis topic or even help modify the topic of your choice to make your research more eventful.
Popular Topics For Criminal Justice M.A Thesis:–

Death Penalty (Should it be enacted or eradicated?)

Police Actions (Debates regarding the search & seize policies)

Racial Profiling (Is it a good law enforcement technique?)

Marijuana Trade (Should it be legalized?)

2. Accumulate Relevant Information For Your Research Work From Various Sources!

Once you have figured out a thesis topic, then it’s time you begin your research. First of all, you need to acquire a general knowledge of the topic you are exploring.
Textbooks and internet sources would be the ideal way to gain an overview of your thesis field, which, you will come to understand, does not only encompass criminal justice aspect but may also overlap other academic aspects as that of psychology & sociology.

3. Collaborating With Your criminal Justice Faculty Members To Write A Defendable Thesis!

Although the main theme of thesis-writing is to reflect back your creativity and interest in the field, it might be a folly to believe that you can complete your thesis on your own.
After all, thesis, albeit being heralded as the original work of individual students, represents a collaboration work between the fledgling students and the learned faculty members. Hence, during the course of your thesis preparation, feel free to take the counsel of your mentors. And, mind you, just writing a thesis is not adequate; you have to defend it too!

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Smita Subedi is a financial writer and a education consultant. Besides she also maintains some of education blog. She is in this field for more than 10 years. She has helped many students to become a good criminal justice lawyer.

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Designing an Effective Presentation

Noneffective Presentation looks like this

         If you’re anything like I was in school, you may approach presentations with something like mortal dread.  Sure, it’s all fun and games (or not entirely unpleasant, at the very least) while you’re doing your research and jotting down your notes and observations, but then you have to—gasp!—actually deliver something?  You have to organize all this material you’ve come up with and reach a conclusion?  And worse still, it has to all flow together and make sense?  And not just to your classmates but to your teacher, someone who actually gets paid to understand this stuff?  How on Earth can they expect you to accomplish all that?

         Relax.  Take a deep breath.  I went down those roads many times before and lived to tell the tale.  Creating a presentation isn’t as overwhelming as you may feel.  You’ll need to do your share of thinking and planning, of course, but it honestly does break down rather simply.

Develop a Strong Central Idea

         For starters, put yourself in the position of an audience member viewing your presentation.  Ask yourself, “If there were just one idea or point that I should take away from this, what would it be?”  Once you’ve answered that question, you’ve found the foundation for your presentation.

         Some of you may remark here that you’ve been told to do the same thing when you’re coming up with a thesis for a paper.  I’m glad if you have, and that leads me to another piece of advice: think of your presentation in the same way that you would an essay or research paper.  By that, I mean that you should arrange your information under the banner of a central point.

Keep It Simple

         Once you’ve established that central point and are organizing your information, take a carving knife to that information.  Leave out any redundancies or anything that’s irrelevant to the point you’re trying to make.  This does not mean leaving out something that refutes or contradicts your main idea; if a big chunk of your research or observations don’t support it, you might want to rework your idea so that it integrates more of what you’ve found.  Instead, strip everything down to its absolute essentials and present only that information.

Substance Over Style

        You should apply a wise austerity not just to the “what” of your presentation but to the “how.”  Avoid flashy graphics, ornate texts and anything else that might get in the way of your information.  Make your presentation as clean and plain as you possibly can.  I will add the caveat here that, depending on the subject matter and the teacher, if you can work in some little personal touch—if you can come up with some unique way of conveying your information that renders your presentation more memorable and enjoyable—go for it.  Above all, however, make sure that you don’t play your audience for saps.  Don’t think that embroidery or bells and whistles will distract people from a poorly researched piece of work.

         James Cagney once gave the following advice on acting: “Learn your lines, find your mark, look ‘em in the eye and tell ‘em the truth.”  You should approach presentations in a similar fashion: do your research, find your main point, get that down and put it out there for your audience.

Bio: Jessica Reynolds (jessicareynolds.ps@gmail.com) is a freelance writer and presentation professional. She currently writes for presentation poster printer postersessions.com, a division of MegaPrint. She considers herself an expert in PowerPoint layout and design.

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