The annotated bibliography is the first assessment you will be required to complete, and will help develop foundational skills for subsequent research. An annotated bibliography requires conducting independent research and evaluating different academic sources. Students will be required to find and assess 3 different academic sources: 1 book/book chapter and 2 peer-reviewed articles, and write a short (150-200 word) summary of each. The total length of the assessment is 500 words. 2) Start researching to find appropriate scholarly material about your chosen offence. The three ways that I would recommend to begin your research are: a. A good old-fashioned library search. Start looking through the library here and at other universities to see if there are any books on your offence type that might be appropriate. Get any relevant books out on load and read. You can also borrow books from other libraries ask the librarians how to set this up. b. Google scholar google scholar searches work similarly to regular google searches but results are generally (though not always) limited to academic sources (mostly journal articles). Once you have identified a useful looking source on google scholar you will likely have to access it through the library portal in order to avoid having to pay an access fee. Write down the name of the journal as well as the issue number, name of the article, and author. Put this info into a library search and go from there. Google searches are a great way to start researching. However, keep in mind that search results are not always comprehensive. Search through library databases. These link directly to online criminology journals (e.g. the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, Policing & Society, Criminology and Criminal Justice, etc.). These represent arguably the best and most comprehensive academic resources available. c. 3) Your research essay has to do with theories about crime causation for your specific offence, so try and select articles with this in mind. However, any article that sheds light on your chosen offence type in some useful way is appropriate for selection. 4) After you have chosen your 3 academic sources you are required to write an evaluation of each one. The evaluations are to be between 150-200 words each, and 500 words in total. In your evaluation you must: a. Begin by providing the proper citation for your source use Harvard formatting b. Describe the content of the source (what issue does it address? How was any research done? What does it conclude?) Does it usefully inform your research? How?) Important Points to Remember: All sources must be proper academic/scholarly texts. Academic texts are subject to much higher standards in terms of quality, objectivity and accountability than other sources available through the media and online. For the purposes of this assessment, appropriate scholarly sources are limited to either books or book chapters (preferably published by a university, e.g. Oxford University Press), or peer-reviewed journal articles. Peer-reviewed articles are those published in most academic journals (e.g. British Journal of Criminology, Criminology & Criminal Justice, etc.). Do not cite websites (e.g. Wikipedia) or news media (e.g. The Age or ABC News). These can be used in some assessments but not this one! Use correct formatting. One of the primary purposes of this assignment is to get you used to proper scholarly conventions. Appropriate formatting is easy to get right and an easy way to attain easy marks. All it takes is some attention to detail. There are many different styles of academic formatting. For this unit the required style is Harvard.
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