Annotated Bibliography
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> An Annotated Bibliography organizes your research by way of APA citations
> and a short paragraph about each source. For this Assignment, you will
> create an Annotated Bibliography for five sources related to your Final
> Project topic. While you are not required to use these five sources in your
> Final Project, finding reliable and relevant sources now will not only
> lessen the work in Unit 9, but it will also allow your instructor to
> provide insightful feedback on the sources you intend to use. A personal
> communication, such as the interview you conducted, will not need to be
> listed on the References page of your Final Project, yet it will be listed
> in your Annotated Bibliography for this Assignment; per APA citation
> format, information from a personal communication does require an in-text
> citation for a directly or paraphrased quote. The KUWC resources noted
> below have further information on citing interviews appropriately.
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> The following aspects are required for your Annotated Bibliography
> Assignment:
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> Title page in APA manuscript format
> Your potential thesis statement for the Final Project
> Five sources (one of each type noted below)
> Book or ebook (full-text version, not just the abstract or preview)
> Periodical (i.e., newspaper, journal, or magazine)
> Video or audio clip
> Interview (conducted for Unit 4 Discussion Assignment)
> Internet-only source
> APA citation for each source
> Annotation for each source, which must include each of the following in
> a full-paragraph:
> Brief summary of the source (no direct quotes from the source)
> Evaluation of the source, including reliability and validity
> Discussion about usefulness to your Final Project
> All writing must be in Standard American English
> Use APA manuscript format throughout the Assignment
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> 300 words
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> use correct Annotated Bibliography in APA

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Thesis statement

An analysis of the main factors that increase peoples’ involvement in criminal activities and identification of strategies to reduce the rate of crime in a society

Karn, J. (2013). Policing and Crime Reduction: The Evidence and its Implications for Practice.

In this article, Karn attributes the increasing peoples’ involvement in criminal activities to the lack of adequate resources to detect and prevent crime. He argues that enhancing the effectiveness of the police can go a long way in reducing criminal activities. The source is reliable because it identifies police-led strategies that can be used to reduce crime. The source is …

477 words APA