Article Review Instructions
You
are required to select a journal article and write a 2–3-page paper reviewing it. The article that you choose must be published
within the last five years, related to your research topic, and found in a
scholarly journal. You can use the article you choose here as one of the
required sources for your research paper. Format your paper in APA style and review the
Article Review Grading Rubric to improve the quality of your paper. The article review is due by the end of Module/Week
3.
Choose
your article from one of the journals below (other journals may be acceptable with
prior instructor approval):
Social Problems
Journal
Journal of
Social Issues
Social Problems
Social Work
Columbia Journal
of Law and Social Problems
Addiction
Alcohol Health
& Research World
Alcohol Research
& Health
American Journal
of Drug & Alcohol Abuse
American Journal
of Family Therapy
American Journal
of Sociology
Canadian Journal
of Criminology
Canadian Journal
of Criminology & Criminal Justice Canadian Journal of Sociology
Child Adolescent
Social Work Journal
Child Abuse
Review
Child Welfare
Contemporary
Drug Problems
Criminology
Drugs:
Education, Prevention & Policy
Human Nature
Journal of Drug
Issues
Journal of
Sociology & Social Welfare
Social
Alternatives
Social Forces
Social Science
Quarterly
Studies in
Conflict & Terrorism
American Journal
of Sociology
American
Sociological Review
Include
each of the following elements in your article review:
- Summary
– In the first paragraph of your paper, summarize the article and state
the primary issue that the article discusses. - Analysis
of main points – Each of the article’s
main point should be discussed in its own paragraph in your paper. Discuss the evidence and support for
each main point. - Reflective
conclusion – In the last paragraph of your
paper, discuss how the article relates to your research paper and the
course as a whole, and explain your own reactions to and opinions of the
article.
