Mini-Project 3 – The Research Question
How are public safety agencies preparing their employees with the knowledge, skills and abilities to summarize ethical and legal decision making processes in public safety administration using higher order critical thinking skills?
You will conduct a thorough Literature Review to explore the different methods used by public safety agencies (focus on one area: Law Enforcement, Fire, EMS, Homeland Security, Military Police, etc.) for preparing their employees to make ethical and legal decision making in public safety administration issues. You will also select one public safety agency to profile in detail their methods for developing their employees’ ethical and legal decision-making.
Note: You may use the same agency that you used for research mini-projects #1 & #2.
Required Sections For Your Mini-Research Project:
Title page (Not included in page count)
Abstract (Not included in page count)
Table of Contents (Not included in page count)
Section 1- Introduction and Literature Review
Section 2 – Field Research and Investigation
Section 3 – Analysis of Field Research and Investigative Findings
Section 4 – Reflection
Reference List (Not included in page count)
What Information Should Be Included in Sections 1 – 4?
The Introduction – Provides the reader with an overview of what your paper will be discussing.
The Literature Review – Highlight of the relevant literature associated with your research question.
Field Research and Investigation – The information acquired by examining one public safety agency and how the agency is accomplishing the specific program goal. This information can be extracted through interviews, e-mails, documentation, agency website, articles, etc.
Analysis of Field Research and Investigative Findings – What did you find out? How are the findings related to information in your literature review?
Reflection – Reveal your personal insight (views & feelings) about what you have learned about the topic and the process you used to explore the topic.
All students’ research mini-projects shall conform to APA guidelines, double-spaced, and a minimum of 6 pages and not more than 6 pages, not including the title page abstract, table of contents, and reference list. Students are reminded that plagiarism will not be tolerated. Original work (your research) may contain the ideas and findings of other scholars, however, all included work of a non-original nature must be appropriately cited and the author given credit. Scholars may cite another scholar’s work, so please remember to give credit to the original author. Additionally, all paraphrased information or direct quotations must be appropriately cited. Please refer to your APA manual that provides examples of ways to cite authors and sources. Students should be cognizant of the importance in appropriately citing all referenced work within the body of their research mini-project and also reflected in the Reference Section. Failure to appropriately cite and give credit to an author can be construed as plagiarism.
