For this essay you will need to: Summarize the purpose of the research (understanding police misconduct, but you will need to also introduce the authors’ arguments for the importance of researching and understanding it). Briefly explain Akers’ Social Learning Theory, taking care to include its main points. DO NOT GET BOGGED DOWN IN PREVIOUS AUTHORS’ DEFINITIONS AND VARIATIONS ON THE THEORY- HERE EXPLAIN AKERS’ SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY, AND HOW IT IS USED BY THESE AUTHORS IN THIS STUDY.
Explain how the authors define misconduct, operationalize it and then and measure it.
Briefly describe the research design, and express your own opinion on whether or not it is effective in measuring and predicting police misconduct.
Finally- provide an assessment of the study. Do you think that the authors did a good job here? Do you have a better understanding of police misconduct?
ALSO, 5 in-text citations must be used in the essay from the source Use Correct APA Format. Your paper should include an introduction, a body, and a conclusion. Also, support your answers with the course’s readings and at least two scholarly journal articles. The article’s purpose is to support your positions, claims, and observations, in addition to your textbook.
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ProQuest and EBSCOhost are great sites to find resources. Also, write in a concise and logical, using excellent grammar and style techniques. Additionally, the quality of your writing dictates grading criteria. On the other hand, if you use direct quotes from books or articles, place the words you copied (use parenthesis) and cite them in-line. Also, only use sources within the five-year range.
Additional Guidelines The quotes should be complete sentences (no more, less) and should be incorporated in your essay to illustrate your ideas. Please, cite your sources in a clickable reference list at the end. Also, do not copy without providing proper attribution (quotation marks and in-line citations). Also, write an essay format, not in bullet form, numbering, or another list format. It would be best if you use your own words. Lastly, proofread your work and run it through Grammarly for thorough confirmation.
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