Research Essay

Instructions The research paper requires students to answer the following question: Prosecuting police officers for acts and also omissions in their duties is very challenging and rarely occurs. Regardless of the specific acts or omissions, why is it so difficult to prosecute police officers? Is there a need for reform? Justify your answer. Students are required to write between 1800-2000 words in response to the question. Penalties for exceeding 2000 words will be calculated at 5% deducted from the final grade for every 10% or part thereof of the word count that is exceeded. This means that a penalty is deducted as soon as the word count is exceeded. Submissions less than 1800 words will not be graded. Students may struggle, however, to adequately respond to the issues presented in the question if they write too few words. Papers should be submitted through moodle.   Papers should be written in 12 point, Times New Roman with 1.5 line spacing. A cover page with the student’s details, the total word count, and the selected question should be included. No running header or footer is required. The paper will also require a reference list/ bibliography of the works cited in the paper. Papers should refer to a minimum of 10 academic sources (books, journal articles, and similar). References should be in Chicago style. If, in the view of the instructor, a submission does not evidence sufficient effort to conform to Chicago style it will receive an automatic zero and be returned to the student without comment or feedback. Papers must be written in an academic voice, with a research essay structure. Reference lists and the cover page are not part of the word count