Law enforcement response to mental illness | CJUS 630 – Crisis Intervention in Law Enforcement | Liberty University

Journal Article Review Instructions

student in many respects is their ability to consume and understand the peer reviewed empirical research in their particular area of interest. A regular review of such literature refines the student’s acuity and challenges their assumptions on a daily basis. The following assignment challenges the student to move beyond anecdote and learn more about how other scholars succeed at failing to disprove their theories. This is the essence of research and highlights the purity of academic freedom. At the very least, a regular consumption of academic peer reviewed material makes the student a much better writer. 

For this assignment, the student will select a peer reviewed journal article[1]. The article will relate in some way to the reading material the student has reviewed for this particular module. After the student reads the article, they should download the Journal Article Review Template. The student will then complete a Journal Article Review of the article they read. The assignment is not to be too much shorter or longer than the example in the template. Ensure that you focus on discussing implications the article has on criminal justice as this is the most important aspet of this process. How does the article’s content relate the field of law enforcement? This can be accomplished in the conclusion of the assignment. 

[1] A peer reviewed journal article is an article written by experts and is reviewed by several other experts in the field before the article is published in an academic journal in order to insure the article’s quality.

topic (law enforcement response to mental illness)

**template is attached