Paper instructions:

What has inspired you, such as background, life experiences, work, previous degrees, and possibly other influences? Select a topic you are passionate about.
Include how you might approach the topic and collect your data. This can be from looking for data that others have collected or collecting your own. If you collected your own data, how would you approach the study? This would be your methodology.

Add at least three references to your topic. You can also use our text as a reference. Maxfield, M. & Babbie, Earl R. (2015). Research methods for criminal justice and criminology, 7th Edition. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
How will your research solve a problem, answer a question, or make a positive difference. That is, why is your topic important to study? And maybe it won’t be worth your time or contribute to society, but it might be really interesting!