QUESTION
Forensic Examiner
This week you will be completing an article review. An article review provides an analysis of a scholarly publication. The review should describe the item’s content and argument(s) and discuss its strengths and weaknesses as well as the accuracies and inaccuracies of the article. A person who has not read (or seen) the item should be able to decide from what you have written whether or not he/she wants to read the article.
The article is to be a minimum of 800 words and written using proper APA style for in text citations and references and should include a title page. Article reviews contain other academic references used for fact checking. A minimum of 3 additional references should be used to support your review. You may paraphrase the article but no direct quotes are allowed.
An example of an article review can be found at
The article you review should cover a Forensic Discipline and should be from a scholarly journal or publication such as:
� American Journal of Criminal Justice
� FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin
� Forensic Examiner
� Journal of Forensic Identification
� Journal of Forensic Sciences
� Law & Order
� Narcotics Enforcement & Prevention Digest
If you would like to use a Journal or Publication not listed here, you must receive approval from the instructor.
