1. Answer the questions--negatively, this means you should not go off on a "rant" or get off the point. However, you should answer the questions completely. Using an example to illustrate your point is often a good idea. If you use a quote, try to follow the quote with an explanation using your own words.

2. Assignments must be typed, and should be spell-checked. Use proper grammar. These things will count towards the grade you receive on your paper.

• Write in complete sentences. Do not use sentence fragments. A complete sentence has a noun and a verb.
• Authors of formal (academic or professional) papers avoid using personal pronouns (I, we). Although it is difficult to write in this manner, I encourage you to make an effort to avoid using "I" or "we" in your assignments.

3. You must CITE anything that you take from other's work. Failure to do so is plagarism-a form of cheating. If you fail to cite-it doesn't matter whether it is purposeful or by accident-you will receive a zero for that assignment. Given the nature of the questions, it will be virtually impossible to answer a question without citing material.

Please follow the following format. When you paraphrase someone's work, you need to cite with the author(s) and date:
(a) There is no evidence that the death penalty deters murder (Cullen and Agnew, 2003).
(b) Akers (2000) argues that that empirical research does not support the proposition that the death penalty deters.
(c) If there is more than one author, you MUST INITIALLY LIST each author, (Lilly, Cullen and Ball, 1995). If you repeat the cite, you may then use (Lilly et al., 1995).

Note also that all authors must be included in the cite! Do not simply use the first author.

When you use a direct quote, the text must be in quotes, and the cite must include the author(s), date, and page number:
(a) As Cullen and Agnew (2003: 122) note, "Labeling theory as an explanation of criminal and deviant behavior is derived from general symbolic interactionism theory in sociology."
(b) "Labeling theory as an explanation of criminal and deviant behavior is derived from general symbolic interactionism theory in sociology" (Cullen and Agnew, 2003: 122).

NOTE: Changing one or two words of an Authors work does not give you license to avoid citation. If you are in doubt of whether you should cite, or whether you should use quotes, error on the conservative side…CITE….USE the QUOTES!!

4. Do not use a cite unless you have actually read (or skimmed) the material. You cannot simply "pirate" a cite from the Cullen and Agnew book. If you want to repeat a quote that was taken from another source, the proper citation format is as follows (for a quote): "Antisocial behavior tends to remain stable over time; it is the mother of all that is evil" (Maahs and Pratt, 1989: 205; cited in Cullen and Agnew, 2003). Or, for paraphrasing: Maahs and Pratt (1989, Cited in Cullen and Agnew, 2003)