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Article Evaluation:

Article Name: Public Criminology[]


 * Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Yes, everything in this article relates to the topic of Public Criminology.
 * Is there anything that distracted you? No, it was all relevant to the topic.
 * Is any information out of date? No, they use historical things to give the idea a back story, and bring it into the society and world we live in today.
 * Is anything missing that could be added? Maybe add more things from authors on both ends, there were about 3 or 4 per each side.
 * What else could be improved? There were some grammatical errors, that could have easily been avoided.
 * Is the article neutral? It is neutral for the majority of it, and it does give examples of those who oppose, but it does lean more toward the side of public criminology than against.
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily bias ed toward a particular position? No, they never say, support this or do not support this.
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? I feel maybe the objecting side could have had more background behind it, but also the side of public criminology was still a little on the lighter side, needed some more background/evidence.
 * Check a few citations. Do the links work? Yes the links do work.
 * Does the source support the claims in the article? Yes, they are used properly.
 * Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Most of the article does yes, but there is a few spots where it is missing some.
 * Where does the information come from? Possibly forgot to cite or it is their own work, just similar to other articles.
 * Are these neutral sources? Uggen and Christopher, never state that this journal is for everyone, but they also never critique the idea of Public Criminology.
 * If biased, is that bias noted? Yes
 * Talk Page
 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? Someone stated in the talk page that Wiki needs to help the page out.
 * How is the article rated? It looks as if there is someone trying to say it looks more like an essay than encyclopedia, so maybe it comes off a little low.
 * Is it a part of any WikiProjects? Yes.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? It goes more into the history of the idea than what we have read or talked about.