User:Danielmagrath/Choose an Article

Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Article title: Drug Court
 * Article Evaluation: The article describing drug court is written well and neutral overall. The only sentence that is not completely neutral is the first sentence about effectiveness in the United States. This sentence claims that "drug courts are often touted as the single most successful intervention in US history for leading people struggling with serious addiction..." The word touted is a bit ambiguous for people reading about drug courts. I would say to replace the word touted with "considered or thought of as." The source cited after this claim is also a bit dated, published in 1998.
 * Sources: McPherson, & Sauder, M. (2013). Logics in Action: Managing Institutional Complexity in a Drug Court. Administrative Science Quarterly, 58(2), 165–196.
 * Sources: McPherson, & Sauder, M. (2013). Logics in Action: Managing Institutional Complexity in a Drug Court. Administrative Science Quarterly, 58(2), 165–196.
 * Sources: McPherson, & Sauder, M. (2013). Logics in Action: Managing Institutional Complexity in a Drug Court. Administrative Science Quarterly, 58(2), 165–196.

Option 2

 * Article title: Specialized Court
 * Article Evaluation: The tone of this article is neutral and overall well-written. The article appears to fail bringing up the various different types of specialty courts as well as the intended structure of these specialty courts. The article does not talk about juvenile drug court, family dependency treatment court, veteran's court, mental health court, and specific kinds of drug court. This page could also bring up structure and intended outcomes of the specialty courts.
 * Sources: Thielo, Cullen, F. T., Burton, A. L., Moon, M. M., & Burton, J. (2019). Prisons or Problem-Solving: Does the Public Support Specialty Courts? Victims & Offenders, 14(3), 267–282.
 * Sources: Thielo, Cullen, F. T., Burton, A. L., Moon, M. M., & Burton, J. (2019). Prisons or Problem-Solving: Does the Public Support Specialty Courts? Victims & Offenders, 14(3), 267–282.
 * Sources: Thielo, Cullen, F. T., Burton, A. L., Moon, M. M., & Burton, J. (2019). Prisons or Problem-Solving: Does the Public Support Specialty Courts? Victims & Offenders, 14(3), 267–282.

Option 3

 * Article title: Restorative Practices
 * Article Evaluation: This wikipedia page is very well-written and has a consistent neutral tone. One thing I would consider adding to this page is how restorative peace-making circles are implemented in specialty courts. I would also consider adding more recent sources to enhance the credibility of this page.
 * Sources: Van Camp, & Wemmers, J.-A. (2016). Victims’ Reflections on the Protective and Proactive Approaches to the Offer of Restorative Justice: The Importance of Information. Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice, 58(3), 415–442.
 * Marder. (2022). Mapping restorative justice and restorative practices in criminal justice in the Republic of Ireland. International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice, 70, 100544–.
 * Sources: Van Camp, & Wemmers, J.-A. (2016). Victims’ Reflections on the Protective and Proactive Approaches to the Offer of Restorative Justice: The Importance of Information. Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice, 58(3), 415–442.
 * Marder. (2022). Mapping restorative justice and restorative practices in criminal justice in the Republic of Ireland. International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice, 70, 100544–.

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