User:Elvtf99/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Criminology

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose to evaluate this topic as it was interesting to me personally. I once was a criminology/ criminal justice major and the history behind the criminal justice system as well as the concept has always interested me. Criminology today is the study of why people commit crimes, how society responds to crime, and how to make communities safer. It helps us understand and prevent crime, improve the justice system, and promote fairness in society. Criminology is important because it helps us reduce crime, make justice more fair, and create safer neighborhoods. It is also a broad topic as it has different avenues/areas in the concept itself. My preliminary impression is that the article provides a basic introduction to criminology but lacks depth and up-to-date information, making it somewhat underdeveloped and has opportunity to be further developed.

Evaluate the article
Lead Section:

- The beginning of the article briefly explains what criminology is and who criminologists are.

- It's clear and straightforward, giving readers a basic idea of the topic.

Content:

- The article talks about criminology, but it's missing recent information.

- It doesn't have any irrelevant information or gaps.

- Offers the history of criminology and where the concept was believed to begin in. Offers subtopics to go off of the criminology topic to show the different branches/ aspects of criminology.

Tone and Balance:

- The article doesn't show bias and presents criminology as a diverse field.

Sources and References:

- It informs on sources and references, confirming the information.

- This article has its citations to reliable sources as seen necessary.

- References are noted in the references section at the bottom of the article

- Bibliography is given credit as well in its own section at end of article

Organization and Writing Quality:

- The writing is clear, and it uses section headings for better organization.

- There are no grammar or spelling errors.

Images and Media:

- There are images from different eras/ time frames.

- More recent images would be great to educate and show progression/differences to different eras.

Talk Page Discussion:

- No information about discussions on the article's talk page or its rating is given.

Overall Impressions:

- The article is a basic introduction to criminology but needs more depth and updated information.

- Its strengths include clarity and neutrality.

- To improve, I would recommend up to date information as well as images to keep this article current as well as interesting.

- This article is well developed, but needs more current content.