User:Nsmith71/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
 * Criminal justice reform


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article has a unbiased information but it is bare. There are only four headers for police reform when many exist like community policing or defunding. The other headers offer little information that could be expanded on. There are only 29 sources ranging from journal articles to news articles. There is also very little talk about the subject. Alternative sentencing has nothing in it so information could be put there. All the claims are backed up.


 * Sources
 * https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.emich.edu/docview/1618067117/fulltextPDF/A04133231DC44813PQ/1?accountid=10650
 * https://harvardlawreview.org/2017/01/the-presidents-role-in-advancing-criminal-justice-reform/

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Community policing


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article has a lot of sources and has all the right headers but could use some more information for each header. The method section lists the common methods but more methods could prove useful. In the Nordic section, there is a presumption used which needs to be backed up.


 * Sources
 * https://journals-sagepub-com.ezproxy.emich.edu/doi/pdf/10.1177/0022427804266544
 * https://www-tandfonline-com.ezproxy.emich.edu/doi/full/10.1080/15614263.2017.1405265

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Police abolition movement


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article is extensive but uses a lot of quotes instead of putting words into their own. There are a lot of sources which include sources like the New York times and many academic sources. The history section could use some expansion and some work on the neutrality. Matthew Yglesias is mentioned so perhaps a counter argument could be added in that article. All the claims are backed up.


 * Sources
 * https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.emich.edu/docview/2072559484?pq-origsite=summon

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Defund the police


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article has a lot of sources. It could use more academic sources. Some of the headers need more information. There is a section with Matthew Yglesias that could that have a section arguing against his claim. There is little about the Public opinion aspect which seems important. The Rationale section is bare and needs more information. Every claim is backed up.


 * Sources
 * https://go-gale-com.ezproxy.emich.edu/ps/i.do?p=OVIC&u=lom_emichu&id=GALE|RRCTQP461330777&v=2.1&it=r&sid=summon

Option 5

 * Article title
 * Police brutality


 * Article Evaluation
 * There is much dispute over the validity of the "Effects of police brutality in America." Many of the headers need citation including one called "Black Americans and the US police." This is a problem because it gets more views than the much more complete article "Police brutality in the United States."


 * Sources
 * https://anthrosource-onlinelibrary-wiley-com.ezproxy.emich.edu/doi/full/10.1111/traa.12010
 * https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.emich.edu/docview/1929913723?pq-origsite=summon&https://search.proquest.com/pq1lit