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Article Evaluation
Public Criminology


 * Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you? - The article focuses on explaining what public criminology is and what its goal is for the community. The article was very straight forward and did not create any distractions.
 * Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added? - Nothing seems to be out of date and the article gives a great description of what public criminology is used for.
 * What else could be improved? n/a
 * Is the article neutral? Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? - The article seems to be fairly neutral, although there is a section in the article that discusses the criticisms of public criminology and the issues some people have with it.
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? - n/a
 * Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article? - The citations are accessible and match the material in the article.
 * Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted? - Most references were taken from online journals which are reliable sources. There were was no type of bias indicated from these references.
 * Talk Page
 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? - Many persons in the "Talk" section stated that they feel the lead of the article needs to focus more on what public criminology is instead of what it argues.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? - The article has been rated (Rated Start-class, Low-importance), and is apart of WikiProject Sociology.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? - The way Wikipedia discusses this topic compared to how we've discussed it in class is, in class we discuss this topic by following the "Public Criminologies" by Inderbitzin. This article is much more detailed and gives full details not only about public criminology, but also public sociology, which tie together.

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Article Selection:

Article 1: Public Criminology


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? - yes
 * Is it written neutrally? - yes for the most part
 * Does each claim have a citation? - yes
 * Are the citations reliable? - yes

Article 2: Public Sociology


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? yes
 * Is it written neutrally? yes
 * Does each claim have a citation? yes
 * Are the citations reliable? yes

Article 3: Youth Activism


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? yes
 * Is it written neutrally? no
 * Does each claim have a citation? yes
 * Are the citations reliable? yes