Criminal Justice Final Phase

In the original paper Using Content Analysis Projects in The Introduction to Criminal Justice Classroom, In the abstract background the authors Finley (2004), emphasized:                                       The final phase of the project was completed individually. Students were asked to write a short page paper that summarized four items: 1) what they viewed and what they looked for; 2) the themes their group found in the portrayal of their assigned player across their assigned genre; 3) the ways their individual examples illustrated and differed from group themes; and 4) a reflection on what they learned about criminal justice from the project.

Included next is a justification for the project based on a brief review of literature and on personal pedagogical goals. This is followed by specific details about some of the more important steps in the project, examples of three of the group projects, student assessments of the project, what students learned, and personal reflections about and analysis of the project.