Literature Reviews should:
Provide an overview of the topic including
Key concepts that are being researched
The areas that are ripe for more research—where the gaps and inconsistencies in the literature are
A critical analysis of research that has been previously conducted
Will include primary and secondary research
Organizing your Literature Review:
Although this structure will not necessarily work for all literature reviews, most literature reviews have the following components:
Introduction: Provides an overview of your topic, including the major problems and issues that have been studied.
Discussion of Methodologies: If there are different types of studies conducted, identifying what types of studies have been conducted is often provided.
Identification and Discussion of Studies: Provide overview of major studies conducted, and if there have been follow-up studies, identify whether this has supported or disproved results from prior studies.
Identification of Themes in Literature: If there has been different themes in the literature, these are also discussed in literature reviews.
Conclusion/Discussion—Summarize what you’ve found in your review of literature, and identify areas in need of further research or gaps in the literature.
Specific questions to address:
You might address the issue of resources. What resources are challenged toward policing? How might these be channeled toward other issues at root causes such as mental health? What might be needed to make such changes?
What kinds of research needs to be done to document police violence? How might it be carried out?
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Provide an overview of the topic including
Key concep appeared first on Skilled Papers.