Revision Checklist: Current Situation
Your name: ______
Only move to the next checkbox when the requested item is completely done.
[ ] Check format.
[ ] Heading in all caps?
[ ] Heading Times New Roman – 12pt?
[ ] Top right has page number?
[ ] Before you review specifics, did you overview the policy as it currently stands?
[ ] Amendments with explanation of changes
[ ] Who/what recommended those changes
[ ] What the need was for those changes
[ ] Overall changes / revisions to policy
[ ] Who/what recommended those changes
[ ] What the need was for those changes
(Based on your individual organization, your order may be different than what’s indicated below. Whatever brackets are grouped together, however, need to go together in your paper.)
[ ] First part of this section needs to introduce:
[ ] If the law is meeting its goals
[ ] Provide statistics to prove how it’s meeting or NOT meeting its goals
[ ] Make sure EVERY STATISTIC HAS AN INTERNAL CITATION
[ ] Each statistic needs an EXPLANATION BY YOU to explain the statistic – needs to be clear to reader
[ ] More or less people in jail? (If applicable)
[ ] Explain how well your policy was RECEIVED by the population (state / citizens)
[ ] Use statistics and facts to support your claim
[ ] Consider the factors that may impact your policy’s effectiveness
[ ] Political party majority of the state
[ ] Region
[ ] Past history of positive / negative events that influence future events
[ ] Federal laws and other state laws that differ
[ ] Demographics (data about the population and groups within it)
[ ] Does your paper work chronologically?
[ ] If not, read through and be sure everything reads CLEARLY to reader. Should not be confusing. Otherwise,
include transitions to ease this.
[ ] Graphic support?
[ ] Is the graphic big enough to be clear?
[ ] Did you explain what the graphic is SHOWING?
[ ] Did you explain WHY it’s significant? Analysis?
[ ] Did you CITE the graph? (Bottom right corner of the graph)
[ ] This section is CITATION HEAVY. Go through and make sure EVERY BIT of data you could have ONLY received from a source has a proper citation.
Revision Checklist: Current Situation
Your name: ______
Only move to the next checkbox when the requested item is completely done.
[ ] Check format.
[ ] Heading in all caps?
[ ] Heading Times New Roman – 12pt?
[ ] Top right has page number?
[ ] Before you review specifics, did you overview the policy as it currently stands?
[ ] Amendments with explanation of changes
[ ] Who/what recommended those changes
[ ] What the need was for those changes
[ ] Overall changes / revisions to policy
[ ] Who/what recommended those changes
[ ] What the need was for those changes
(Based on your individual organization, your order may be different than what’s indicated below. Whatever brackets are grouped together, however, need to go together in your paper.)
[ ] First part of this section needs to introduce:
[ ] If the law is meeting its goals
[ ] Provide statistics to prove how it’s meeting or NOT meeting its goals
[ ] Make sure EVERY STATISTIC HAS AN INTERNAL CITATION
[ ] Each statistic needs an EXPLANATION BY YOU to explain the statistic – needs to be clear to reader
[ ] More or less people in jail? (If applicable)
[ ] Explain how well your policy was RECEIVED by the population (state / citizens)
[ ] Use statistics and facts to support your claim
[ ] Consider the factors that may impact your policy’s effectiveness
[ ] Political party majority of the state
[ ] Region
[ ] Past history of positive / negative events that influence future events
[ ] Federal laws and other state laws that differ
[ ] Demographics (data about the population and groups within it)
[ ] Does your paper work chronologically?
[ ] If not, read through and be sure everything reads CLEARLY to reader. Should not be confusing. Otherwise,
include transitions to ease this.
[ ] Graphic support?
[ ] Is the graphic big enough to be clear?
[ ] Did you explain what the graphic is SHOWING?
[ ] Did you explain WHY it’s significant? Analysis?
[ ] Did you CITE the graph? (Bottom right corner of the graph)
[ ] This section is CITATION HEAVY. Go through and make sure EVERY BIT of data you could have ONLY received from a source has a proper citation.