OVERVIEW The purpose of the journal article review is to get you to begin to analyze recent and relevant research in your field. The ability to read, interpret, critically analyze, and integrate content from an article to a problem is the goal. INSTRUCTIONS In this assignment, you will critically review 1 recent peer-reviewed article per topic published in the last 7 years in a minimum of 6 pages. •

The abstract should be approximately 350 words. • There should be a minimum of 2 references.

• You must follow the article focus prompt closely. o The topic of the article must be related to managing or working with mentally ill offenders. At a minimum, your review should have 3 sections with headings. Those three sections include: •

the identification of the premise and supporting points of the article, •

a synthesis of the article and the corresponding material in the textbook or a synthesis of the article with your personal experience with the topic, and •

a critical evaluation of the premise(s) and supporting points of the article.

Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the SafeAssign plagiarism tool. Journal of choice (attached pdf): A Multistate Study of Community Treatment Programs for Mentally Ill Offenders with Major Mental Disorders; Design, Measures, and the Forensic Sample; by Sheilagh Hodgins