this is a literature part of my project. Please review all the attached documents. I already included few articles that you can use for this part but i need at least 50 articles for this ppart. please carefully review all the attached documents.
Important things to consider
1.
Throughout the literature
review, note gaps especially if you plan to fill the gap
2.
SYNTHESIZE the literature,
don’t annotate
3.
Point out specific findings
when they contradict each other
4.
Point out specific findings
when they are especially profound or important to your study
5.
Meta-analyses and
systematic reviews often may require some annotation in your literature review
because of the synthesized nature of those reports
Literature Review Outline Example
I.
Introduction to the problem
a.
Crossover youth (CY)
i.
Youth who cross from foster
care into juvenile justice
ii.
Literature currently
examines from the back-end (after entering JJ)
iii.
Being in FC is a risk
factor but we don’t know how to differentiate youth in the FC system
b.
Breadth:
i.
The number of youth is not
known because of record keeping
ii.
Efforts to track CY
c.
Depth:
i.
Poor outcomes for CY
ii.
Recidivism
iii.
Deeper penetration into the
JJ system
d.
Purpose: To identify
predictors of crossover from foster care
II.
Literature Review
a.
Briefly describe the goal
of the literature review (1 paragraph)
i.
Identify definitions and
differences in the literature
ii.
Lack of front-end work and
focus
iii.
Identifying areas of
concentration
b.
Primary problem: CY
i.
Define CY and provide
examples of how it is defined in the literature
1.
Crossover youth
2.
Dual system youth
3.
Dually adjudicated youth
4.
Cross system or multi
system youth
ii.
Breadth
1.
Lack of policies and review
of data collection processes
2.
CYPM
3.
Other efforts
iii.
Depth
1.
Paucity of research
inhibits our knowledge because of focus
2.
What we know comes from JJ
not FC
iv.
Areas of concern
1.
Foster care factors
2.
Demographic factors
3.
Juvenile justice factors
c.
Foster care factors
i.
Review of breadth and depth
of major FC factors that may contribute to CY
1.
Reason for removal
2.
Length of time in care
3.
Placement type (kinship,
congregate care)
4.
Number of placements
5.
Case plan goal and PRT
6.
Age at removal
ii.
Major limitations/gaps
identified in the literature
1.
Los Angeles and Cook
counties are over-represented in the literature
2.
A couple of researchers
have done most of the work
3.
Policy differences across
states and counties
4.
Nearly all of the studies
examined youth from the JJ perspective and outcome
iii.
Summarize the overall state
of the literature regarding CW factors
d.
Demographics
i.
Review of the breadth and
depth of literature on demographics
1.
Race/Ethnicity
a.
Disproportionality
b.
Disparity
c.
Cumulative disadvantage
d.
Difference for CY?
(Disagreement in the lit)
2.
Age
a.
Age at first delinquency
b.
Current age
c.
Adolescent crime curve
3.
Gender
4.
Location (urban vs suburban
vs rural)
5.
Mental health
a.
Diagnosed disability
b.
Special Education services
c.
Racial/ethnicity
differences
ii.
Major limitations, gaps,
and differences in the literature
e.
Juvenile justice
i.
Review of the breadth and
depth of the literature from juvenile justice
1.
Recidivism outcomes
2.
Penetration into the
juvenile justice system
3.
Outcomes from adjudication
4.
Outcomes related to
non-adjudication
5.
Placements
f.
Current study
i.
The purpose of
this research is to analyze national data on youth who enter foster care and
may be later served by juvenile justice, either transitioning their cases fully
to the juvenile justice system or having collaborative services with both
foster care and juvenile justice.
After controlling for demographic variables,
what foster care related factors may predict crossover into juvenile justice
for youth in the foster
