Paper MUST be a minimum of 8-10 page  (8-10 pages excluding the title page, abstract, and reference page)  

All work should be submitted in APA 6th Edition style, which includes (if sources are used) in-line citations and a References page. No exceptions. Review the APA publication manual. APUS APA Style (pdf)

Use search engines such as Google Scholar to find at least five, peer-reviewed articles that cover your chosen topic from the list above. Again, you are required to use scholarly, peer-reviewed journals, in-text citations, and provide a reference page for this paper.  Keep in mind that 5 is the minimum.  A good quality research paper usually contains in excess of 10.  Sources should be less than 10 years old.

Note that references used for your research need to be peer-reviewed/scholarly journals. These journals typically have the following characteristics:

1. articles are reviewed by a panel of experts before they are accepted for publication;

2. articles are written by a scholar or specialist in the field;

3. articles report on original research or experimentation;

4. are often published by professional associations;

5. utilize terminology associated with the discipline.

Research Paper Instructions:

Choose a topic relevant to sexual assault.  Examples include:

1.  Sexual assault in the military

2. Date Rape

3.  Marital Rape

4. Homosexual Rape

5.  Sex Trafficking

6.  Child sexual Assault

7.  Sadistic sexual assault

Paper MUST be a minimum of 8-10 page  (8-10 pages excluding the title page, abstract, and reference page)