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**Midterm project "Encyclopedia of comparative criminal justice"**

__Objectives of midterm assignment:__  Part of this assignment involves working collaboratively with your fellow classmates to create a wiki-based encyclopedia for someone who is interested in comparative criminal justice. You will be essentially creating a subset of Wikipedia for the comparative criminal justice. Each student is responsible for one Wiki page that should provide encyclopedic knowledge about one of the basic concepts in the comparative criminal justice course. It can be something general as “policing in India” or something more specific like “The Rome Statute and international crimes”. __The students should e-mail the choice of their concepts for the instructor’s approval by February 16, 2015 and register for Wiki.__ __Part 1 – Wiki Page__  – Due no later than 11 a.m., on March 2, 2015. Your wiki page must include, at a minimum, the following elements: You will be graded on both content and presentation (i.e., creativity, design, and mechanics)Please make sure that if you "borrow" information for your page from other web-pages or printed sources, you need to cite it.
 * Three links to additional information
 * Three photos or graphics that you import into the wiki page
 * Information that specifically discusses selected concept. I expect that you will create your ORIGINAL text of at least 500 words for this project.
 * Examples that illustrate selected terms/concepts

__Part 2 – Investigation of other Wiki Pages__  – Due after 03/02, but no later than 03/04 (11:50 a.m.) On an individual basis explore several other wiki pages created by your classmates (in CRLS 4120 wiki page). Choose 2 wiki pages that seem interesting to you. In the Discussion tab of the Wiki page, provide feedback as to the content and design of those pages. I expect at least 2 comments about content issues and 2 comments about design issues of the wiki pages. Be as specific as possible, making sure your feedback is presented in a way that the students know what worked and/or what could be improved. As a part of this review, students should also vote for the best Wiki and send their choices to the instructor no later than March 9, 2012. The best Wiki will be awarded extra points for this assignment.

__Part 3 – Revising and finalizing your Wiki page__  - Due on March 6, 2015. Based on the feedback provided by your fellow classmates, students are expected to revise and finalize their Wiki page for this class. All Wiki pages should be finalized before or on March 6, 2015. No further changes are allowed to the Wiki pages. We will be using this Wiki for our project. You will need to create an account if you dont have one on Wiki Spaces to join the project.