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Planning the dissertation

What is the plan of action? My dissertation will follow the guide of: Introduction Case facts, including behaviour at trial and summary of behaviour at interviews  Nature v Nurture In depth behaviour at interviews  Morals Judicial report  outlying factor  legally fair- extra research on offences charged under needed to compare with actual sentence morally fair- what occurred post sentence, and can we judge those events of now with what we knew then? Conclusion.  How do I reference?  According to https://www.rlf.org.uk/resources/mla-apa-harvard-or-mhra/ (published 2022, accessed 10th March 2022), there are four main styles of referencing. They are  MLA (Modern Languages association), in which the author and page number are in brackets and the full reference is at the end in a bibliography i.e (Kennedy, 17) APA (American Psychological Association), in which the author, date published and page number are in brackets, with a full reference at the end ...

End of project reflection and method of findings selection

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What style of source did I use and why? I used completely secondary sources as the nature of my source meant that I had little option but to look at prior studies and publications about the two offenders and facts. This massively meant that I was looking at others work, asking what it taught me and how reliable it is. As the case is such high profile, it means that many people know about it already so would have a pre-cognitive bias against the two offenders, believing they should have a higher sentence.  Why did I feel as though this topic was right for me? I felt as though this topic was perfect for me, as I ambition to study law later on in life, so thought this would be the best avenue to start that pathway. Everyone has heard about the case of James Bulger, and most people believe that they should have received a higher sentence than they should. My question throughout all of this is "why should they have gotten a higher sentence?"; and "should they really have gott...