Wikipedia talk:Wiki Ed/Eastern Michigan University/CRM447W Senior Seminar in Criminology (Winter 2019)/Assignment3c

Lead Section

Assignment 3c commentary & suggestions

• Fix grammar, an example would be "more clear" not "clearer" GdusaEMU (talk) 16:26, 18 February 2019 (UTC)
• Add perspectives of public criminology from the public and policy makers. Jlyons15 (talk) 16:26, 18 February 2019 (UTC)
  • How can they utilize it/ benefit them Jlyons15 (talk) 16:26, 18 February 2019 (UTC)
  • It's more than just public criminologists who use it Jlyons15 (talk) 16:26, 18 February 2019 (UTC)
• The first four points are good. I like the part about making the lead section clearer for the average reader. Jlyons15 (talk) 16:27, 18 February 2019 (UTC)
• In what way is the current lead unclear? GdusaEMU (talk) 16:29, 18 February 2019 (UTC)
• If too many citations and insight is added in the lead paragraph, it might be too muddy. Some of the people can be introduced in other sections. Jlyons15 (talk) 16:30, 18 February 2019 (UTC)
• instead of cutting out public sociology, define and summarize public criminology, using Uggen and Inderbitzin article relating public criminology to public sociology Alexandria Paliszewski (talk) 16:31, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

Background: need for

Assignment 3c commentary & suggestions

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- I like your idea of "Explain how people are being misinformed about crime". This is something that can be fixed and change a lot of perspectives.Amanda akles (talk) 16:25, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

• Comparing public criminology to other criminologies is a good idea how would you know which ones to compare to? Grammar could be fixed in the first bullet point.Tbyrd10 16:31, 18 February 2019 (UTC)
• With the idea of people being misinformed about crime , what type of crime in particular are they misinformed aboutKstein4 (talk) 16:29, 18 February 2019 (UTC)
• Explain how public criminolgy can be more transparent.Beauemu23 (talk) 16:31, 18 February 2019 (UTC)
• elaborate on how miscommunication in public criminology can have a negative affect on how well public criminology is portrayed back into society? --Aarnold15 (talk) 16:35, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

Background: pioneers

Assignment 3c commentary & suggestions

• don't make too much of an emphasis on the background and work of the pioneers because it would start to become irrelevant to public criminology
• more about the earlier Sociologists that have laid down the building blocks of public sociologist that public criminology was built off from

Criticisms

Assignment 3c commentary & suggestions

• The original article doesn't address how the criticisms of public sociology relate to public criminology or its criticisms, so when you look into public sociology it may be beneficial to relate the two in your section. Cmallory9 (talk) 16:26, 18 February 2019 (UTC)
• Good plan overall to edit the section! Cmallory9 (talk) 16:26, 18 February 2019 (UTC)
• I think you should elaborate a bit on what is problematic about the criminal justice system Diasav (talk) 16:28, 18 February 2019 (UTC)diasav

Contemporary Examples

Assignment 3c commentary & suggestions

• Newsmaking criminology is a cool idea
• Overall, a really good start
• Go into more detail with the examples
• Give a timeline - how current are the examples? Kgreen50

General Group

Assignment 3c commentary & suggestions

• I like the idea of adding a table or chart to this Wiki page. I think this could possibly look like the Author Grid page that we completed in class.RosolinoM23 (talk) 16:22, 18 February 2019 (UTC)Rosolino Mannino
• Adding a few pictures should make the Wiki page more attractive. EMUramirez (talk) 16:24, 18 February 2019 (UTC)
• Go to other Wiki articles to see what else you can add to make it better and read there talk pagesJazlynn1 (talk) 16:31, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

• Add a couple of ideas for topics that will be added into the see also sectionsNJaworski (talk) 16:31, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

• Check out YouTube for help on adding pictures, charts, graphs, and layout issues.NJaworski (talk) 16:31, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

• Chart or table for important authors and dates should include a section that explains the significance of these events along with the chart/table.NJaworski (talk) 16:31, 18 February 2019 (UTC)