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Informative Full Sentence Outline Example-2
Informative Full Sentence Outline Example-2
Informative Full Sentence Outline Example-2
Criminal Justice
Specific Goal: To teach our class about the criminal justice system
My Narrowed Topic:
a) Strategy: Ill teach my topic my explaining three parts of our criminal justice
system.
b) Narrow Focus:
a. Original topic: What makes up the criminal justice system
b. Narrower topic: What are correctional facilities and the death
penalty
c. Even narrower topic: Correctional facilities and death penalty in a nut
shell
Ethos:
a) Primary Ethos: I wanted to major in criminal justice I find the topic quite
entertaining to research
Audience Knowledge Level: Most audience members have little knowledge of the
topic.
Adaptation to Audience Knowledge: Il help my audience understand my topic by
giving background and statistics.
Pattern of Organization: Ill use a topical pattern of organization.
Informative Speech Full Sentence Outline
Criminal Justice
Introduction:
Hook: We all probably know somebody who has been in trouble with the
law or has heard about it on the news or even from a friend.
Thesis: Today I am going to inform you about our criminal justice system
Preview:
1. What Criminal justice is
2. What are Correctional facilities
3. What is Capital Punishment
Body:
I. The Criminal justice system is the system of law enforcement that
is directly involved in apprehending, prosecuting, defending,
sentencing, and punishing those who are suspected or convicted
of criminal offenses.
A.
i. The first contact a defendant has with the criminal
justice system is usually with the police (or law
enforcement) who investigate the suspected
wrongdoing and make an arrest, but if the suspect is
dangerous to the whole nation, a national level law
enforcement agency is called in.
ii. When warranted, law enforcement agencies or police
officers are empowered to use force and other forms of
legal coercion and means to effect public and social
order.
iii. The courts serve as the venue where disputes are then
settled, and justice is administered. There are many
important people in any court setting. These people are
the courtroom working group and includes both
professional and nonprofessional individuals.
iv. These include the judge, prosecutor, and the defense
attorney. The judge, or magistrate, is a person, elected
or appointed, who is knowledgeable in the law, and
whose function is to objectively administer the legal
proceedings and offer a final decision to dispose of a
case.
v. Offenders are then turned over to the correctional
authorities, from the court system after the accused
has been found guilty. Like all other aspects of criminal
justice, the administration of punishment has taken
many different forms throughout history.
Transition: The United states has the largest prison population in the
world, imprisonment only became a form of criminal punishment just be
for the American Revolutionary War.
Transition to close- Everyone will have their own opinion but knowing
the background and history helps make up your mind
Conclusion:
Review thesis/main points: The criminal Justice System involves courts,
law enforcement, correctional facilities, and punishments such as the
death penalty.
(NIC), National Institute of Corrections. "NIC State Statistics." NIC State Statistics - Utah. NIC,