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Double-space the body of your paper
Single-space your footnotes
Print papers single-sided
Please use Times New Roman, 12-point font for the body of your paper
Footnotes should be in 10-point font, also Times New Roman
Use 1-inch margins (top, bottom, and sides of page)
Papers should be8 FULL PAGES MINIMUM, not counting your bibliography
Maximum page length is 12 full pages, not counting your bibliography
Include page numbers on your paper (you do not have to include the page number on the first page, but there should be a page number on all other pages)

Use footnotes, not endnotes or internal referencing

Properly cite sources in your footnotes and bibliography, using Chicago Manual of Style formatting (for some examples, see: http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html; there is a complete online copy of the 16thedition available through the TAMU library)
The first time you cite a source in a footnote, you need to provide a full citation; once you’ve provided the full citation, you can shorten the citation in later footnotes
After the body of your paper, begin your Bibliography on a new page
Please separate your bibliography into a section for your primary sources, and a section for your secondary sources
Within each section, your sources should be arranged alphabetically, by last name of the author (or the last name of the first author if there are multiple authors), or by the first word in the title if there is no author
Please make sure to properly format the bibliography and your sources
Remember, a bibliography is different than a works cited page. A bibliography includes all of the sources you used for your research, so give yourself credit for all of the research you’ve done, even if you don’t directly cite a source in your paper

TED/Paper Proposal

I am personally interested in domestic violence policy in the United States. As we read in the article, domestic abusers were rarely sent to prison. Instead, they participated in programs, which were design to “reeducate” those domestic abusers on their perception of patriarchal norms. However, these programs were not enough. After completing programs, they did not show physical violence but sent threating texts and left voice mails, which could be still considered other forms of violence.

If, as the article indicated, domestic violence is due to both social factors and personal problems, then it is incumbent on society to help those domestic abusers. It is proven that incarceration, programs and psychotherapy were not cures, which means we need another tool to help abusers after programs and psychotherapy.

My new solution is to educate neighbors and establish a check system to monitor abusers and victims in their neighborhoods. In 2009, Harvard University developed a project to diminish domestic violence against women in Native American communities. They taught the communities the connection between marital violence and silence, and people began to break the culture of silence. Having garnered the importance of breaking the silence and family violence, the communities began to look after each other, leading to a decrease in domestic violence.

It would be hard to persuade people who believe that incarceration and programs are enough to cure domestic abusers. However, I believe that if they learn that victims are still suffering from other forms of domestic violence, these opponents will agree with this new solution. If we can persuade those opponents, I think this solution is feasible since it does not cost that much compared to incarceration and psychotherapy.

My professor’s feedback:

I hope that you are still doing well.  I think your proposal is a good start. It would be good to hear more about the Harvard University project to reduce domestic violence.

What happens after someone discloses? How are community members supported in helping end domestic violence? What kind of on-going support is there for behavior change that reduced violence and other problematic ways of behaving to partners and children?