When you are writing a research paper on criminal behavior, your ability to state your thesis is an important facet. The thesis is the leading aspect of the paper, what paves the way for the reader and what explains in a single sentence what the purpose of your research paper on criminal behavior is all about.
- One of the best ways that you can prepare for this is to try and explain what it is you want to research in a single sentence. You want to tell your friends or your parents what your paper is going to focus on. If you cannot do it in just one sentence then perhaps you need to redefine your hypothesis. If you are a concrete issue then that should constitute the vast majority of your thesis but if you are covering only the effects of something that, in turn, should constitute the vast majority of your thesis and not the source. If you have to cover both you should still work very hard to make sure it only takes one sentence, even if that sentence is a bit long. Remember that word economical is very important here. Because you only have one sentence in which to present all of your information. The fewer words you use, the better off you will be.
- The final thing you should follow is to always remain flexible. If you are working and the thesis statement you have you find is not supported by the evidence you are researching you might have to change it. There is no shame in this, it happens to almost every student. One of the best things you can do for yourself is to have a flexible idea in mind, a flexible thesis and then at the end of your writing go back and make any necessary changes to the thesis that you might have. This type of flexibility will bode very well for your overall success rates.