Research Question: What is the effectiveness of current airport personnel training for active shooter situations in enhancing readiness, and how can existing programs be improved?
The literature review summarizes and synthesizes the previous research on your topic. It places your study in context and discusses how it differs from what is already in the field. This section should be at least 7-10 pages, but you will continue to add to this as you go. You should have no fewer than 10 scholarly articles as references in this submission. You are attempting to establish what the literature says, and where the gap exists that you plan to fill with your project.
You may find help at http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/tutorials/litreview/. Please make sure not to “stack” sources. Weave each source into the relevance of your project and each other. Group the literature by themes and use headings. It is usually a good idea to move from the academic scholarly literature, to the national studies, then to state and local and finally anything specifically to your work. Many projects have government reports or state or agency documents in this section compared to what you would find in a thesis lit review, but you do need some scholarly peer reviewed journals to set the stage.
Technical Requirements:
Your paper must be at a minimum of 7-10 pages (the Title and Reference pages do not count towards the minimum limit).
- Scholarly and credible references should be used.
- A minimum of 10 scholarly/peer reviewed sources are required.
- Type in Times New Roman, 12 point and double space.
- Students will follow the current APA Style as the sole citation and reference style used in written work submitted as part of coursework.
- Points will be deducted for the use of Wikipedia or encyclopedic type sources. It is highly advised to utilize books, peer-reviewed journals, articles, archived documents, and government publications.
- All submissions will be graded using the assignment rubric.
Please utilize the Boolean search operators combined with advanced database filters. Use words like “active shooter,” “airport security,” and “training effectiveness,”.
Reference the Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, and after-action reports from real-world active shooter incidents as a primary data sources as well.
Lastly, ontinue to clarify how they will connect these sources in their analysis. This added layer will strengthen the bridge between collected literature and thesis contribution.