Your executive summary will be 3 pages and must include a problem statement, an overview of your selected issue in your state, and a summary of existing research (within the last 3 years) on the topic.

The specific steps are as follows:

1. Select any 1 of the following contemporary issues:
   • Interrogations and Confessions
   • Polygraphs
   • Involuntary Civil Commitment
   • Competency Restoration
   • Implicit Bias and Criminal Justice
   • Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification
   • Solitary Confinement
   • Trauma and Memory
   • Eyewitness Testimony
2. In 1 paragraph, write a problem statement.
3. In 2 paragraphs, supply an overview of the contemporary issue in your state.
4. In 4 paragraphs, create an overview of existing research (within the last 3 years) associated with your selected contemporary issue.
5. Use no less than 6 scholarly resources.