DIGITAL SURVEILLANCE AND THE FOURTH AMENDMENT: ANALYZING JUDICIAL DECISION-MAKING AND PRIVACY RIGHTS IN THE AGE OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY

Chapter OneHAPTER 1 DRAFT ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
OVERVIEW
In this assignment, students will prepare a first draft of Chapter 1 of their capstone or
dissertation. Students should rely on the relevant capstone or dissertation template currently
posted in the Helms School of Government Doctoral Community page. (Please do not rely on
templates you may have downloaded previously, as templates may have changed.)
Chapter 1 constitutes the introduction to a capstone or dissertation project. The introduction to
your project should explain and justify your research. At minimum, the introduction should
explain the problem to be addressed by your research. (Capstone projects should address a
practical problem; dissertation projects should address a theoretical problem or gap in academic
literature.) The introduction should also propose a research question that your project will
answer.
This draft of Chapter 1 should not be considered a rough draft. The assignment should be a
polished draft, properly edited for clarity and consistency with style requirements. It should be
considered a first draft in that students will be expected to revise and expand this draft as
appropriate later in this course or in subsequent courses in the doctoral research sequence.
INSTRUCTIONS
• Complete the Title Page, specifying your chosen academic program and stating whether
you are writing a capstone or a dissertation.
• Rely on the relevant capstone or dissertation template currently posted in the Helms
School of Government Doctoral Community page.
• The body of the assignment should provide a comprehensive justification of your project
which should be no fewer than ten (10) pages in length. This page count should not
include Title Page and References (which must be a part of your submission). This page
count should not include other supplementary information or appendices that are not
required.
• Assignment should be submitted in current APA format.
• Assignment should include at least fifteen (15) scholarly citations from peer reviewed
academic sources.
Note: Though students are permitted to use their own previously submitted work on this
assignment, submissions will otherwise be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism
tool.
Please look at the comments in Chapter One that is attached for the revisions.