Category: Criminal justice

Imagine your local city council has asked your agency to provide the budget summary at the next town hall. The city council wants to understand how your budget is developed and managed. 
Write a 700- to 1,050-word summary explaining the agency’s budget strategies and policies and how the agency’s governing policies determine budget administration.
Include the following details in your summary:
Governing Policies: Governing policies help an organization develop and implement procedures or policies that result in efficient, consistent operations.
Summarize the published mission of the agency.
Summarize 1–2 governing policies related to the agency’s mission.
Explain how the policy/policies support the agency’s mission.
Strategic Plan: Organizations use strategic plans to define present and future vision, goals, and objectives.
Summarize 2–3 primary goals and objectives outlined in the agency’s strategic plan.
Explain how the goals and objectives align with the agency’s mission.
Public Sector Funding: Most criminal justice organizations are funded by government entities; these funds are often determined by economic factors.
Describe 2–3 programs or initiatives that are funded by the agency budget. Include costs associated with each.
Describe the various sources of budget revenue used to fund the programs or initiatives. Be sure to differentiate between local, state, and federal revenue as well as private donations.
Of the sources you identified, specify the type of public funds used to support the programs or initiatives (e.g., sales tax, property tax, income tax, grant funds, donations).
Describe how changes in economic conditions could potentially affect these funds.
Identify policies that direct the use of these funds.
Fiscal Responsibility: Ongoing review of income and expenses is essential to budget management.
Identify policies that govern how the agency ensures accountability and transparency in reporting the budget to constituents. 
Explain how the agency reports outcomes related to the mission and budget.
Conclusion:
Conclude with a paragraph summarizing the effectiveness of the budgeting process within the agency.
Provide a link to the website of the agency and the budget you reviewed.
Cite at least 1 scholarly source in addition to the textbook.
Format your citations according to APA guidelines.
Submit your assessment.

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When looking at various assessment and diagnostic techniques, an individual must know how to accurately classify offenders. The best way to get this experience is by completing the Adult Offender Matrix. The purpose of the matrix is to assess both the type of crime and the offender.
Adult Offender Matrix
Complete the following:
Complete the Adult Offender Matrix (linked above) by placing an x in the appropriate cells.
In a 2-page Word document, explain how you came to your decisions for offender classification.Were there any classifications of which you were unsure?
What other problems did you come across?
Place your completed matrix and Word document in a .zip file, and submit it to your instructor.

The assignment should cover the four questions below in numerical order.
Discuss the different views (I.e., interactionist, consensus, conflict) that influence how crime is defined. Which do you think is the best definition and why? Your “why” should be supported with facts.
Discuss two strengths and two weaknesses of each of the various measures of crime. Which method do you think is best and why?
Discuss two ways in which you think we can lessen the dark figure of crime.
Based on your answers to questions 1-3, propose a new way in which you think crime data should be collected. *Note—this question involves critical thinking and should be your unique idea. You should, however, use course material to back up your thoughts.
Format Directions:
Your paper must be double spaced, 11- or 12-pt font, and 1” margins all around.
All APA 7th edition format requirements must be followed (cover page, in text citations, reference page). You must have four resources to support your thoughts/opinions/information. These must be cited both in text as well as at the end of the document. Your paper should not contain direct quotes, sourced material must be paraphrased.
This should NOT be in flowing prose—you should answer in 1, 2, 3, 4 format.

Assignment Content
HW Question Your textbook talks about levels of proof and their applications in legal proceedings.
Part I Based on your readings in the textbook please place the following list of degrees of certainty in the correct order starting with the lowest level of certainty to the highest level of certainty required in legal proceedings. (Hint: read chapter 3 and you should be able to do this HW with no problem.) Note: for Part I you can list the letters in order. You don’t need to write the words again. As an example: B,J,A,C,D,E,I,H,G,F.
A) Reasonable suspicion
B) Suspicion
C) Reasonable doubt
D) Hunch
E) No information
F) Absolute certainty
G) Guilt beyond a reasonable doubt
H) Clear and convincing evidence
I) Probable cause
J) Preponderance of the evidence
Part II From the above list what level of certainty would you require in a criminal trial and why
In a different page you’ll answer 
This week you learn about the Exclusionary Rule. Now is your chance to voice your opinion on if you think it is something that is needed in criminal procedure, Please take a position and explain why you feel that way.

Students are also required to write a major research paper focusing on any sociological issue related to the criminal justice system. This paper should be 10-15 pages in length (excluding title page and references) and should be based on library research. The final paper must include at least ten academic references, and may use APA reference style. 
Proposals should be a 1–2-page overview of your topic with a partial reference list of at least 3 sources.
Papers will be assessed by consideration of the following:
Originality
Organization
Substantive sociological analysis
Clarity of discussion/arguments
Use of supporting literature
Grammar, punctuation, sentence and paragraph construction
Use of citations and notes
References, and appendices

This paper requires you to write 5 pages, not including the title page, abstract and reference page. You should also use a total of five or more sources, one of which should be the Criminal Procedure text.
Topic:
You are a legal assistant working with a criminal defense attorney on a homicide case. At the defense team’s strategy meeting the lead attorney points out that there is a disturbing amount of physical evidence linking your client to the murder and if this evidence is fully presented to the jury there is a strong likelihood that you will lose the case and your client will be convicted. However, there is also evidence that the police conducted searches of your client’s vehicle and residence in violation of his constitutional rights.
Your boss intends to focus on preventing the introduction of this evidence and you have been given the responsibility of researching the possibility of your team successfully doing so.
Using the excellent Criminal Evidence: Principles and Cases text and at least four other sources, put together a paper addressing the following:
Discuss the exclusionary rule and how it might benefit your client? 
How might the fruit of “the fruit of the poisonous tree” apply to the benefit of your client in this scenario? 
If the judge denies your request to exclude evidence using both the exclusionary rule and the fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine, how else might the admissibility of this evidence be challenged by your defense team? 
If the evidence is excluded using the exclusionary rule are there still potential avenues the prosecution may use to admit this evidence under certain situations? 
If you are successful in excluding evidence does that mean the case will necessarily be dismissed? Explain. 
IMPORTANT: This assignment is not asking you to make up facts for a scenario. You need only discuss the items above by providing insight as to how the legal concepts would apply knowing only the information the above scenario provides. Do not make up facts about a murder. There is no need to do so

Is the role of modern media affecting the way Policing in criminal justice works? 
By using at least 10 peer-reviewed academic articles, provide the theoretical framework and literature review, in which you:
Discuss theories relevant to your research question/hypotheses. You should bring scholarly arguments (or theoretical framework) on how research variables are related to each other.
Summarize what is already known about the field. Include a summary of the basic background information on the topic gleaned from your literature review. Cite your references.
Discuss some major critical studies that have already been done in this area (cite according to APA style).
Point out why these background studies are insufficient. In other words, what question(s) do they leave unresolved that you would like to study?
Specify research question(s) you are pursuing in your research proposal

I have attached two students posts please respond back in agreement with them and send back to me as separate files for each response must be written in apa 7 ed graduate/doctoral format and have a biblical citation and reference for each

Prompt:  Define “intelligence” and “counterintelligence.” Differentiate between the CIA and the FBI. As noted in the textbook, describe the role of each agency, the ways they may accomplish their respective missions, and the blurred lines and conflicting roles between the two.
For at least 1 source use textbook below
(S) Terrorism, Intelligence, and Homeland Security
Robert W. Taylor, Charles R. Swanson, 2018
Pearson
ISBN.13: 978-0-134-81814-6

Short Paper: The current criminal justice system is not without faults, and it relies on ethics and integrity to operate effectively. Given what you’ve learned in this course, pick ONE ELEMENT of the criminal justice system (Policing,) and answer the following questions:
1.Based on what you’ve learned, what is one of the main problems (i.e., problem statement)?
2.What has been done to address the issue you selected (i.e., background information)?
3.What other things we should do to address the problem (i.e., your proposal to solve the problem)?
4.What would those things accomplish (i.e., what are the anticipated positive outcomes)?
5.How would you apply your suggestions (i.e., policy implications)?
Include at least two in-line citations. Corresponding references should be under the references section
No more than 2 pages and Reference page