Category: Criminal justice

You be the judge
Thinking about the crime:
Crime Card #7: Sexual Harassment
Your character has been sending flirty emails to a colleague, sometimes containing indecent
images of themselves.
Info Card #14: Background information:
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Does not struggle for money.
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Has no dependents.
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Was left a house in a family will.
Character Card#13: Mr. Bernard, Hughes, African
American 28 years of Age
Decision Card #8:You need to
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Decide if punishment is appropriate.
·        
Decide which punishment (if relevant) is
suitable.
·        
Decide why the crime may have occurred.
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Decide if the punishment /intervention will work
or not.
·        
Decide if there are mitigating circumstances
that need to be considered.
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Decide what traits or assumptions about the
character could influence a jury
·        
Decide if there was a crime. Think about why the
crime may have occurred.
If you decide this person is a criminal, what is (at least) one theory of why
this person became a criminal?
Thinking about the courts:
1.      
In what court system would this case be decided?
2.      
Decide if there are mitigating circumstances
that need considering
3.      
Decide what traits or assumptions about the
character could influence a jury-if you were the lawyer for the defense, what
would you say? How would you use these? What about the prosecution?
Thinking about corrections:
1.      
Decide if punishment is appropriate
2.      
Decide
which punishment (if relevant) is suitable
3.      
Decide if
the punishment/intervention will work or not
1.      
Briefly (a few sentences or bullet points are
fine for each question on the card) describe what you decided for each question
on the decision card (green card/ Decision Card #8 ).
2.      
What were your overall thoughts about the
activity and how you and your peers reacted to it.
3.      
Did you find this activity easy or challenging
and if so, why?
4.      
Did you have any “aha” thoughts? For example,
did you find any hidden personal bias when you discovered the crime the person
was accused of?
5.      
What was it like to choose a punishment? Do you
think you could sit on a jury in real life and do so? What if the punishment
was the death penalty?
6.      
Any other thoughts or closing ideas?

The Supreme Court has had numerous cases, which have established the rights of those accused of crimes. Using your own research, investigate the background and details of each of the following Supreme Court cases. Information should be presented in your own words inpowerpoint, through bulleted points. There can be 2 cases per slide. There needs to be at least one source per case, however, you can use the same source more than once. 
Briefly respond to each of the three prompts for each of the cases listed below:
The background of the case
The constitutional question and/or amendments involved in the case
The decision
Miranda v. Arizona  
Gideon v. Wainwright
New Jersey v. T.L.O.
California v. Acevedo
Olmstead v. U.S.; and Katz v. U.S.
Escobedo v. Illinois
Powell v. Alabama
Mapp v. Ohio
Weeks v. United States
Tull v. United States

How do coordinating agencies differ in a crisis, disaster, and an emergency?
How do you know who is in charge for each occurrence? 

Description
You are a police officer assigned to a task force that is investigating major drug trafficking operations in your jurisdiction. As part of the investigative process, a judge has issued a wiretap order for a suspect’s phone. You are assigned the responsibility of monitoring phone conversations, and you overhear the suspect, as well as other individuals, who may or may not be involved in the drug ring. Before obtaining enough evidence to arrest and prosecute the suspect for drug trafficking, you hear evidence related to other types of criminal activity, including a murder plot. The officers continue to listen to the conversation about the murder plot and recover a firearm based on this conversation. The crime lab conducted ballistics testing and determined that the firearm was used in another murder case pending trial.
Assignment Guidelines
In a 5-page paper (not including the cover and reference pages), address the following:
You want to act on the information about the murder plot, but your original wiretap order or warrant does not cover that. The Fourth Amendment requires that you have a wiretap order or warrant to listen but only for the evidence written in that wiretap order. Will the doctrine of the exclusionary rule    apply?
The Fifth Amendment gives people the right to not testify against themselves. This is the law against self-incrimination, If you act on the information about the murder plot are you denying the offenders their Fifth Amendment rights because their words incriminated them?
If you arrest the other individuals for the crimes not associated with the reasons for the wiretap,      what happens to any future evidence that might be obtained from the wiretap? Why?
Will the prosecutors handling the murder trial be able to use the recovered firearm as evidence in    the trial? Why or why not? Will the fruit of the poisonous tree apply?
Use at least 6 sources. if not more.

Read the Nir (2019) article in the Learning Resources. Then find a news article from your community in the last 12–18 months that speaks to similar issues of offender health in correctional settings.
a response that addresses the following:
Briefly summarize the example you found from your community or state. (State of Virginia)
Explain the ethical concerns involved in the example.
Provide a recommendation for a change in corrections training, policy, or procedure that would address the ethical concerns.
Provide References

juvinile corrections reflection paper 
3 academic sources
2 full pages double spaced 
in-text citations 

TOPIC – UTILIZING CRIMINAL PROFILING AND BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS FOR CRIME PREVENTION ,
WHILE  NAVIGATING ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS 
Review and choose a subject of interest from the text and/or assigned articles for a 10-12 page research paper. The paper is due on/by Sunday of week 7. In your response to the discussion “Research Paper Topic”, post the intended the subject you wish to research and why it is of special interest to you. I will approve, comment, or disapprove. This should be completed by the end of Week 2.
I want you to discuss a selected topic on criminal profiling. Support your review of this topic by providing examples and using the literature to support your presentation. Your opinion does not determine your grade. Your grade is determined by how well you support your argument utilizing the materials discussed in this course and the research material you locate. What I do not want is a regurgitation of the course materials. Expand on the materials, do not repeat them. Document your facts utilizing standard APA style. The paper is to be in APA format and the body of the paper is to be between 10 and 12 pages. The body of the paper does not include the title page, table of contents, appendix or references. Your paper should be high quality, free of spelling and grammatical errors, and of original work. Plagiarism will be dealt with harshly.
You are to title your paper by your last name. For example, my paper would be called “hunziker.doc” with “.doc” being the MS Word file extension.
You are to submit your paper by uploading it to your student folder in the course site prior to the due date.
For this assignment you:
1) Should submit your research paper to turnitin.com
2) Must submit your research paper to this assignment as a Word document.
Papers will be graded based on the Criminal Justice Paper Rubric found in your course site.
Quality of Response
No Response
Poor/Unsatisfactory
Satisfactory
Good
Excellent
Content (worth a maximum of 50% of the total points)
Zero points: Student failed to submit the final paper.
20 points out of 50: The essay illustrates poor understanding of the relevant material by failing to address or incorrectly addressing the relevant content; failing to identify or inaccurately explaining/defining key concepts/ideas; ignoring or incorrectly explaining key points/claims and the reasoning behind them; and/or incorrectly or inappropriately using terminology; and elements of the response are lacking.
30 points out of 50: The essay illustrates a rudimentary understanding of the relevant material by mentioning but not full explaining the relevant content; identifying some of the key concepts/ideas though failing to fully or accurately explain many of them; using terminology, though sometimes inaccurately or inappropriately; and/or incorporating some key claims/points but failing to explain the reasoning behind them or doing so inaccurately. Elements of the required response may also be lacking.
40 points out of 50: The essay illustrates solid understanding of the relevant material by correctly addressing most of the relevant content; identifying and explaining most of the key concepts/ideas; using correct terminology; explaining the reasoning behind most of the key points/claims; and/or where necessary or useful, substantiating some points with accurate examples. The answer is complete.
50 points: The essay illustrates exemplary understanding of the relevant material by thoroughly and correctly addressing the relevant content; identifying and explaining all of the key concepts/ideas; using correct terminology explaining the reasoning behind key points/claims and substantiating, as necessary/useful, points with several accurate and illuminating examples. No aspects of the required answer are missing. 
Use of Sources (worth a maximum of 20% of the total points).
Zero points: Student failed to include citations and/or references. Or the student failed to submit a final paper.
5 out 20 points: Sources are seldom cited to support statements and/or format of citations are not recognizable as APA format. There are major errors in the formation of the references and citations. And/or there is a major reliance on highly questionable. The Student fails to provide an adequate synthesis of research collected for the paper. 
10 out 20 points: References to scholarly sources are occasionally given; many statements seem unsubstantiated. Frequent errors in APAformat, leaving the reader confused about the source of the information. There are significant errors of the formation in the references and citations. And/or there is a significant use of highly questionable sources.
15 out 20 points: Credible Scholarly sources are used effectively support claims and are, for the most part, clear and fairly represented. APA most recent edition is used with only a few minor errors. There are minor errors in reference and/or citations. And/or there is some use of questionable sources.
20 points: Credible scholarly sources are used to give compelling evidence to support claims and are clearly and fairly represented. APA,most recent edition, format is used accurately and consistently. The student uses above the maximum required references in the development of the assignment.
Grammar (worth maximum of 20% of total points)
Zero points: Student failed to submit the final paper.
5 points out of 20: The paper does not communicate ideas/points clearly due to inappropriate use of terminology and vague language; thoughts and sentences are disjointed or incomprehensible; organization lacking; and/or numerous grammatical, spelling/punctuation errors
10 points out 20: The paper is often unclear and difficult to follow due to some inappropriate terminology and/or vague language; ideas may be fragmented, wandering and/or repetitive; poor organization; and/or some grammatical, punctuation, spelling errors
15 points out of 20:  The paper is mostly clear as a result of appropriate use of terminology and minimal vagueness; no tangents and no repetition; fairly good organization; almost perfect grammar, spelling, punctuation, and word usage. 
20 points: The paper is clear, concise, and a pleasure to read as a result of appropriate and precise use of terminology; total coherence of thoughts and presentation and logical organization; and the essay is error free.
Structure of the Paper (worth 10% of total points)
Zero points: Student failed to submit the final paper.
3 points out of 10: Student needs to develop better formatting skills. The paper omits significant structural elements required for and APA paper. Formatting of the paper has major flaws. The paper does not conform to APA requirements whatsoever. 
5 points out of 10: Appearance of final paper demonstrates the student’s limited ability to format the paper. There are significant errors in formatting and/or the total omission of major components of an APA paper. The can include the omission of the cover page, abstract, and page numbers. Additionally the page has major formatting issues with spacing or paragraph formation. Font size might not conform with size requirements. The student also significantly writes too large or too short of and paper
7 points out of 10: Research paper presents an above-average use of formatting skills. The paper has slight errors within the paper. This can include small errors or omissions with the cover page, abstract, page number, and headers. There could be also slight formatting issues with the document spacing or the font Additionally the paper might slightly exceed or undershoot the specific number of required written pages for the assignment.
10 points: Student provides a high-caliber, formatted paper. This includes an APA  cover page, abstract, page number, headers and is double spaced in 12’ Times Roman Font. Additionally the paper conforms to the specific number of required written pages and neither goes over or under the specified length of the paper.

This written assignment consists of two essay questions. Students are expected to develop a 2-3 page essay per question(excluding title and reference page). A minimum of 2 peer-reviewed, scholarly sources per question are to be utilized for the assignment. Sources should also be up-to-date (less than 10 years old). Direct quotes are not permitted.
Topic 1: Profiling involves allowing the physical evidence to reveal to an investigator what behaviors occurred, then thinking about what was intended by the commission of those behaviors. It has been proven time and time again that the majority of investigators are chronically unable to overcome their own perspectives and biases when faced with one or more disturbing violent crime scenes. How do you feel the investigative community can overcome these negative outcomes?
Topic 2: Discuss, in detail, how technology has evolved over the past 20 years in regards to criminal profiling and forensic science, and the way it is being used successfully today by law enforcement.
Citations/References: You must use proper APA format for citations and reference listings.

Compare and contrast essay on local law enforcement vs federal law enforcement. A compare and contrast essay can be written to compare two similar events or two situations. It can also compare two authors writing on the same subject, or two places of tourist interest. However, some common meeting ground for both is necessary. For example, writing a comparative analysis on the performance of two football teams has the common factor as a game of football itself, which will be the basis to highlight the comparison between the teams.

Please read the below article and read and listen to the NPR story regarding, “The True Cost of Mass Incarceration.”  In addition, watch the video from PBS.  Write a 1-2 page double spaced, 12 font Times New Roman paper regarding what exactly is meant by million-dollar blocks and your critical analysis of the article’s content. Please use at least 1-2 additional sources to support your thoughts.  This does not mean tell me what the article is about, it means to explain what are the implications of the article’s content and its impact on society and justice.  
https://bb.cod.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-10435408-dt-content-rid-71589427_2/xid-71589427_2
https://www.npr.org/2012/10/02/162149431/million-dollar-blocks-map-incarcerations-costs
https://chicagosmilliondollarblocks.com/
https://iowa.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/bigdata_stem_million_dollar_blocks/the-human-face-of-big-data-prison-geography/