Category: Criminal justice

  • “The Top Three Characteristics of Effective Leadership in Law Enforcement: Application and Importance in a Career”

    n week one we researched ten essential characteristics for effective leadership in law enforcement. Please write a 3-5 page short paper on what you believe are the top three characteristics, why you believe so, and how you would apply it in your career. Please read the following article on the 10 Essential Attributes of Effective Leadership

    10 Essential Attributes of Effective Leaders


    Ten Essential Attributes of Effective Leadership
    Please view this Video on Police Leadership

    Police Leadership Basics
    This assignment is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm. Your weekly paper should be a minimum of 500- 750 words. All references and citations in this course must be in APA format (7th edition). The link below offers guidance for writing in APA 7: Writing in APA 7

  • Title: Improving Cross-Cultural Communication in Law Enforcement: Strategies and Skills

    Write an APA, two-page paper, that addresses the following topics:
    1. Identify and describe language barriers in law enforcement work and then explain the skills necessary to address these.
    2. Explain typical communication dynamics in cross-cultural, cross-racial, and cross-ethnic encounters.
    3. Describe how communication can prevent and de-escalate confrontation across cultures.
    4. Provide examples of verbal and nonverbal communication style differences across cultures.
    5. Create at least three recommendations on how to improve cross-culture communications within police departments.

  • Title: The Impact of Colonialism on Native American Communities: Exploring Sovereignty, Genocide, and Sterilization

    ntroduction
    What statistic about Native Americans stood out or shocked you the most?
    What do the editors and contributors mean by “sovereignty”? How may their use of this term be broader than a legal definition?
    What is cultural genocide and how do you think this differs from genocide?
    Chapter 1 (Cheryl Bennett)
    Do you think Bennett makes a compelling and convincing argument to see the crimes he discusses as hate crimes?
    What is a border town? What is a border town’s relationship to the local state and to colonization?
    How was sex trafficking an aspect of colonization?
    Chapter 2 (Linda Robyn)
    Why is it important to revisit sterilization of Native American/indigenous women and other women of color?
    How did the representation of Native American women and of Native Americans in general contribute to the justification of sterilization by government officials and doctors?
    How did doctors violate their professional oath?
    What is the connection between collective political power (sovereignty), the Indian Health Service (IHS), and sterilization? What is the connection between sterilization, census numbers, and the relationship between recognized Indian groups (tribes) and the federal government?

  • Title: “Addressing the Opioid Crisis: The Benefits, Challenges, and Potential Improvements of an Initiative to Reduce Overdoses”

    1. What is the benefit of this initiative to achieve a reduction in opioid overdoses (the objective of the policy)?
    2. What challenges do you foresee in achieving this initiative?
    3. If you were able to amend this initiative, what would you add to increase its effectiveness?

  • “Forensic Tools and Evidence Processing Laws: A Comprehensive Overview”

    In your training meeting, you must provide specific details of what forensic tools are available for use, and what current evidence processing laws are in place.

  • Title: Understanding the Difference between Interviews and Interrogations From a legal perspective, an interview and an interrogation are two distinct methods of obtaining information from an individual. An interview is a conversation between two parties, where one party (the interviewer)

    Required:
    *both readings can be found on libgen.is*
    Chapter 1 and 2
    Inbau, Fred E.; Reid, John E.; Buckley, Joseph P.; Jayne, Brian C. (2004) Criminal Interrogation and Confessions 5th ed., Jones and Bartlett Publishers. ISBN-13: 978-0763747213
    Part 1
    OHair, D., Rubenstein, H., & Stewart, R. A. (2019). A pocket guide to public speaking. Bedford/St. Martins. ISBN: 978-1457670404 Assignment: From your perspective explain the difference between an interview and an interrogation. What is the purpose of an interview? What is the order in which interviews should be conducted? When is an interrogation conducted? As required for all writing assignments use appropriate paragraph breaks and paragraph indents. Follow APA guidelines for references and in-text citations used, observe proper spelling, punctuation, and spacing. Present all work in 12 font Times New Roman.

  • “Theories on the Motivations Behind Criminal Behavior: My Personal Perspective”

    n everyday conversation, the term “theory” is used loosely. Almost everyone has personal theories about human behavior, and these extend to criminal behavior. In this week’s written assignment, please share your perspective and personal theory on why people commit crimes.
    Chapter 1 of your text and the below links will be excellent resources to assist you with this assignment.
    https://www.criminology.com/understanding-criminology-theories/

  • Presentation Guidelines: Exploring Criminal Justice Topics through Data Analysis

    Presentation Guidelines
    Select a criminal-justice
    related topic that interests you.
    Browse through the variables in
    the datasets we used throughout the semester (or the supplementary
    resource listed in the DATASETS link in the main menu) and determine which
    of these variables you can use to propose a research question (and
    subsequent research hypothesis) related to your selected topic. 
    Read and summarize 3 (three) empirical studies that relate to
    your topic
    Study the levels of
    measurements of the variables you have selected from the dataset(s) in
    order to determine which statistical test covered in this class will be
    most appropriate to use to test your proposed hypothesis.
    Run the test in SPSS and save
    the outputs (or recreate these outputs in Excel or Word)
    Put together a short
    PowerPoint presentation to discuss your proposed research and study
    findings. 
    Your presentation should not be
    longer than 5 minutes. 
    Presentation Outline
    INTRODUCTION (1-2 slides)
    State the thesis of your
    presentation (what social phenomenon you are studying)
    Briefly Discuss the literature
    you have read in preparation for your presentation, and drawing from that
    State your hypothesis and the
    null hypothesis
    ANALYSIS (2 slides)
    Discuss your variables in the
    hypothesis (independent, dependent, and their levels of measurement)
    Discuss your analytical
    strategy (i.e. what statistical test you are using and why)
    Discuss the results (output
    from SPSS) of your study
    DISCUSSION AND
    CONCLUSIONS (1 slide)
    Discuss what you have concluded
    based on the results found (i.e. whether you will reject or fail to reject
    the null hypothesis) and what this tells you about the social phenomenon
    you have examined. 
    Discuss the policy implications
    based on the findings of your research

  • “Girls Trip: A Celebration of Female Friendship and Empowerment”

    You will be analyzing the movie girls trip.
    The requirements are a two-page, double-spaced paper. You are analyzing the movie etc. which can include a summary and critique–however, you can just analyze it anyway you choose. The movie/documentary etc. can be anything that covers any of the following topics: race, gender, communication, sexuality, ethnicity, inequality, culture, class and more or less any topic that we have discussed. 

  • “Shaping Our Worldview: The Impact of Administration of Justice Organizations”

    You will discuss and express your current worldview in regard to the subject of Administration
    of Justice Organizations. This paper’s content will include how the watch item in this module’s
    Learn section influences your worldview.
    2-3 pages excluding the title page, abstract, and reference pages.
    • Current APA format.
    • Minimum of two (2) peer-reviewed journal articles from Liberty University library.
    • Acceptable sources (peer-reviewed articles published within the last 5-10 years only).
    • Include a Christian and Biblical Worldview perspective.
    ***i have added the transcript from the watch item***
    Thank you!