Category: Criminology

Your final assignment this semester is to write an essay responding to the following prompt:
The past 10-12 years have been a tumultuous period for police in the U.S. The institution of American policing is facing a prolonged crisis – perhaps the most serious in its history –in which its legitimacy is being challenged and many segments of society are demanding major reform. Identify one of the important problems or issues facing police today that has contributed to this crisis, analyze it in-depth, and discuss potential solutions to the problem/issue.
You must incorporate information, examples, and concepts from course materials throughout your essay. You may also incorporate information that you discover through your own research, but doing so is not required.
Requirements
4-6 pages (~2000-3000 words not including reference page, title pages, or headers).
Double-spaced, standard 12 point font).
If you cite materials outside of those assigned in the course, a reference page is required (APA format is preferred).
If you do not cite outside materials, a reference page is not required. However, when you refer to course materials in your essay, it should be clear what you are referring to.

This task invites you to closely examine a ‘hidden’ harm related to a criminal justice activity, process or policy that exists in Australia. Choose an issue that you consider requires better responses from governments and/or other powerful institutions of ‘justice’ and have a go at identifying what better responses look like.
This task enables you to build your skills in the area of persuasive policy briefing by providing advice ‘up the chain’ (in an imaginary government organisation) that captures what you see as the best way to enact reform. Synthesising complex evidence is a key skill for future criminologists, criminal justice actors and policy makers who are working towards ‘doing justice’ better in the future.
The audience for this task should be a senior advisor to a relevant Minister currently in government (can be real or imagined). This means that we expect you to write in a formal and structured manner using the Briefing Note template provided. A Briefing Note provides a description of an issue that draws on research and practice-based evidence to provide options and recommendations to address that particular issue. Briefing Notes inform decision-makers about an issue by succinctly describing key pieces of information

This task invites you to closely examine a ‘hidden’ harm related to a criminal justice activity, process or policy that exists in Australia. Choose an issue that you consider requires better responses from governments and/or other powerful institutions of ‘justice’ and have a go at identifying what better responses look like.
This task enables you to build your skills in the area of persuasive policy briefing by providing advice ‘up the chain’ (in an imaginary government organisation) that captures what you see as the best way to enact reform. Synthesising complex evidence is a key skill for future criminologists, criminal justice actors and policy makers who are working towards ‘doing justice’ better in the future.
The audience for this task should be a senior advisor to a relevant Minister currently in government (can be real or imagined). This means that we expect you to write in a formal and structured manner using the Briefing Note template provided. A Briefing Note provides a description of an issue that draws on research and practice-based evidence to provide options and recommendations to address that particular issue. Briefing Notes inform decision-makers about an issue by succinctly describing key pieces of information.

Structure below and some of the sub-issues.
Overrepresentation of Black and Minority Youth in Juvenile Detention
Statistics showing overrepresentation
Discussion of the contributing factors to this overrepresentation
Impact of overrepresentation on education in juvenile detention
Barriers to Education Faced by Detained Black and Minority Youth
Systemic biases and institutional barriers
Differences in resource allocation and facility quality
Case studies illustrating common obstacles and their consequences
Policy and Practice: Aligning Educational Services With Standards
Review of current policies and regulations impacting education in juvenile detention
Analysis of strategies for improvement and successful implementations
Recommendations for policymakers and practitioners

Overview
In this assignment, you will create a problem statement based on your scholarly evidence and data review.
Prompt
In Module Two, you learned how a particular problem in criminal justice affects both the general public and the criminal justice system. You also identified a factor that contributes to a criminal justice problem by conducting a review of the literature. You will now apply this knowledge to create a problem statement. This is the first draft of your problem statement. You will have the chance to apply feedback and improve your problem statement to include in your project submission in Module Seven.
Specifically, the following rubric criteria must be addressed in your problem statement:
Identify the nature of a criminal justice problem.
Explain the significance of a criminal justice problem.
Describe the impact of a criminal justice problem. Be sure to address the following questions in your description:
Who is affected by the problem?
How are they affected?
What to Submit
Submit your assignment as a Microsoft Word document. This assignment should be 200 to 300 words in length. Any references must be cited in APA style

This paper will be part of my dissertation 
It has two sections 
Introduction- 800 words – introduce the topic, draw some data to show the significance of study ( why is the topic important? )
Background context – 3200 words
Subsections :
1 Defining and understanding gender based violence (WHO or United Nations definitions) 
2 Overview on GBV in Turkey, Data 
3 Historical Context: Review historical patterns of violence against Turkish women and the evolution of feminist movements in Turkey.
Cultural Context – Religion and Patriarchy – The position of women in today’s Turkish society 
4 Legal and Policy Framework – Evaluate current policies and legal measures aimed at addressing violence against women in Turkey.
5 Theoretical framework- Intersectionality Theory 

Scenario
Your department has been involved in several high-profile use of force incidents that have resulted in community unrest. You have been tasked with improving your department’s use of force policy.
Preparation
The Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) has researched and recommended 30 Guiding PrinciplesLinks to an external site. for use of force policies. From this list, identify the five principles that you believe are most vital to restore the community’s faith in its police department. Review Chapters 10 and 14 from your Community Policing Today: Issues, Controversies, and Innovations text for additional information.
Instructions
Complete a 5-7 page report in which you:
Identify five guiding principles that will most effectively update your use of force policy.
Detail the steps necessary to incorporate each selected principle into current organizational operations.
Include details of what would be needed for each principle, such as training, equipment, or policy oversight.
Explain how you will communicate these changes to the community.
Suggest 2-3 specific methods to communicate results of these changes to the community.
Use five credible, relevant, and appropriate sources to support your writing. Cite each source listed on your source page at least once within your assignment. For help with research, writing, and citation, access the library or review library guides.
You may use 30 Guiding PrinciplesLinks to an external site. and your Community Policing Today text for two of your sources, but you must provide at least three additional sources to support your selected initiatives.

Overview
For this activity, you will critically analyze how those within your chosen population engage with your topic. You will identify what is already working well and opportunities for change. Completing this activity will result in a draft of the critical analysis section of your project. It also provides an opportunity to obtain valuable feedback from your instructor that you can incorporate into your project submission.
Directions
In this activity, you will consider the elements of your topic you can develop to encourage, promote, and transform conversations about diversity. Include diverse perspectives from varied sources to support your points. You should continue to gather the sources you will integrate into your final project, which include two resources from course materials and two resources from the library. Look to the SNHU Shapiro Library for assistance in finding evidence and resources from outside the course. For this activity, you will discuss how to collaborate constructively with your chosen population group. You will then describe at least one positive element related to your topic and, finally, one element that could benefit from change.
You are not required to answer each question below the rubric criteria but may use them to better understand the criteria and guide your thinking.
Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:
Integrate reliable evidence from varied sources throughout your paper to support your analysis.
It is important to draw from a more diverse pool of perspectives from varied sources to support the analysis. This is different from the Citations and Attributions rubric criterion.
Reliable evidence from varied sources should be interwoven throughout the paper itself, while citing and attributing sources will be represented as APA in-text citations and a reference list at the end of your work.
You will be evaluated on both criteria.
Discuss how you would constructively collaborate with your population to encourage their engagement with your chosen topic.
Consider how you would develop a dialogue with your population about the topic you have chosen. What are your ideas for supporting constructive and inclusive conversation and programs of engagement?
Describe at least one positive element within your topic that supports transformation.
What conversational and collaborative approaches have already been successful? Visualize how this positive element could have a ripple effect towards a transformative conversation about your topic. This is not simply your opinion but should be supported by reliable evidence.
If you do not think your topic has been engaged with positively or successfully, explain why you have come to this conclusion.
Describe at least one specific element within your topic that could benefit from change.
What potential opportunities are there to improve your topic? What could be done differently to encourage, promote, or transform your topic? Build off ways that your topic has been discussed and represented in the past. This is not simply your opinion but should be supported by reliable evidence.
What to Submit
Submit your short paper as a 1- to 2-page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. Sources should be cited according to APA style

The chief of detectives is scheduled to present a lecture to the new class of detectives being held at the police academy, and he has asked you to prepare a memorandum for him to review. In your memorandum, you should include the following:
How to plan for an interview or interrogation
Your discussion of planning should distinguish between planning for an interview from planning for an interrogation, as well as planning for the interview that turns into an interrogation.
Are there aspects of your plan that depend on the subject matter (e.g., a homicide versus a kidnapping)? If so, what are they? If not, what are they?
Prior to conducting an interview or interrogation, what aspects should be anticipated?

Learning Objective
In earlier chapters, we covered the Nature vs, Nurture debate. One one hand it is believed that behavior is determined by genetics (nature), on the other had it is believed that environment, upbringing, and life experiences determine behavior. The purpose of this assignment is to evaluate the nurture aspect of delinquency by assessing the relationship between familial relationships, peer influence, and gang membership on the behavior and social outcomes of the young men in the documentary..
Complete the following steps
Step 1: Watch the “They Click the link below to watch the “They Call Us Monsters” Documentary. Take notes on the documentary to begin making connections to the concepts and factors discussed in chapters 7, 8, and 9. https://tubitv.com/movies/513336/they-call-us-monsters
Step 2: Complete the assignment by using this link They Call Us Monsters Documentary.docx
Please be mindful that a complete assignment will include an analysis of a total of 9 different concepts/theories/terms. Chapters 7, 8, and 9 need to be included in your discussion.