Criminology

Paper proposalThe proposal is designed to prepare you to write your final paper. Things you need to do in your proposal:Identify a crime topic that interests you — this can be anything from new laws, emerging crime trends, new classifications of crimes, racial inequalities in sentencing, the political significance of the media preoccupation with sensationalist crimes, depictions of crime in popular culture (video games etc). You should identify a problem that you wish to study about your topic. For example, if you are interested in bill C-51, you might identify “the erosion of rights of suspects” as your problem. If you are interested in the way DNA is used to explain why people commit crimes, you might identify “the return of biological theories of criminality” as a problem to study. Maybe you are tired of arguments that violent video games make children more violent, and wish to refute this using some real research findings. Concisely (4-8 sentences) describe exactly what the topic is, what the problem is, and why it is an issueIdentify data sources — you are studying a crime problem, so you need to get information about what it is and why it is a problem. If you are skeptical about the falling crime rate in Canada, the methodologies and results of the GSS and the CSI would be reasonable data sources. If you are concerned with prisoners’ conditions in Canadian jails, you might identify some personal testimonies or studies of prisoners’ conditions. If your problem is the “negative depiction of X population as criminals/ deviants in the media”, then you might identify specific media stories that demonize your population of choice.

Watch the listed Youtube videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veXPk4Zeqtk&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFQJNeQDDHA&feature=youtu.be · Van Slyke, Benson & Cullen, Chapters 18-19 and 21-22 (4 chapters) · Johnston, Chapter 7 Weekly Exam Please respond to the following two questions and organize them into a 2 pages ESSAY. Please watch the assigned videos and read the assigned chapters first before you do this exam. 1. From Mel Fugate’s clip, He explained that much organizational unethical behavior is not necessarily illegal behavior. Many of what he says you may find highly related to your personal experiences. Please write a few paragraphs that it will clearly say what he emphasized in the film. Write it as you meant to convince your readers. His points can be well-explaining why those WC crimes occurred in the past few decades. 2. How would the content from the film “Documentary: The Wall Street Code” would echo what the assigned chapters? You may illustrate a few instead of intending to cover it all (which is unlikely for a short exam). Please DO NOT Copy-Paste from what you read somewhere. The assignment is examined by the SafeAssign Plagiarism test. Exam format should be APA format (including references/citations), 12-point Times New Roman format, double-spaced. Please adopt ONLY ‘Microsoft Words’ or ‘Mac Pages’ software for the assignment. Also, you could submit up to 2 attempts but only the last one will be

Offenders often leave prison without job skills, money or personal coping skills. Should they be released on parole? Is parole working? What can agencies do to assist parolees?

Critical Thinking Exercise: 1. Locate the following URL www.heroinaddiction.com and read some of the success stories of people who have participated in the program and some of the news articles that are posted. Identify who provides the website and provide information about the organization to your instructor. Do you believe this to be a helpful resource? Explain.

Choose a criminal justice agency: police, courts, or corrections. Write a 700 to 1,050 word paper describing the different generations in the workforce, focusing on approaches for managing and leading criminal justice agencies. Be sure to include the following: Define management, organization, and leadership. Explain the roles of a manager and leader within criminal justice. Discuss the need for learning organizations in criminal justice agencies. Describe and analyze the different generations in today’s changing criminal justice organization. Describe the aspects of leadership and management that would be successful with different generations. References: You must use at least 3 academic sources, excluding your weekly readings, list them on your reference page and cite them appropriately in the body of your paper. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Evaluate the effectiveness of probation and identify some of the promising programs in probation services. Attach one MS Word Document for all responses; do not upload several documents. Keep it organized. Every response must be properly cited following APA. As noted by this distribution, citations are worth 25%. Without a proper citation, the highest grade possible would be a 75% (100 – 25 = 75), which is a C, and that’s assuming that the content and the grammar were absolutely perfect. Therefore, please do not disregard the importance of citing your work. The only APA rules that must be followed are: Running Head Header on first page Headers on all other subsequent pages In-text cites for all material referenced Reference list / page Fonts must be Times New Roman 12 All other APA rules are to be disregarded

Which of the most serious issues in sentencing should be tackled first? Why? You must submit at least TWO posts on TWO separate days before the deadline for this unit. Follow these guidelines to ensure the highest points possible: POST ONE (50 points): Address the question(s) presented. Provide a 150 to 250 word discussion. Do not copy and paste from any source. Post must be original (i.e. created by you, your thoughts, your understanding of the concepts) Proofread to ensure proper grammar. If a source is used, it must be cited correctly to meet APA standards.

Forum Question: Identify and explain some of the advantages associated with the SARA process as it relates to crime analysis. Instructions: Original responses to the forum question need to be a minimum of 500 – 750 words, excluding references, with substantial and significant information supported by at least three scholarly references published within the past 5-10 years of the current date. Students should be using the AMU Online Library to search for peer-reviewed journal articles that help support their argument. The citation and references will be in APA 7th edition style. Your original posting should be posted as a response to the forum question.

During voir dire, peremptory challenges are used to “dumb down” the jury – this according to many scholars. Both the prosecution and defense attempt to seat a jury that will give them the best case of winning a case. This means they must remove potential threats to their case from the jury. So, who is a potential threat? Anyone who is connected to someone who has been involved in the case (even in the smallest of roles) Anyone with more than average knowledge of the case Anyone who works in or has a family member working in the criminal justice system (police, attorney, judge, correctional officer, probations, etc.) Anyone who is highly successful or highly educated – they might influence too much influence over other jury members Anyone who is well informed So who is left???? Well, many argue juries are largely composed of the undereducated, uniformed, and inexperienced persons (a bit of an elitist view in my humble opinion, but I get the point). Please follow this link and read the short article titled, “Dumbing Down Juries.” Dumbing Down Juries The article mentions two possible solutions to the problem of dumbing down juries. Eliminate juries all together or enlist all volunteer juries. In a discussion post, please evaluate both of these solutions. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each? Would either solution work? If you had to advocate for one solution over the other, which one would you choose and why? Your discussion post should be three to four paragraphs in length. It is always a good idea to present you response to a discussion question in essay format (Introduction, body, and conclusion). If you quote or paraphrase a resource, please use the proper in-text citation and provide a “Reference” list at the end of your discussion post. Please use proper APA format.

After reviewing the course materials, compare/contrast the strengths and weaknesses of criminal justice and community justice. Do these two concepts share a relationship? How do we reconcile acting “Christianly” toward suspects and convicted persons yet, at the same time, pursuing justice for the offender and for the victim? Please be sure to use class materials, as well as Scripture references, to support your answers.