Quantitative research consists of testing and understanding relationships between variables. Researchers construct these variables as measureable expressions of social phenomena. Modern statistics provides you with a host of resources to answer questions, but each statistical test has a set of assumptions regarding the measurement of the variables. It is therefore important to understand how variables … Read more
Week 5 Project: Prisoners’ Rights You work in the administrative office of a correctional facility and handle complaints about violations of prisoners’ rights. A conference on prisoners’ rights is being held in the near future. Your supervisor asks you to study a report on violations of prisoners’ rights and prepare a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation for … Read more
4 paragraphs Stop-and-frisk is a controversial tactic in which police approach persons on the street who appear to act suspiciously, “frisk” them for weapons or contraband, then ask some questions. Reseach in New York City has shown that young males of color are more often stopped than older people, females, or whites. Briefly describe two … Read more
4 paragraphs Crime hot spots are areas where crime reports, calls for police service, or other measures of crime are especially common. Police in departments with a good analytic capability routinely identify hot spots and launch special tactics to reduce crime in these areas. What kinds of validity threats should researchers be especially attentive to … Read more
The textbook authors describe three specific criteria for causality. For this writing assignment, describe the cause/effect of drinking alcohol and driving and vehicle accidents. You are to describe the relationship to meet all three criteria and support each. 2 paragraphs
using this video: https://www.police1.com/use-of-force/videos/excessive-force-officers-must-intercede-and-report-DpMuUvOu6PuAVHXm/ Review the scenario below and respond to the questions: You are a rookie police officer who responds to a call for officer assistance. Arriving at the scene, you see a ring of officers surrounding a suspect who is down on his knees. You do not know what happened before you arrived, … Read more
Week 9 Assignment – Case Study #2: A Question of PolicyWrite a 1/2 to one page (150275 words) response in which you answer the three questions that follow the case study below:As a female correctional officer, you have been working at the same women’s prison for fifteen years. The inmates call you Marge and respect … Read more
Article/Data Analysis Exercise Assignment Instructions Overview This purpose of this project is twofold: 1. To help you become more familiar with interpreting academic journal articles in the library database. 2. To become more familiar with reviewing empirical (research-based) literature and the findings presented. For this assignment, choose a peer-reviewed journal article, from your references, … Read more
A decision tree is a great way to determine a course of action and possible outcomes associated with an officers decision. Today everyone has a camera and decisions are reviewed, questioned, and judged by those who have no idea what happened. In Ch. 5 you learned about tactical decision-making and scenario-based training for new officers. … Read more
Discussion Assignment Instructions # 5 The student will post one thread of at least 750850 words by 10:59 a.m. (ET) on Friday, September 24, 2021. For each thread, students must support their assertions with at least 4 scholarly citations in APA format. Any sources cited must have been published within the last five years. … Read more