Imagine you are a consultant who was hired to research, analyze, and present a report to the police chief and mayor of a major U.S. city of your choice. Your presentation must identify the city you selected and two contemporary criminal justice policies or procedures that are challenging that city. For each policy or … Read more
If you are a current criminal justice professional: Choose a recent policy that you have had to implement but that you personally do not agree with. If you are not a current criminal justice professional: Choose a policy that you would be against implementing if you were a current criminal justice professional. Describe the … Read more
If surveyed, nearly everyone would likely say they would like to live in a safe, low-crime neighborhood. Healthy neighborhoods often foster trust, social cohesion, and better physical and mental outcomes for residents. Unfortunately, some neighborhoods have high or increasing levels of crime that make these positive outcomes less likely. For this Assessment, you will … Read more
First, describe your beliefs about how crime impacts your community (from your own observations and interactions, etc.). Then locate at least one source of data about how crime impacts your community (in terms of safety, occupancy/growth/decline, home values, social fabric, etc.) and briefly explain how the perspectives overlap. Were your beliefs about the impact … Read more
() or use one for your hometown or a city near you. How might a criminologist use the earlier mentioned or similar crime mapping tool to prevent and reduce crime? If you used your own, provide it.
Peruse Prisoner Reentry: What Works, What Does Not, and What is Promising (Reading 16 – 2nd edition) or Examining the Predictors of Recidivism Among Men and Women Released From Prison in Ohio (Reading 17 – 3rd edition) and Prisoner Reentry in a Small Metropolitan Community: Obstacles and Policy Recommendations (Reading 17 – 2nd edition; Reading … Read more
1. Discuss the history of juvenile justice in America. Be sure to include a short summary in your discussion about parens patriae, the child saver movement, and the JJDPA. *Your response must be a minimum of 200 words. 2. Discuss status offenses. Be sure to include a definition of status offenses and a summary of … Read more
The Police Law Institute talks about their training program, and why it is centered on scenario-based learning. Read this, and also reference your text book chapter on Selection and Development. Do you feel that moving toward a scenario-based training program is the right step for police departments? Defend your answer with direct examples. Each discussion … Read more
First, read Chapter 10 in The Essential Workplace Conflict Handbook. Additionally, read the as well as . In your initial post, address the following: Can you find any limitations to your Control phase that should be addressed? What are they specifically? What might you need to do to ensure that the process owners in … Read more
First, read Chapter 9 in The Essential Workplace Conflict Handbook. Additionally, review the . In your initial post, address the following: How has your identification of unwanted consequences from your Improve phase informed your understanding of what you need to control? In what way might you need to dig more deeply into implementing specific … Read more