Category: Criminal justice

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

PLEASE READ!! and look at rubric. I WON’T KNOW THE TWO questions UNTIL I OPEN the assessment. 
Description
Your final exam consists of two essay questions.
Each essay response is to be a minimum of 500 words and consist of fully developed paragraphs.
Rewriting the essay question is not considered a part of your response.
Direct quotes are not to be used in test answers.
A minimum of 2 up to date (less than 10 years old), peer reviewed, scholarly sources are required per question.
Answers are to be consistent with the college level. The essays shall be written in the most current APA format and include in text citations to credit your sources.

For this discussion, consider the business you selected for your course project. Pretend that while you were working to perform a risk assessment on the organization the unthinkable occurred – you discover it has been hacked (and may, in fact, still be under attack). At this moment, you have no idea how long this has been going on, the level of damage, the persistence of the hack, and what (if anything) has been compromised. You have learned that some hackers may gain access to network resources and stay relatively inactive until there is something of value to steal or exploit. Other hackers seek to embarrass or steal quickly, hoping to benefit immediately from the access gained. You do not know which type of situation you have, what type of hacker(s) you are dealing with, if it is a lone instance, or if there are multiple exploits across your organization’s vast network.
Now consider you found a way to answer at least some of these questions quickly. While you may not have all the answers, you have identified some characteristics of this hack and need a plan to move forward. Moving forward includes isolating all access and compromised systems, identifying hacking methods (what was successful and what was not), and determining if the hack is a compromise that must be reported per the governance required of your type of business or industry.
Create a basic plan of how you would identify the extent of the damage/access/breach.
Who/what has hacked your organization?
What was the goal?
What can you do to immediately triage the organization’s network?
What specific steps can be taken?
Who should be notified?
Do you alert your customers/patients/students/stakeholders?
***The selected line of business for my course project is digital forensics.***

Introduction
A controversial issue today in the American legal system is the justification of the use of force by police officers, given the actions and conduct of citizens. In this assignment, you will explore the requirements for use of force, constitutional rights pursuant to the Bill of Rights when it comes to free speech, and criminal defenses justifying actions.
Instructions
Write a 2-3 page paper in which you:
Specify the key requirements for police officers in determining the lawfulness of the use of force in making an arrest and what is meant by “reasonableness.”
Evaluate how free speech rights clash with the rights of others and the need for public order today.
Argue for or against the regulation of the First Amendment when it comes to speech that could or might incite “imminent lawless action or conduct.”
Analyze the defenses within today’s criminal law system.
Evaluate the fairness of the common law defense of necessity when citizens use deadly force.
Use at least three sources to support your writing. Choose sources that are credible, relevant, and appropriate. Cite each source listed on your source page at least one time within your assignment. For help with research, writing, and citation, access the library or review library guides.
Write clearly and concisely in a manner that is grammatically correct and generally free of spelling, typographical, formatting, and/or punctuation errors.

compare and contrast determinate and indeterminate sentencing model and support which one prevents recividism.  Full instructions attached.

For your class project, you will write a descriptiveresearch proposal. Since this is a proposal, you will NOT conduct research, but you will write a proposal for research you are “hypothetically” proposing to conduct. We will work on this project in phases, throughout this course.
Before beginning this assignment, read the Module 1 Part 1 Power Point! 
Module 1 part 1 PP (assign 1 info).pptx
Research Question
You begin your research with a research question. It is best to write your research question as an open-ended question. To do so, start your question with “what is” or “what are.”
For this assignment, you need to submit the following pages:
Page 1: APA formatted “student” title page
Page 2: Write a research question (for a descriptive research project) for one of the topics on p. 10 (Box 1-1). This does not need to be the topic you will use for your proposal. You do not need to decide on your topic until Module 2. 
Follow this assignment template
2Template_Assignment 1 title page_RQ (3).docx
Double-space your entire assignment
See the sample APA student paper for APA formatting guidelines 
7th ed Sample Paper(2).pdf
How to Write the Research Question for this Assignment?
Look at the list of applied research topics on p. 10, Box 1-1(in your textbook)
Remember to start your research question with “what is” or “what are.” You do not want to be able to answer your research question with yes or no.
Sample Research Questions for DescriptiveResearch (you must create your own):
What are the effective traits of police leaders?
What are the benefits of plea bargaining for offenders (or prosecutors) (or on the families of victims)?  
What are the differences between male and female gang members?
Topics to trigger thought:  Police and social media, Social Justice and Enforcement, Mental Health of Police, Responding to Mental Health Calls, Dispatchers as First Responders, Sentencing Guidelines, Employment issues, Leadership Issues, Education in Justice Professions, Impact of Immigration on Local Police, Retirement Incentives and Drawbacks in Justice Professions, Pay and Benefits of Justice Professions, Impact on Family Life for Public Safety Professionals….. What can you come up with???? The topic I chose was how police use unnecessary brute force 

1. In no less than 400 words explain the implications of Tennessee v. Garner and Graham v. Connor on how Law Enforcement may justifiably use non-lethal and deadly force.

Guiding Question
If wealth were distributed equally in the United States, would we see a decrease in crime?
Instructions
Write a reflection paper that discusses the ways in which limited economic mobility and concentrated disadvantage may put economically disadvantaged people at increased risk for crime involvement. This paper should:
Draw on at least one criminological theory that is “class” based. For example: Institutional Anomie Theory, Anomie Theory, Strain Theory, or Marxist Critical Theory. Explain why you think this theory does well explaining the correlation between poverty and crime
Discuss the difference between income, wealth, and financial assets
Reference at least one empirical peer reviewed study on the correlation between economic mobility and crime
Provide at least two examples of crime categories that illustrate criminal coping by economically disadvantaged people
Formatting and Guidelines
Minimum of 5 and maximum of 7 pages of text.
APA style and format. Refer to APA Style Refresher for assistance.
Times New Roman 12-point font, one-inch margins, double-spaced. Title page, pictures, and reference page are not included in the page count.
Minimum of 5 reputable sources, including respectable literature in books, journal articles, or reputable internet sources.
Meets content requirements as outlined.
How to Submit
Submit by uploading your file in Canvas.
Accepted file types:
doc
docx
pdf

Protecting America from Terrorism
A pressing issue in today’s criminal justice system is how to provide security from terrorism, so that citizens can continue to move freely throughout society.  Read the below article.
https://www.heritage.org/terrorism/report/60-terrorist-plots-911-continued-lessons-domestic-counterterrorism 
DISCUSSION:
Using key terms and concepts from the textbook and assigned article, answer the following questions in a balanced way.
List five recommendations that you believe would improve federal or state law enforcement agencies in their efforts to better protect the United States from terrorism.
Why is it difficult to protect United States citizens from terrorist attacks?
Would the recommendations you listed create controversy under the individual rights perspective? Why or why not?
Make sure to:  
Write a short essay of at least 500 words. (Essay format)  [POST YOUR WORD COUNT AT THE END .]
Always cite your textbook. Use in-text citations for all sources. 
Use all materials provided as a reference before using outside sources.
Use key terms and concepts from the reading.
Use concrete examples/details and avoid generalities.
Address all questions.
Use proper grammar and punctuation.
Do not plagiarize.

Botched Crime Scene Investigations: select several notable crime scene investigations that were mishandled and led to the release of the subject and go into details on how it was botched and what could have been avoided