Category: Criminology

Instructions: Scenario: You are a police officer who responded to a theft scene, during which time you located the suspect down the road. You found that the suspect broke into the Family Dollar store and stole over three hundred dollars in cigarettes and other miscellaneous items through your investigation. The entry point was through the front glass door as there was a brick inside the storefront with shards of glass on the ground. There was no video surveillance available, but cartons of cigarettes were found leading up to the suspect, who kept falling and dropping items as he fled. Questioning the suspect, he did not speak much other than saying he was on his way home. His nonverbal communication (looking down at the ground, shaking in his voice, paralinguistic, standing at a personal distance, facial expressions) led to suspicion that he was untruthful. He was arrested that night and charged with burglary and larceny. He is contesting his involvement in the theft and declaring that he was never there. In lieu of showing up to court due to personal reasons, you must send a sworn written statement to the court addressing what happened and what your observations were. Complete the arrest report template. The arrest report will be concise and to the point regarding what led to probable cause. After completing the arrest report, complete a sworn written statement attesting to your observations (roughly two pages in length). This sworn letter to the court include the following: • What you saw when you arrived • What the suspect said or did • Items found in the area • What you found inside the store • What led you to believe the suspect was guilty of the crime and the probable cause that led to the arrest? CRJ311– Effective Communications for Criminal Justice Professions Courtroom Testimony • What were the suspect’s mannerisms (body language)? Requirements: • Submit a Word document – sworn written statement. • Arrest Report PDF

Assignment details
This essay is designed to develop your critical thinking and analysis skills relevant to your discipline. You will select two of the policing topics to research and analyse. Your analysis should include the materials you have covered in this unit, as well as evidence of further research of the literature. 
This assignment supports unit learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
Using a minimum of ten (10) scholarly sources, you are required to produce a 2000-word essay based on the following brief: 
Critically discuss two contemporary challenges that shape policing priorities in your state of residence.  The state of residence is Victoria Australia.
Your essay must critically address two (2) of the following topics:
Police accountability and standards
Police use of force
Policing diverse communities
Plural policing
Transnational policing
Police visibility
Evidence-based policing.
Research
You will need to undertake extensive scholarly research of the topics, including consideration of relevant theories in criminology. References may be academic books, professional journal articles, or book chapters. References may be obtained from the internet as long as they are from professional sources and are cited appropriately using APA 7 style. Do not use unreferenced material from the internet or generative AI (artificial intelligence) writing tools.
For you to consider:
Take the time to plan properly. 2000 words is a substantial piece of writing but breaking it up into its components is less complicated than you might think.
Back up your claims with research. This means not only making a claim and but also supporting that claim with evidence (i.e. references to scholarly sources). Good essays are well supported by research. Aim to include two or three references in each paragraph in the body of your essay.
Start writing early. A 2000-word essay takes time and you may find that your approach changes as you conduct your research.
Use appropriate sources, particularly peer-reviewed articles and books. You may use other sources to provide supporting information (e.g. the ABS or BOCSAR sites for crime statistics). Include at least ten references in your research essay. This is a minimum requirement—higher grades will likely have more than this.
Do not use non-scholarly sources e.g. random websites or Wikipedia. Also remember that this is a research essay—we want to see how well you can find your information. This means we want to see referencing beyond the resources we have given to you (i.e. your essential readings).
Discuss your essay plan and any potential problematic issues with your eLA. They can provide specific advice about your chosen topic and advise you on the best approaches to take.

One of the central ideas from the classical school of thought is that people choose to commit crimes, and to prevent them from doing that, we need to make better laws that provide a greater sense of deterrence. The positivist school of thought suggests that there are scientific explanations that cause people to commit crimes. Both schools of thought have led to significant changes in criminal justice practices. Which school of thought do you believe has influenced criminal justice practices the most?
Take a position. Do you believe the classical school of thought or the positivist school of thought has had the most influence on criminal justice practices?
First, title your initial post either “The classical school of thought has influenced criminal justice practices the most” or “The positivist school of thought has influenced the criminal justice system the most.”
Then, using the information from resources in this module, make your case. What practices in the criminal justice system are evidence of the influence of your chosen school of thought? Consider the impact on the following:
laws or policies
law enforcement
court system and sentencing
corrections, rehabilitation, parole
reducing crime rates and recidivism
In your responses to your peers, consider how well they justified their positions, making use of available resources. Consider the following questions in your response post:
Did they support their position convincingly using appropriate resources?
Which of their points make the most sense to you, even if you made a case for the opposing viewpoint?

Is ‘biology’ important in explaining crime and deviance? Explain your answer with reference to early and modern biological approaches to criminology.
You must answer, in 2000 words (plus or minus 10 percent), ONE of the questions listed at the end of these instructions.
To pass this assessment:
a) your work must be submitted via Turnitin, by 3pm on 15th May, 2024, using the correct turnitin link (this will appear in due course)
b) Your work must be in essay format. This means:
i) it must be presented in the same typeface throughout.
ii) it must be written in sentences, with an introduction, main body and conclusion (no bullet points, diagrams or graphs. Sub headings should be avoided). 
iii) your essay needs to be clearly and accurately referenced throughout, using the Harvard system.
iv) your work must include an appropriately-presented bibliography at the end giving full details of all the in-text references you have used. 
v) your work must be readable, so please also check your work carefully for spelling and grammatical accuracy. Get someone else to check your work and use the read aloud function on word

Topic
The author
outlines the differences in the Cultures of Psychology and the Legal System by
explaining the differences between rulings and data.
One of these
explanations is that precedents influence current rulings in cases.
Discuss the
possibility of cases for which there are no precedents and cases for which new
laws are being enacted, such as gay marriage and child custody. Who has the
rights to the child when both parents are mothers? Fathers? What about marriage
between a naturally born male or female and a postoperative gender reassigned
male or female? What happens in cases for which there are no precedents? How
would students rule if they were judges?
Each thread must be at least 400 words and must support your assertions with 
at least 2 citations in current APA format. Lastly please incorporate a biblical 
perspective.

this is an assessments that requires only the interpretations of the 5 questions based on the tables.Half of the job is done from me which are the tables so will require only interpretation to the 5 questions given based on the results of the table

My essay is attached to this. Please write one more page based on me essay. the only information you can get is the sources I used in the reference. Please write it in the same format, I just need one more page to write 

Essay: Describe the arguement that consumer behaviour associated with consumption leads to uneven patterns of waste.
Information source, chapters 5,6 & 8 understanding social lives. 

Topic:
It is often difficult for offenders to adjust after
incarceration. The Second Chance Act rejects the notion that recidivism
reduction is best achieved through deterrent threats alone. Explain the Second
Chance Act and defend your views on how recidivism reduction can best be
achieved.
Each thread must be 400 – 550 words and must support your assertions with at least 3 citations in current APA format. Lastly please incorporate a biblical perspective

Essay
Value: 50%
Length: 2000 words
The essay is the major piece of work for the semester and marks the culmination of the one of the given questions and be sure to answer all aspects referred to in the question. consult your tutor for further guidance.
Things to keep in mind:
Reflect on your feedback from the Annotated Poster. This first task is intended to help you better respond to your chosen question. Before you begin your essay, please take time to remind yourself of the strengths and weaknesses of your poster and incorporate this feedback accordingly. ( I HAVE ATTACHED MY POSTER)
(FEEDBACK I RECEIVED
Hi Anthony,
This is a great start for thinking through your essay question!
This assignment could have been improved by focusing on the following areas:
– Indigenous with a capital letter
– You must have a minimum of four academic resources; two academic from Leganto.
– Work on the multimodality in the poster to try to convey your ideas clearly. For example, the graph is a little difficult to read.
– Reflect on your poster’s visual/multimodal meaning, what data/empirical support you will draw on for the poster, crime/case studies/examples, and your key points.
– Find data/statistics to support your claims empirically.
– What examples will you be analysing in the essay?
– Perhaps frame your essay within the broader context of neoliberalism?
– What theory /theories will you draw on for theoretical support in the essay?
– Proofread your final draft to check for typos and grammatical errors. Read aloud to yourself or ask a friend/peer to read through the final draft.
– Italicize the book title.
– Italicize the journal title.
Perhaps include the Week 1 reading by Cunneen? (Have attached this reading in the attachments)
END OF FEEDBACK
Take the time to plan properly. A 2000-word essay is a substantial piece of writing but, once you break it up into components pieces, it is less space than you might think. Paragraphs should generally be around 200-300 words, and you may wish to use subheadings to structure your essay.
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Engage in course material. Unless you have evidenced sustained and detail engagement with the core topics that we have covered over the course of unit, then you will not be able to pass the unit. Independent research is important, but the foundation to demonstrating an understanding and meeting the assessment criteria is engaging in the range of themes and debates we have covered within PICT1030. All the resources included on Leganto as well as the reference list in each lecture have been compiled to aid your learning. (Have attached some the main texbook which i really need you to refrence is Title: Crime, criminality and criminal justice
Book Author: White, R. D.
ISBN: 019031009X; 9780190310097
Edition: Third edition.; Third edition. its the last one in the bilbiography on my poster PLEASE USE THIS)
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Back up your claims with research. This means not only making a claim but also supporting that claim with evidence (i.e. references to scholarly sources). Good essays are well-supported by research. Aim to include 2-3 references in each paragraph in the body of your essay and are structured around PEELE (Point / Explain / Evaluate / Link).
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Start writing early. A 2000-word essay takes time to put together and you may find that your approach changes as you conduct your research.
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Use appropriate sources, particularly peer-reviewed journal articles and books. You may use other sources to provide supporting information (e.g. the ABS or BOCSAR sites for crime statistics). Include at least 8 references in your research essay.
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Do not use non-scholarly sources, e.g. random websites, Wikipedia, etc. Also remember that this is a research essay – we want to see how well you can find your own information. This means we want to see referencing beyond the resources that we have given to you (i.e. your course textbook and required readings).
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Reference properly. The required referencing style is APA – the same as for the annotated poster. The main thing is to be consistent, but remember that material that is not referenced properly may breach your responsibilities regarding academic honesty. More details about how to reference properly can be found on the iLearn page. The library also runs courses on referencing if you would like more detailed advice.
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Discuss your essay plan and any potential problematic issues with your tutor. They can provide you with specific advice about your chosen topic and advise you on the best approaches to take.
Essay Questions
1. What are the limitations of ‘crime’ as a concept and what possibilities might an analysis of ‘social harm’ offer as an alternative?
2. Lawyer and activist, Noel Pearson, has described Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the most incarcerated population on Earth. What does this say about the nature of Australia’s criminal justice system?
3. What is the ‘ideal victim’ and, focusing on both those included and excluded, how does it shape our understanding crime in the media?
4. Nurse (2017) states that, “A central discussion within green criminology is that of whether environmental harm rather than environmental crime should be its focus”. What are the arguments on each side, and which do you think is more productive going forward and why?
5. Criminology has been described as a ‘rendezvous discipline’ (see Young, 2003). What does this mean and how does it shape, positively and negatively, the discipline’s focus?
6. What benefits would there be for classifying drug abuse as a ‘health problem’ rather than a ‘crime problem’? Can other contemporary issues be ameliorated by such an approach?
7. An overwhelming majority of women in prison today have experienced some form of past abuse (see Hatty, 1997; Dobash & Dobash, 2004). What does this say about the role of prisons and punishment, specifically for women, in society today?
8. What is ‘intersectionality’ and why does it matter in criminological research?
9. Why has criminology as a discipline largely overlooked crimes of the powerful?