Category: Criminology

JOURNAL ARTICLE REVIEW: GROUP DYNAMICS ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
OVERVIEW
Group dynamics is a much-studied subject in the disciplines of sociology and psychology. Most academic curricula include courses in the study of how group dynamics can impact our actions and decision making. Within the law enforcement discipline, there are two areas of particular importance. One is called deindividuation, or the phenomenon that takes place when an individual takes on the personality of the group during a demonstration, riot, or any similar activity. This typically manifests itself in the individual doing things he or she would never do if not in a group. This is of significance during the aforementioned events but can be an issue when groups of law enforcement officers respond to crisis. The other concept is referred to as contagious fire, or what happens when one officer fires a weapon and others also fire even though they are not aware of the justification for shooting. Many in law enforcement deny the phenomenon even exists and often, police shootings are mischaracterized as contagious when they are not. Several officers shooting their weapons at the same time is not contagious fire if they are all reacting to a known and identified deadly threat. The student will analyze an article that addresses either phenomenon and provide a review of the article and its impact on law enforcement crisis intervention.
INSTRUCTIONS
For this assignment, you will select a peer reviewed journal article from one of the databases located in the University’s online library. The article will relate in some way to the reading material (use of force) you have reviewed for this module. After you read the article, download the Journal Article Review Template. Then, complete a Journal Article Review for the article you read. You are not reviewing the article in the sense that you are assessing it, but you are reviewing it so you can provide analysis and relate to your reader the main point and how they relate to the area of crisis intervention. The assignment is not to be too much shorter or longer than the example in the template. Ensure that you focus on the critical thinking piece of discussing implications the article has on criminal justice as this is the most important aspect of this process. How does the article’s content relate to the field of law enforcement? How does it influence policy and practice? This can be accomplished in the comments, recommendations, and conclusion sections of the assignment. Use an APA citation for the article you choose; you may provide additional reference support if you choose to, but it is not required.
Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.

Read the scenario, Off the Rails: A Troubled Criminal Justice Agency. (Also attached below)
Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper assessing the situation at the detention center. Include a discussion of the following questions:
How does the lack of leadership from the chief executive affect an organization? Can other sources provide leadership?
Who are constituents of the detention center? How are they affected by the situation?
What is the result when supervisors focus on process instead of people?
What trends found in Ch. 3 of Managing Police Organizations should the detention center embrace? How would you go about implementing them?
What does the research on leadership described in Ch. 7 of Criminal Justice Organizations suggest needs to change at the detention center? What attributes of leaders is suggested?
Include at least one scholarly source in addition to the two textbooks. Include at LEAST TWO (2) citations from a source(s) in the body of your paper.
Format your paper according to APA guidelines. A paper template is provided below if you choose to use it.
Submit your assignment.

Propose a memo for a policy-making body — in the US or UN or perhaps an IGO or NGO — to minimize or mitigate your transnational crime group. Make sure your policy recommendation addresses the problems that you identified in the conclusions of the case study. Think about the causes and effects of your group; try to associate your policy ideas to resolve the foundations of your group and/or the results of your group.  
Include a conclusion about the likelihood of your recommendation being enacted in the policy making body to which you addressed your policy idea. Be sure to cite sources/facts/statistics/information, and use headings to separate your ideas. 
Technical Requirements:
Paper must be 9 PAGES (no title page)
Scholarly and credible references should be used. At least 6 scholarly sources are required to be used for this assignment. APA
Type in Times New Roman, 12 point and double space.

Do you believe there is still an accountability issue within public safety as a whole? Why or why not? (One paragraph) Do you believe public safety employees should be held to a higher standard than the regular public? Why or why not? (One paragraph)
Discuss in another paragraph a recent incident where a public safety member was held accountable for their actions. Were they in the right or were they wrong?
please don’t talk about the Derek Chauvin case therefore I already have on this assignment I need new materials. Maybe talk about the Michael Brown case and accountability of that case!

Provide a topic (organized crime) and the two theories (Rational Choice & Social Learning) you intend to use to help shed light on that topic. 
Final proofed version of your paper with at least 10 full in-text citations and matching reference page(s). 
Between 8-10 (double-space) full pages of text. 
Citation Style and Supporting Evidence: 
Part III of the paper should contain at least 10 scholarly referred journals, academic books and/or other appropriate sources.  All material that is not common knowledge, such as who the President of the United States is, needs to be cited. 
Cite all your sources using ASA citation style. If you aren’t familiar with the intricacies of citation styles, there are plenty of resources on the internet that will help you and, in the following pages, I have included information on how to do this.

Pick one of the Case Studies, Why Do They Do it, or Applying Theory to Crime Scenarios Presented in Chapters 10 & 13 of the Shram and Tibbetts textbook listed below and respond to the question(s) located at the end of the case study/Applying Theory to Crime Scenario.  In answering the questions, be sure to justify your response by referencing the assigned readings and materials from the module. 
Options:
Case Study – The Bogles (Chapter 10, page 231)
Applying Theory to Crime: Murder (Chapter 10, pages 240-241)
Why Do They Do It? Jesse Pomeroy (Chapter 10, page 263)
Case Study – The Teen Burglar (Chapter 13, page 329)
Why Do They Do It? Henry Earl (Chapter 13, page 336)
Applying Theory to Crime: Arson (Chapter 13, page 338)

Choose one transnational crime group (historic or current) and describe its (in no particular order): History/Objectives
Location/Geopolitics
Economy/Funding
Organization/Logistics
Effect on the host state
Cooperation with terror groups (if applicable) Include a conclusion listing the problems your group causes/caused. Be sure to cite sources/facts/statistics/information, and use headings to separate the required elements
Technical Requirements:
Your paper must be at a minimum of 7 pages, disregard title page.
Scholarly and credible references should be used. At least 6 scholarly sources are required to be used for this assignment.
Type in Times New Roman, 12 point and double space.
Students will follow the current APA Style as the sole citation and reference style used in written work submitted as part of coursework. I

For this assignment, you will need to find one recent article (ideally within the past 12 months) on institutional corrections topic (related to Chapter 5 and Chapter 6 – other than the discussion topic (on mentally ill inmates issue), write at least 400 words paper on the article/issue. Newspapers, official reports, academic journals, and online news articles are all appropriate sources for this assignment.
Please add the title and reference page (APA format) in the essay.

Discuss the requirements for demonstrating a causal relationship between variables. Why can demonstrating causality in criminal justice research be difficult? Use examples.

Your outline can be a bulleted or numbered list. Include each section of your paper, broken down by subtopics (and including your introduction and conclusion).
For each section of your outline, provide a brief description and the sources you intend to use within each subtopic. Although you don’t need to write in complete sentences, you do need to proofread for spelling and typos. it will be on the Challenges of Correctional Officers. I am choosing this topic because I use to be a correctional officer for a year.