Criminal Justice

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JUS 101 Milestone One Guidelines and Rubric Your first milestone introduces you to the necessity of communication between agencies. There are several examples of how one incident requires the attention of more than one branch of the criminal justice system. Put yourself in the shoes of the officers in the scenarios. How would you ensure that the best possible outcome is accomplished? Read the following scenarios and answer each prompt. Remember, you may complete your project as either a Word document or as a presentation. If you select a presentation, it should be submitted as 2–3 slides. If you select a Word document, it should be 1–2 pages. Specifically the following critical elements must be addressed:

I. Communication and Collaboration

The branches of criminal justice may appear to function autonomously, but there is a lot of interaction and collaboration between them. In this part of the career investigation, you will need to think about some scenarios where communication and collaboration would b e required for these branches to function effectively and which branch appears to be more in line with how you approach communication and collaboration.

a) How does the ability to conduct legal searches differ between the police officer, probation officer, an d prison guard in the performance of their duties? Give an example of interagency collaboration when conducting a legal search.

b) A police officer was conducting an investigation involving an incarcerated prisoner. The police officer would like to know wh o the prisoner spoke to on the phone and who visited him. Describe who the police officer would need to collaborate with to obtain that information, explaining why.

c) Lou, a suspect the officer was investigating in a burglary case, was just convicted for that crime. Prior to his sentence, a pre-sentence report must be conducted. Who is most likely to conduct the investigation: the poli ce officer, probation officer, or the prison guard? Who will he or she collaborate with to complete the report? Support your response by explaining how this process impacts interagency collaborati on.

d) Select one court case where communication and collaboration were driving factors, and discuss the impact of that case in reshaping the role of the corrections practitioner. Choose one of the three cases below to complete critical element D. You will use this same case study when submitting your final project:

 Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97 (1976) https://www.law.uh.edu/healthlaw/perspectives/2009/(CC)%20Prison%20Health.pdf

 Turner v. Safley, 482 U.S. 78 (1987) http://www.casebriefs.com/blog/law/family-law/family-law-keyed-to-weisberg/getting-married/turner-v-safley/

 In Re Rosenkrantz, 116 Cal. Rptr. 2d 69 (Cal. Ct. App. 2002) http://www.leagle.com/decision/In%20CACO%2020090218046/IN%20RE%20ROSENKRANTZ

e) Based on your findings regarding the differences in how each branch communicates with each other, which career path is most in line with your communication and collaboration practices and why?

 

 

https://www.law.uh.edu/healthlaw/perspectives/2009/(CC)%20Prison%20Health.pdf
http://www.casebriefs.com/blog/law/family-law/family-law-keyed-to-weisberg/getting-married/turner-v-safley/
http://www.leagle.com/decision/In%20CACO%2020090218046/IN%20RE%20ROSENKRANTZ

 

 

Rubric Guidelines for Submission: You may complete your project as either a Word document or as a presentation. If you select a presentation, it is submitted as 2–3 slides with speaker notes. The speaker notes are the words you would say if you were presenting the slides to an audience. The tone of these notes shoul d be professional. If you select a Word document, this should be 1–2 pages with 12-point Times New Roman font and one-inch margins. Your paper/presentation must include at least two sources cited in APA format.

Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Communication and Collaboration: Legal Search

Expl ai ns how the abi l ity to conduct l egal s earches di ffers among the di fferent

rol es l i s ted i n the performance of thei r duti es and gi ves an exampl e of i nteragency col l aborati on when conducti ng a l egal s earch

Expl ai ns how the abi l ity to conduct l egal s earches di ffers among the di fferent

rol es l i s ted, but does not gi ve an exampl e of i nteragency col l aborati on, or the exampl e does not ful l y rel ate to the i nteragency col l aborati on

Does not expl ai n how the abi l i ty to conduct l egal s earches di ffers among the

di fferent rol es l i s ted i n the performance of thei r duti es

17

Communication and

Collaboration: Collaborate

Des cri bes who the pol i ce offi cer woul d

need to col l aborate wi th and why

Des cri bes who the pol i ce offi cer woul d

need to col l aborate wi th, but does not expl ai n why

Does not des cri be who the pol i ce offi cer

woul d need to col l aborate wi th

17

Communication and Collaboration: Presentence

Report

Identi fi es who woul d be mos t l i kel y to conduct the i nves ti gati on and who he/she woul d col l aborate wi th, and

s upports res pons e

Identi fi es who woul d be mos t l i kel y to conduct the i nves ti gati on, but does not i denti fy who he/she woul d col l aborate

wi th or does not s upport res pons e

Does not i denti fy who woul d be mos t l i kel y to conduct the i nves ti gati on

17

Communication and Collaboration: Court Case

Sel ects a court cas e and di s cus s es the i mpact that cas e had i n res hapi ng the rol e of the correcti ons practi tioner

Sel ects a court cas e, but does not di s cus s the i mpact that cas e had i n res hapi ng the rol e of the correcti ons practi tioner

Does not s el ect a court cas e 17

Communication and Collaboration: Career Path

Identi fi es whi ch career path i s mos t i n l i ne wi th pers onal col l aborati on and

communi cati on practi ces and provi des an expl anati on

Identi fi es whi ch career path i s mos t i n l i ne wi th pers onal col l aborati on and

communi cati on practi ces , but does not provi de an expl anati on, or expl anati on i s i l l ogi cal

Does not i denti fy whi ch career path i s mos t i n l i ne wi th pers onal col l aboration

and communi cati on practi ces

17

Articulation of Response Submi s s i on has no major errors rel ated to ci tati ons , grammar, s pel l ing, s yntax, or

organi zati on

Submi s s i on has major errors rel ated to ci tati ons , grammar, s pel l ing, s yntax, or

organi zati on that negati vel y i mpact readabi l ity and arti culation of mai n i deas

Submi s s i on has criti cal errors rel ated to ci tati ons , grammar, s pel l ing, s yntax, or

organi zati on that prevent unders tandi ng of i deas

15

Earned Total 100%

Future Of The Juvenile Justice System Proposal Presentation

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Imagine you are a juvenile justice consultant creating a proposal that will be presented to the state legislature concerning the future of the juvenile justice system.

Create a 10- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation including speaker notes that details your proposal. Address recommendations for all aspects of the system, including the following:

  • Community involvement
  • Law enforcement
  • Courts and sentencing
  • Corrections

Include a justification for the system based on history, trends, causation theories, and potential for reform.

Format any citations in your presentation consistent with APA guidelines.

CJA 475 Strategic Planning Communication Paper

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**MUST BE NEW AND ORIGINAL WORK**

Write a 700-word paper describing your approach for communicating the Strategic Plan developed in Week Three (see attachment).

Address the following issues:

  • The administration issue and why it is a concern to the public
  • The possible impact of the strategic plan on internal and external stakeholders
  • The ways in which stakeholders affect the strategic plan
  • Methods for communicating the strategic plan to stakeholders
  •  Possible outcomes of the strategic plan

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Running Head: STRATEGIC PLANNING 1

 

STRATEGIC PLANNING 5

 

Strategic Planning and Forecasting Planning

1. Suggestions to make the strategic plan more comprehensive

Strategic planning can at times be unnecessarily complex as well as marginally essential, or provide a streamlined kind of value-added module which sets the identified vision along with direction and leads to advanced results together with marketplace differentiation. There are a variety of ways that the Scottsdale Police practitioner can improve their strategic plan to make it more significant and comprehensive. Firstly, they can keep their strategic plan simple as well as alive (Cummings & Angwin, 2015).  An appropriate strategic plan enhances a clear and an effective direction for the enhancing agility to offer response to the flexible competitive environment. It is not considered to be a static document which is inflexible rather it is perceived as an ever altering document that keeps changing with time. It is therefore essential to create balance as well as alignment to the strategic plan to avoid it from becoming obsolete.

Moreover, it is essential to involve chief stakeholders. They ought to make sure that the strategic plan provides a reflection of the voice regarding the organization by involving chief stakeholders in the process of such planning. It is vital that in future it invites managers and administrators to undertake participation in an involving SWOT analysis in relation to the organization. When an organization presents its top strategic initiatives to its physician controllers for prioritization then it is likely to experience success and gain a competitive advantage. Physician controllers are suitable in reprioritizing various initiatives as well as elevating quality and the art of safety to the main strategic priority. In addition, they should enhance a clear outline of responsibilities along with accountability. Lack of goal owners who improve as well as initiate the action plan, the identified goals and objectives transform to everybody’s task with lack of a precise accountability (Cummings & Angwin, 2015).  A senior leader is therefore important in ensuring satisfaction takes place adequately as well as identifies an appropriate steering team, implements effective techniques, monitors progress along with rewarding and recognition of desired mannerisms. It is also important to assign ownership since it enhances the balancing of the various initiatives among identified teams.

Assessment of the organization’s abilities as well as capacities prior to setting the goals is essential (Cummings & Angwin, 2015).  The institute should always assess whether it has its senior leaders involved and aligned in the strategic planning process as well as look into the perfect tools as well as systems for carrying out the strategic planning. These aspects determine how successful the strategic planning will be. Furthermore, the police department ought to cascade objectives to all of its employees. It is helpful in maximizing organizational related alignment, the goal concerned cascade is required to get to the front line staff.

2. Are justifications and assumptions for the chosen strategies adequately articulated?

The assumptions in the strategic plan focus primarily on the fact that southern Scottsdale is established along with central Scottsdale having a combination of mature neighborhoods and new developments. The northern part of the city is seeing growth with newer community developments. These assumptions along with industry and commercial facilities housing some the state’s major notable employers are what the Scottsdale Police Department are assuming will aid in success of the strategies listed in the plan.

 

3. Does the Plan include enough Measures to ensure Success?

The plan does include a very well laid out path to who will be responsible for each of the strategic directions and even explains how strategy leaders will meet monthly to discuss and highlight key accomplishments each quarter. There is a plan in place to retreats in order to revisit the plan and revise if necessary. The plan also includes a funding status for each of the strategic directions as all strategies are labeled as to where funds will come from. The plan does list grants to fund certain strategies but does not lay out where those grant funds will come from, this information would be useful to ensure the greatest possible success as grants are not always awarded.

Conclusion

The Scottsdale Police Department’s strategic plan was written after thoroughly evaluating and analyzing data during three retreats. Although there were some areas that could have been improved upon in this plan, it does express the department’s vision and mission based on well thought out assumptions as well as utilizing trend data to complete. Organizational leaders have been charged with overseeing the strategies to accomplish of objectives in an effort to successfully implement the plan during the next five years. Not only did the Scottsdale Police Department implement ways to track success on a yearly basis, they have taken it a step further by initiating monthly meetings with strategy leaders to ensure accountability.

 

References

Top of Form

Cummings, S., & Angwin, D. (2015). Strategy builder: How to make and communicate more

effective strategies.

Bottom of Form

The Big Stage

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The Big Stage!

Investigators’ roles are largely complete when they hand an investigation over to the District Attorney’s office. Investigators may be called on, however, to help prepare evidence to be presented at trial and to testify about the investigation.

In this assignment, you will outline how investigative procedures support the use of evidence in court proceedings and the trial preparation for a criminal prosecution.

Create a table detailing information for each of the following phases of an investigation:

  1. The Initial Crime Scene.
    • Describe the steps in processing the initial crime scene.
    • Describe the responsibilities and priorities for investigators.
    • Describe the steps in documenting the crime scene.
    • What are the investigator’s legal obligations at this phase?
    • What are pitfalls to avoid at this phase?
  2. The Investigation.
    • Examine procedures and best practices for gathering information.
    • Examine procedures and best practices for conducting witness interviews.
    • What are the investigator’s legal obligations at this phase?
    • What are pitfalls to avoid at this phase?
  3. Apprehend Suspects.
    • Analyze strategies for identifying suspects.
    • Analyze strategies for locating and apprehending suspects.
    • Analyze strategies for conducting the interrogation.
    • What are the investigator’s legal obligations at this phase?
    • What are pitfalls to avoid at this phase?
  4. The Final Report.
    • Describe parts of the final report.
    • Analyze procedures for assembling and organizing the final report.
    • Analyze procedures for presenting the case to prosecutors.
    • What are the investigator’s legal obligations at this phase?
    • What are pitfalls to avoid at this phase?
  5. Prepare for Prosecution.
    • Describe the investigator’s role in preparing evidence for presentation.
    • Describe the investigator’s role in preparing for trial testimony.

You may use the The Big Stage! Template [DOCX] to complete this assignment. Remember to update the header with your name, the assignment date, and your professor’s name.

Your assignment will be evaluated using the following criteria:

  1. Describe the steps of processing a crime scene along with the responsibilities and priorities of first responders.
  2. Examine procedures and best practices for gathering information and conducting witness interviews.
  3. Analyze strategies and techniques for identifying, locating, apprehending, and interrogating suspects.
  4. Analyze procedures for assembling and organizing the final report, and presenting it to prosecutors.
  5. Describe the investigator’s role in preparing for, and testifying at, a trial.
  6. Cite three references.
  7. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements

This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:

  • Examine the preparation process and tasks required of a criminal investigator in a courtroom setting.CRJ320 – Criminal Investigation The Big Stage! [Student’s Full Name]

    [Date] [Professor’s Name]

    The Initial Crime Scene
    Describe the steps in processing the initial crime scene.  
    Describe the responsibilities and priorities for investigators.  
    Describe the steps in documenting the crime scene.  
    What are the investigator’s legal obligations at this phase?  
    What are pitfalls to avoid at this phase?  

    The Investigation
    Examine procedures and best practices for gathering information.  
    Examine procedures and best practices for conducting witness interviews.  
    What are the investigator’s legal obligations at this phase?  
    What are pitfalls to avoid at this phase?  

    Apprehend Suspects
    Analyze strategies for identifying suspects.  
    Analyze strategies for locating and apprehending suspects.  
    Analyze strategies for conducting the interrogation.  
    What are the investigator’s legal obligations at this phase?  
    What are pitfalls to avoid at this phase?  

    The Final Report
    Describe parts of the final report.  
    Analyze procedures for assembling and organizing the final report.  
    Analyze procedures for presenting the case to prosecutors.  
    What are the investigator’s legal obligations at this phase?  
    What are pitfalls to avoid at this phase?  

    Prepare for Prosecution
    Describe the investigator’s role in preparing evidence for presentation.  
    Describe the investigator’s role in preparing for trial testimony.  

     

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