Gathering Criminal Data

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Instructions: Respond to PART I and PART II below and then resubmit this worksheet with your responses.

PART I

Instructions: Respond to the questions below.

  1. Review the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) website.      What type of criminal data can you gather from this website?
  2. Using the      Criminal Data Guide document as a guide, what do you notice about the      information that you should ask about? Where should you look for this      information?
  3. Is there a      typical profile for terrorists? Explain.

PART II

Instructions: Read through the scenario and respond to the questions below.

Lisa is accused of luring a group of men into a park where they are attacked by a criminal street gang. She is also a gang member and this is part of her initiation. She had a very strict upbringing and was physically abused by her older brother and father growing up. At age 13, she befriended some gang members who let her hang around with them. She started skipping school and committing petty crimes such as theft and burglary. Her gang got into a fight with a rival gang and she was injured, requiring stitches and x-rays. A police report was filed, although no charges were brought against her.

Using the Criminal Data Guide document as a guide, respond to the following:

  1. What pieces of information are important      for you to gather specifically from the scenario above?
  2. Thinking creatively, where would you      gather the information to start work on your case in reference to the      scenario above? You may use a bulleted list to demonstrate specific points      you would need.

Intelligence Briefing (

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The Intelligence Briefing prompts you to assess critically deterrence-based crime policies and practices. In selecting your topic, doing your research, and constructing your PPT, your objectives are to:

1.       Describe the decision to commit white-collar crime, focusing on the level of rationality evident

2.       Argue for the importance of credible oversight in the prevention of white-collar crime

An acceptable approach to this assignment involves selecting a particular white-collar criminal/case, outlining the role of rationality exhibited, and then arguing for a white-collar crime control policy that emphasizing the credibility of oversight.

For instructions, please, review the “Intelligence Briefing ” document uploaded.

Deterring White-Collar Crime

 

The Intelligence Briefing prompts you to assess critically deterrence-based crime policies and practices. In selecting your topic, doing your research, and constructing your PPT, your objectives are to:

1.       Describe the decision to commit white-collar crime, focusing on the level of rationality evident

2.       Argue for the importance of credible oversight in the prevention of white-collar crime

An acceptable approach to this assignment involves selecting a particular white-collar criminal/case, outlining the role of rationality exhibited, and then arguing for a white-collar crime control policy that emphasizing the credibility of oversight.

 

Instructions

Intelligence Briefings

The purpose of the Intelligence Briefing assignments is for you to deepen your understanding of particular concepts by conducting individual research, synthesizing it, and constructing a brief PowerPoint (PPT) that succinctly summarizes your topic and findings.

General Instructions

Follow these instructions for all Intelligence Briefings (unless required otherwise in under Specific Instructions):

· Select a topic that is responsive to the Specific Instructions for the Intelligence Briefing in question.

· Create a PowerPoint presentation.

· Make at least one point per slide

· Each slide is to have an original point

· Each slide’s title must be original, reflecting the original points being made in that slide.

· Text should consist of key words and phrases—not complete sentences or paragraphs.

· The “Notes” field is where you put your complete sentences and paragraphs, which is your narrative.

· Your slides are where you put key words and phrases to help your audience follow along with what you are saying.

· Remember, a PPT is a visual aid; you are supposed to be the star of a presentation, not your PPT.

· Briefings should focus on the current controversies surrounding the selected topic and should provide statistics documenting the nature and extent of the crime problem.

· Answer these questions in your briefing: what, who, where, when, how, and why?

· Incorporate at least 3 credible, relevant, and (unless otherwise specified) current sources.

· Use (a) APA Style in-text citations or(b) endnotes to indicate any words or ideas from a source other than you.

· Briefings should contain 8–15 content slides.

· Start with a title slide with the presentation name, your name, and the occasion.

· Create your own title that reflects the essence of your PPT

· Do not use the name of the Intelligence Briefing in the Schedule/Specific Instructions

· Do not use “Intelligence Briefing”

· Continue with a content slide that contains an overview of the rest of the PPT.

· Use section slides if you have a couple clearly sections, perhaps “Nature and Extent of the Problem” and “Explaining and Preventing the Problem.”

· Try to use a variety of content slide formats.

· Your second-to-last slide is to be a References slide in the same format as your in-text citations (e.g., APA).

· The last slide should ask the “audience” if there are any questions and provide your contact information.

· Include a blend of relevant text, statistics, and graphics.

· Provide your talking points in the “Notes” field of the PPT. Your talking points should make clear what the point of each slide and how each slide relates to the overall presentation.

· Submit a single “.ppt” or “.pptx” file per group, with all group members’ names and contact information

Appendix A of this document shows you how to get started using PowerPoint.

Grading

Intelligence Briefings will be graded 0–100% in terms of the following, with 100 points equally 100%:

· 40 points = Accuracy, relevance, and logical integration and synthesis of credible evidence;

· 30 points = Sufficient slides, talking points, sources, statistics, and graphics;

· 20 points = Conformity to the Specific Instructions and “Effective Army Briefings” and RAND readings; and

· 10 points = Conformity to other assignment requirements listed here as well as proper submission.

Specific Instructions

Each Intelligence Briefing has a general topic within with you must work to select a specific topic that will allow you to address directly that Intelligence Briefing’s objectives and requirements.

CJ101 Introduction To The Criminal Justice System

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Complete the Unit 6 Assignment: Who Killed Peggy Hettrick?

The ability to think critically is a key skill for success in the criminal justice field. It means not taking what you heard or read at face value, but using your critical thinking faculties to weigh up the evidence, and consider the implications and conclusions of the situation.

Resource: Chapter 9 of your text.

Read the following library article:

Susan, S. (n.d). For December 24, 2011, CBS. 48 Hours (CBS News).

Download Library Search Instructions

Review the details of the Peggy Hettrick Case.

For this week’s Assignment, you will be working with a learning team to create a PowerPoint presentation describing in detail the roles of the judge, the prosecutor, and the defense counsel in the case of Peggy Hettrick.

The Assignment requires your team to choose what role they would be interested in preparing a presentation on, the judge, the prosecutor or the defense counsel.

Create a 10–12 slide PowerPoint presentation incorporating the following elements:

  • The judge is an elected or appointed public official who presides over a court of law and who is authorized to hear, sometimes to decide cases, and to conduct trials.
    • Identify the judge’s actions in the courtroom and how they apply to the case (minimum 3 slides).
  • The prosecutor is the decision-making power of prosecutors is based upon the wide range of choices available to them, in the handling of criminal defendants, the scheduling of cases for trial, and the acceptance of negotiated pleas.
    • Identify the prosecutor’s actions in the courtroom and how they apply to the case (minimum 3 slides).
  • The defense counsel is a licensed trial lawyer hired or appointed to conduct the legal defense of a person accused of a crime and to represent him or her before a court of law.
    • Identify the defense counsels actions in the courtroom and how they apply to the case (minimum 3 slides).

Use examples to support your rationale.

Incorporate speaker notes into each slide for a complete description of the items highlighted in your slides.

Include a title slide and a reference slide.

Cite a minimum of three references consistent with APA guidelines.

Team Assignment Directions

Complete the Team Peer Evaluation form, located in the Unit 6 Assignment section, to assess all team members work throughout the duration of the week.

85% of the total points available for the Team Assignment are associated with the team submission and 15% of the total points are associated with quality of individual contribution.

You will assess your team members and they will assess you using the feedback in the Team Peer Evaluation. The professor will not share your peer evaluation feedback with others, though you may choose to ask teammates to share their perceptions with you, so you can improve upon your team contribution.

Directions for Submitting Your Assignment

Save your PowerPoint Assignment as Groupname-CJ101_Assignment-Unit6.pptx. Have a designated group member submit the assignment to the Unit 6: Assignment Dropbox by the end of Unit 6.

Your grade will be a result of your group work and your peer evaluation.

Submit your Peer Evaluation to the Unit 6 Peer Evaluation Dropbox by the end of Unit 6.

Applied Criminal Justice Ethics Powerpoint

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Assignment 2: Scenario Analysis

You are a member of the training division at your law enforcement agency. The Sergeant of the unit has asked that you create an informative voice-over PowerPoint presentation that explains the normative and applied prevailing criminal justice models of ethical reasoning. This PowerPoint presentation will be played at all roll calls and shift briefing training(s) for your department. The instruction set delivered to you indicates that (at a minimum) the PowerPoint should address the history, tenets, and applications of each of the theories. The presentation will assume the normative judgment model, which emphasized the three moral judgment imperatives (the human act, free will, effect upon others). This presentation requires that an embedded audio recording be included with the presentation, which serves to explain the slides that are presented. A suggested outline for the slideshow is listed below.

  1. Title slide (required)
  2. The Ethics of Virtue (title slide)
  3. History of the Ethics of Virtue
  4. Tenets of the Ethics of Virtue
  5. Provide a criminal justice based, ‘real world’ example of the ethics of virtue
  6. Ethical Formalism (Deontological Ethics) (title slide)
  7. History of Ethical Formalism
  8. Model of Ethical Formalism
  9. Provide a criminal justice based, ‘real world’ application of Deontological ethics
  10. Consequentialism (Teleological Ethics) (title slide)
  11. History of Consequentialism
  12. Model of Consequentialism
  13. Provide a criminal justice based, ‘real world’ example of Utilitarianism
  14. Ethics of Care (Restorative Justice)
  15. History of the Ethics of Care
  16. Tenets of the Ethics of Care
  17. Provide a criminal justice based “real world” example of the Ethics of Care
  18. Where does the concept of Noble Cause corruption fits within the ethical models?
  19. Summary
  20. References Slide (required)

PowerPoint Format:

  • Use the slide notes section in the presentation to include information that follows your narration, being sure to follow the conventions of Standard English.
  • Slide content should include brief points that identify the areas that will be addressed in the narration.
  • In-text citations should be included with any brief points that were researched from outside sources and the narration should fully explain the points
  • Cite all sources on a separate reference slide at the end of the PowerPoint and reference each source in the body of the presentation using APA format.
  • Identify the source of any pictures you use, being sure to cite them correctly in APA style using in-text citations.

Narration Guidelines:

  • Maintain a persuasive tone by summarizing observations and evaluations for each slide.
  • Ensure that your presentation is highly ordered, logical, and unified.
  • Words should be clearly enunciated and professional tone should be sustained throughout the presentation narration.
  • Audio recording should be free of background noise and interruptions.

For additional help with APA, visit the University Writing Center.

For assistance with embedding the audio into your PowerPoint presentation, please make use of this tutorial.