Milestone # 3

JUS 101 Milestone Three Guidelines and Rubric Honesty is one of the most important characteristics an officer in the criminal justice system can have. Unlike other careers , there are many times when the officers are on their own without any supervision. An officer can find themselves in situations that require them to have the integrity to remain strong in the presence of temptation. This milestone will give some examples of everyday situations that officers may find themselves in. Do you have the fortitude to make the right decision? 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:

III. Ethical and Professional Practice

When people see criminal justice practitioners, they expect them to have strong ethical beliefs and act professionally at all times. In this part of the career investigation, you will now think about some scenarios where each of the branches must act ethically and professionally to see which of the professions fits best with how you think and act. Read the following scenarios and answer each prompt.

a) While on duty, a uniformed police officer went to a crowded neighborhood deli at lunchtime to buy a sandwich. The deli owner, Ari, told the officer that it was on the house and payment was not necessary. What professional and ethical standards should be in place from the police department to assist this officer in his decision making, and why should they be put in place?

b) A prison guard was assigned to patrol Cell Block 4. One of the guard’s high school buddies, Ray, is incarcerated on the same cell block for possession of narcotics. Cigarettes are not allowed on prison property. While the guard was patrolling the cell block, Ray was smoking a cigarette. If Ray is reported by the guard, he will not be eligible for parole. Ray pleads the guard to not report him. What professional and ethical standards should be in place from the prison administration to assist this guard with decision making, and why should they be put in place?

c) What basic principle of constitutional law must a police officer, but not always a probation officer, follow when conducting an ethical and legal search of a probationer’s house? Explain why this law is applicable to this situation.

d) Select one court case where ethics or professional practice was a driving factor, and discuss the impact of that case in reshaping the role of the practitioner in the court system. Choose one of the three cases below to complete critical element D. You will use this same case study when submitting your final project:

 Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662 (2009) https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/07-1015.ZS.html

 Herring v. United States, 555 U.S. 135 (2009) https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/555/135/

 Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts, 557 U.S. 305 (2009) https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/cert/07-591

e) Based on the ethical and professional practices of each of the branches, which career path is most in line with your ethical beliefs and professional disposition, and why?

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 should 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

Ethical and Professional

Practice: Standards

Determines which professional and

ethical standards should be in place and explains why they should be put in place

Determines which professional and

ethical standards should be in place, but does not explain why they should be put in place

Does not determine which professional

and ethical standards should be in place from the police department

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Ethical and Professional Practice: Decision Making

Determines which professional and ethical standards should be in place

and explains why they should be put in place

Determines which professional and ethical standards should be in place,

but does not explain why they should be put in place

Does not determine which professional and ethical standards should be in

place from the prison administration

17

Ethical and Professional Practice: Principle

Accurately identifies the basic principle of constitutional law and explains why

the law is applicable in this situation

Identifies the basic principle of constitutional law, but does not explain

why the law is applicable in this situation or is inaccurate in which basic principle applies

Does not identify the basic principle of constitutional law

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Ethical and Professional Practice: Court Case

Selects a court case where ethics or professional practice was a driving

factor and discusses the impact that case had in reshaping the role of the practitioner in the court system

Selects a court case, but ethics or professional practice was not a driving

factor, or does not discuss the impact that case had in reshaping the role of the practitioner in the court system

Does not select a court case 17

Ethical and Professional Practice: Career Path

Identifies which career path is most in l ine with personal ethical beliefs and

professional disposition and provides rationale

Identifies which career path is most in l ine with personal ethical beliefs and

professional disposition, but does not provide rationale, or rationale is i l logical

Does not identify which career path is most in l ine with personal ethical

beliefs and professional disposition

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Articulation of Response Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax,

or organization

Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or

organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas

Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or

organization that prevent understanding of ideas

15

Total 100%