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Audience demographics are extremely important. Demographics include age, gender, religion, education, occupation and many more categories. Demographics define each individual audience member’s identity. Politicians are often mindful of their audiences’ demographics to create speeches that are relevant to them. Audience analysis is significant because if a speaker considers her audience, the speech will be more impactful. It’s important to create a speech for an audience and not to pander. If audience analysis is overused, the speaker is basically just telling the audience what they want to hear. Instead of pandering or “grandstanding,” audience analysis is adapting a speech’s style and content for a specific audience. A speaker should consider her audience’s expectations of what the speech will be. Often is the speech doesn’t meet the audience’s expectants, it will have a negative impact. Sometimes not meeting the audience’s expectations can be positive. For example, when presenters for awards shows make political statements. For the 2020 Golden Globes, Jennifer Aniston made a political statement about Australia’s wildfires. This was effective because it was not what the audience was expecting. It’s also really important to comprehend what the audience already knows about the topic. Sometimes the presenter will briefly go over key terms and concepts before the speech. This ensures that the audience will understand the speech without being condescending. The audience’s attitude about the speech’s topic is critical. There are a lot of cases where it’s the speaker’s job to sway the audience’s opinion. Then the speaker will spend her speech trying to convince the audience. Audience analysis is essential to making the most effective speech possible.
Reply to this classmates’ post. Pose thoughtful and interesting contributions to a continued discussion. In other words, agreeing with and repeating what the prior student posted does not count. Do more than just agree or disagree with your classmates. Support your ideas with details, examples, and quotes (cite your sources as well). Proper academic writing is expected.
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Overview
Although you can do Action Research in your classroom with little to no expense, most educational research requires resources. There are hundreds of small foundations and dozens of government and corporate institutions that will fund education research. The trick is to find the institution or foundation that will fund the research that you want to do. In this activity, you will learn about some of the sources of funding for educational research, and write a letter of interest to a foundation exploring their interest in funding your research.
Performance outcomes
Candidates explore sources of funding for education research and write a letter of interest to a Program Officer at one foundation.
What will you do?
Explore the resource: 100 Places to Find Funding for your Research in the Resources.
Locate a grant program that is appropriate for the research you are doing for your Capstone Project (you can search other resources beyond 100 Places to Find Funding for your Research).
Write a letter of interest to a Program Officer at the funding agency that sponsors the grant program briefly describing your research, the level of funding that you will need for your research, and the types of expenses you will incur. (Many grant programs will give you a format for such a letter of interest)
Submit the letter along with the URL of the grant program.
Report requirements
Letter of Interest to a Program Officer at a funding agency
URL of the grant program
Notes
The grant program will likely have rules about what they will fund — pay attention to those. Expenses could include things such as travel, incentives for research participants, supplies, access to data (e.g. large database), payment for data processing or analysis, etc.

Overview
Although you can do Action Research in your classroom with little to no expense, most educational research requires resources. There are hundreds of small foundations and dozens of government and corporate institutions that will fund education research. The trick is to find the institution or foundation that will fund the research that you want to do. In this activity, you will learn about some of the sources of funding for educational research, and write a letter of interest to a foundation exploring their interest in funding your research.
Performance outcomes
Candidates explore sources of funding for education research and write a letter of interest to a Program Officer at one foundation.
What will you do?
Explore the resource: 100 Places to Find Funding for your Research in the Resources.
Locate a grant program that is appropriate for the research you are doing for your Capstone Project (you can search other resources beyond 100 Places to Find Funding for your Research).
Write a letter of interest to a Program Officer at the funding agency that sponsors the grant program briefly describing your research, the level of funding that you will need for your research, and the types of expenses you will incur. (Many grant programs will give you a format for such a letter of interest)
Submit the letter along with the URL of the grant program.
Report requirements
Letter of Interest to a Program Officer at a funding agency
URL of the grant program
Notes
The grant program will likely have rules about what they will fund — pay attention to those. Expenses could include things such as travel, incentives for research participants, supplies, access to data (e.g. large database), payment for data processing or analysis, etc.

6137wk9Released Offender as Your Neighbor
1. As you begin exploring rehabilitation this week, this Discussion Spark is intended to get you thinking about how the public views rehabilitated offenders, and how comfortable the public is with rehabilitated offenders living in their communities and neighborhoods.
To Prepare:
· Think about your neighborhood and community values.
· Consider whether you think prior offenders could adhere to the values of your neighborhood or community.
· Consider how comfortable you are with a prior offender living next door to you.
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Post
a response to the following questions:
· Do you want a released offender living as your next-door neighbor? Why or why not?
o If yes, how could you help that offender become a member of the community?
o If no, what makes you uneasy about that offender living next door?
· Are there certain types of offenders you would be more comfortable living next to than others? Which ones and why?
2. Are you in if you favor rehabilitation model or punishment model for those convicted of crime and why?
3. The recidivism rate is approximately 66%, which means that two out of every three prisoners who are released will reoffend.
What role, if any, rehabilitation can play in reducing recidivism.

Assignment: Diversion, Reentry, Probation and Parole, and Rehabilitation Treatment Programs
In this Assignment, you will be completing your own research in your area of interest on diversion, reentry, probation and parole, and rehabilitation treatment programs. While conducting your research you should utilize resources such as www.crimesolutions.gov, www.nij.gov, www.nicic.gov, and/or current government or peer-reviewed publications to support your responses. You will use the provided Written Response Template which you will:
· Provide an overview of an evidence-based diversion program (1-2 paragraphs)
· Determine the effectiveness of an evidence-based diversion program. Include statistics and any other supporting information that demonstrate the effectiveness. (3-4 paragraphs)
Attachments:
5252931_1_Submission-Form.docx

Reflective Journal: Policy Advocacy
1. Crime is a never-ending problem. Police departments, correctional institutions, and state and federal legislators are always advocating for new policies in criminal justice. In this course, you have explored many controversies in criminal justice and the time has come to develop and advocate a policy of your own.
To Prepare:
Consider the topics explored in the course. Then, think about:
· Which topic resonated most with you?
· What ideas do you have for a policy that might help solve that controversy?
2. Some states have adopted “Three Strikes and You’re Out” Legislation. Supporters have argued that this type of tough legislation is needed for repeat offenders. Those against it have argued that it leads to prison overcrowding and is very expensive.
whether you are in favor of or against “Three Strikes.” Support your stance on why you are or are not in favor.
3. Consider your position on capital punishment.
whether you support capital punishment or whether capital punishment should be abolished. Support your stance on why or why not it should be abolished.