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Issues in Criminal Justice
Most of the national focus on criminal justice is on the federal criminal justice system. However, an overwhelming majority of all offenders are arrested, convicted and incarcerated at the state or local levels. As such, understanding the reality of criminal justice policies and practices at your local level are immediately more pertinent than understanding those at the federal level. Furthermore, the challenges at the local level are usually more consequential and impactful to the communities they serve.
To Prepare:
Imagine you are a consultant who was hired to research, analyze, and present a report to the police chief and mayor of a major U.S. city of your choice. Your presentation must identify the city you selected and two contemporary criminal justice policies or procedures that are challenging that city. For each policy or procedure, provide evidence-based solutions to each, including a visual representation of quantitative data relevant to each.
Some examples of policies and procedures you might select include sanctuary cities and immigration enforcement, police body cameras, anti-terrorism, public shooters, response to civil unrest, criminal prosecution of police officers, or a different topic approved by your Instructor.
The Assignment:
Using the attached APA Course Paper Template, in 4?5 pages, your report should include:
· A brief (no more than 1 paragraph) introduction of two contemporary criminal justice policies or procedures that are challenging that city. Be sure to indicate the city.
· An explanation of why the policies or procedures are challenging the city, referencing 2–3 credible resources.
· A proposed evidence-based solution for each policy or practice that is challenging the city (each solution should be at least 1 page each).
· A visual representation of quantitative data relevant to each solution, to demonstrate its prior success.
Please use the rubric to ensure all points are captured in you work.
Attachments:
5112041_1_APA-Course-Paper-Template-With-Advice-6th-Ed–3-.doc
5112041_2_work-rubric.pdf

INSTRUCTIONS:
The Final consists of four mini essays. Students will complete all four essays. Read each essay question careful and address all the sub-questions. I expect to read critically written essays, not just superficial content. Reflect on what you read and learned this semester and write insightful responses/reactions. See the length requirement for each essay is below.
Note
: This Final Paper should include: a cover page with your class number and name, headings for each Essay (i.e. Essay 1, 2, 3, 4, etc.) clearly labeled, and a reference page with references used in this Final assignment.
Essay 1 (write 1 page; double spaced)
In his essay entitled Courage, Cornel West argues that it takes courage to interrogate oneself and asks: “How did I become so well adjusted to injustice?” What did you learn from this essay? How does Harro’s Cycle of Socialization in the Conceptual Frameworks Chapter help you understand why we are so well trained not to see injustice? How does Harro’s Cycle of Liberation in this chapter help you identify steps you can take to muster the courage to think critically and take actions that promote social justice in your own spheres of influence?
Essay 2 (write 1 page
; double spaced
)
Read A. Ayvazian’s Women, Race and Racism: A Dialogue in Black and Whitein the Racism Chapter, and X. Zúñiga’s, G. Lopez and K. Ford, Intergroup dialogue as social justice pedagogyin this chapter. What are your personal hopes for dialogues across similar and different social identities? What steps could you take in your neighborhood community, place of worship, or college campus to participate or organize dialogues across differences?
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Note:
Engaging in dialogues across differences can be both challenging and rewarding. Go to the Everyday Democracy website https://www.everyday-democracy.org/resources/handouts (Links to an external site.) and review the “A comparison of dialogue and debate” handout. Take note of the characteristics that distinguish dialogue from debate , as you consider what steps you would take to prepare yourself to engage in a sustained dialogue effort about a controversial issue impacting in your community, place of worship, or college campus, etc.)
Essay 3 (write 1 page
; double spaced
)
We all need allies to help sustain our work for social justice. What did you learn about the role of allies from reading G. Anzaldúa’sinterview? What did you find helpful about her perspective and why? What did you find challenging about her perspective and why? What are some next steps for you to developing trusting ally relationships?
Essay 4 (write 2 pages
; double spaced
)
Write a reflection paper about your experiences in this class and what you learned. A
reflection paper
is your opportunity to add your thoughts and analysis to what you have read and experienced. This paper is meant to illustrate your understanding of the material and how it affects your ideas and possible practice/action in future. You may focus your reflections on anyone or more of the following areas:
The oppressions we explored in this course (i.e., racism, colorism, classism, religious oppression, sexism, heterosexism, transgender, ableism, adultism, and/or linguicism, etc.).
A specific concept: White Privilege, Heterosexual Privileges, Christian Privileges, or Able-bodies Privileges, etc.
Young’s Five Faces of Oppression (i.e., Exploitation, Marginalization, Powerless, and Cultural Imperialism).
Kirk and Okazawa-Rey’s social location (i.e., Macro, Micro, and Meso).
Harro’s Cycle of Socialization.
Harro’s Cycle of Liberation.

Considering international or domestic terrorism, what theory or theories do you think best explain terrorist behavior? Support your stance for your rationale. APA Style, 200 words

6137 asng1Contemporary Views and Theories of Criminal Behavior
The assignment consists of two main items, with four sub-items each, about routine activity theory and strain theory. Please note the specific requirement for each response. You should write your answers in complete sentences and write at least a paragraph for each question. If you struggle with answering the questions, review the learning activities for this Assignment.
1. Provide an overview of routine activity theory and address the following points:
a. History of the theory
b. Key elements or tenets of the theory
c. Provide a crime/criminal example that illustrates the elements of this theory and identify how this theory explains this crime/criminal.
d. One of the main purposes of a criminological theory is to inform a crime prevention policy/program/practice. Identify a current crime prevention policy/program/practice that is based on routine activity theory, OR, present an idea for a crime prevention policy/program/practice AND explain how it represents routine activity theory.
2. Provide an overview of strain theory and addressing the following points:
a. History of the theory.
b. Key elements or tenets of the theory.
c. Provide a crime/criminal example that illustrates the elements of this theory and identify how this theory explains this crime/criminal.
d. One of the main purposes of a criminological theory is to inform a crime prevention policy/program/practice. Identify a current crime prevention policy/program/practice that is based on routine activity theory, OR, present an idea for a crime prevention policy/program/practice AND explain how it represents strain theory.
Submit the respond using the Written Response Submission Form attached and the rubric
Attachments:
5120614_1_Written-Response-Submission-Form.docx
5120614_2_6137-Rubric-wk4.pdf

Wk5db1 6137Criminal Profiling
1. While many cases have evidence that provides clues to the offender, some cases leave investigators with no apparent information at all. In these situations, criminal profilers are often assigned to the investigation. In many cases, the developed profiles may help detect, apprehend, and convict the offenders. There also are situations where the profile of an offender might be off the mark. As a result, it is important to bear in mind that while criminal profiling might be useful in tracking down offenders before they commit another crime, profiling should not be viewed as being 100% accurate. Much of the success of profiling hinges on whether profilers accurately identify key characteristics of offenders, such as age, race, gender, and lifestyle. Missing the mark on these characteristics might lead investigations down the wrong path and ultimately allow offenders to inflict additional harm on society.
For this Discussion, search the internet for violent offenders, and choose two. Consider how criminal profiling might have been effective in earlier detection and apprehension of the violent offenders you selected. Next, consider specific factors that might be important to include in a criminal profile.
· Describe the two violent offenders you selected.
· Include a citation for at least one article, website, video, or another source for each violent offender you selected.
· Explain how criminal profiling could have been effective in earlier detection and apprehension of each violent offender.
· Describe at least three factors for each violent offender that might be important to include in a criminal profile and explain why for each.
2. When considering juvenile delinquency and crime, what theory or theories provide the best insight or explanation? Support your stance for your rationale.

RESEARCH PAPER WRITING (COLL300)
Field of Study or Major: Transportation and Logistics Management
Topic : Global Impact of Freight Transportation System
These were my Draft Research Questions and I hope you can help me with my paper:
1. What is the perspective of North America and European freight transportation system?
2. How does freight transport contribute to harsh environmental conditions?
3. What are the challenges/problems facing the motor carrier industries?
4. What role freight transport play in the economic development?
5. What role Supply Chain Management (SCM) plays in global freight transport?
I believe you guys are very excellent because you have not failed me yet and would be able to work with my problem.
Assignment Instructions
Instructions:
Using a minimum of 7 credible sources, with at least 4 sources coming from peer-reviewed journals taken from the APUS library, write a research paper about a topic related to your major or intended career, which follows the problem solution strategy.
The paper must be original to this course–no recycling, please!
THIS RESEARCH PAPER MUST HAVE/INCLUDE
·
Thesis Statement and Analysis of Rhetorical Situation
·
Evaluation of Sources
·
Annotated Bibliography
·
Outline
·
Abstract and
·
Research Paper
Format your paper according to the guidelines that are given for your particular curricular division, that is, the curricular division in which the subject for your paper is located. You must choose one of the following documentation styles: APA.
Length:
The research paper should be 9 to 10 pages in length. The page count does not include the Works Cited, Reference, or Bibliography page, or the title page or abstract if required by your documentation style. The page count refers only to the text of the paper itself.
You will lose points on your final research project if you go over the 10 page limit by more than 250 words.
Part of effective writing is being able to complete the assignment within the designated limits set.
Sources:
Your final source page should contain at least 7 sources; you will lose points if you have fewer. Points will also be deducted if you do not consistently follow the format rules for the style you are using in your paper. Use the APUS Citation Guides for determining proper citation format here; automatic citation programs are not always correct.
Important step:
Please be sure that your research paper is submitted here as a Word file. It will then be processed in Turnitin.

In this Assignment, you will locate relevant existing research. You also will analyze this research using a tool helpful for analysis.
To Prepare:
Reflect on the strategies presented in the Resources this Module’s Learning Resources in support of locating and analyzing research.
Use the Walden Library to identify and read one peer-reviewed research article focused on a topic in your specialty field that interests you.
Review the article you selected and reflect on the professional practice use of theories/concepts described by the article.
The Assignment:
Using the “Module 4 | Part 4” section of your
Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Template
presented in the Resources, conduct an analysis of the elements of the research article you identified. Be sure to include the following:
Your topic of interest.
A correctly formatted APA citation of the article you selected, along with link or search details.
Identify a professional practice use of the theories/concepts presented in the article.
Analysis of the article using the “Research Analysis Matrix” section of the template.
Write a 1-paragraph justification stating whether you would recommend this article to inform professional practice.
Write a 2- to 3-paragraph summary that you will add to your Academic Success and Professional Development Plan that includes the following:
Describe your approach to identifying and analyzing peer-reviewed research.
Identify at least two strategies that you would use that you found to be effective in finding peer-reviewed research.
Identify at least one resource you intend to use in the future to find peer-reviewed research.
Attachments:
5202475_1_NURS-6003-Part-4-Week-7-Professional-Success-Development-Plan-Assignment.pdf

Reducing Recidivism
For this Assignment, you will be provided with a scenario in which you are a correctional administrator in the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Your warden instructs you to develop a multi-faceted, evidence-based approach to reducing recidivism and improve institutional behavior for inmates. The Assignment requires you to create a PowerPoint presentation of approximately 10 slides. Be sure to address ethical issues in corrections when researching and conceptualizing your evidence-based approaches, and consider them again when creating your PowerPoint presentation.
Scenario
: You are a correctional administrator in the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). You have over 20 years of experience in the BOP at various prisons. Your next assignment is going to be very difficult. You are being assigned to a federal prison that houses the worst-behaved federal inmates. This facility is known as a “SMU,” or Segregated Management Unit. All 1,100 prisoners have been placed at the SMU for serious infractions/offenses while at other prisons. The recidivism rate for the SMU inmates is twice as high when compared to all other federal prison inmates. In addition, SMU inmates commit a higher number of infractions while incarcerated, such as assaults on staff and other inmates. You have been asked by the SMU Warden to develop a multi-faceted, evidence-based approach to reducing recidivism and improving institutional behavior for the SMU inmates. Your plan should include three evidence-based practices. Several resources have been provided to assist you identifying the evidence-based practices.
Create a 10-slide PowerPoint presentation using the Walden University presentation template. In addition, include audio narration that addresses the following:
Introductory slide of your plan and goal(s) (1 slide)
Overview and explanation of evidence-based approach #1 (3 slides)
Overview and explanation of evidence-based approach #2 (3 slides)
Overview and explanation of evidence-based approach #3 (3 slides)

Corrections Reform Policy
The purpose of corrections is a hotly debated issue: is the role of corrections to punish offenders or rehabilitate people? When an offender reenters society, should he or she be provided assistance to integrate or should they be left to their own devices? There is no easy answer to these questions, and every criminal justice system, jurisdiction, and community needs to analyze and develop a policy of their own.
To Prepare:
· Review the correctional theories located in the Learning Resources.
· Using the National Institute of Justice website, research and identify one reentry program. Then, identify one program from another country, from a credible resource (they can be shown to be effective or ineffective).
For this Assignment, you will assess the importance of reentry programs to reduce recidivism.
Using the Walden Writing Center PowerPoint Presentation Template, create a
10- to 12-slide
PowerPoint presentation (not including title and reference slides) in which you:
· Describe two reentry programs. Include at least two social or cultural perspectives on each.
· For each reentry program:
o Explain whether each one is effective.
o Explain how it is effective or ineffective.
· Include references to research and statistics that exist to support or oppose the furtherance of the program.
· Include at least one graph for each program to illustrate your position.
· Finally, explain which program is more effective at helping offenders reenter society.
· Present one way you would suggest reforming the program to improve it.
· Present one way you would suggest reforming the program to improve it.
Note:
You should embed audio or use the footnotes to provide further details in your presentation.
Attachments:
5252937_1_APA-Presentation-template–3-.ppt

Case Study Paper
General requirements
write clearly, accurately, fluently, and on topic
integrate knowledge from class and relevant readings
end with a conclusion to wrap up your ideas
include references to the textbook and other sources you have used
use Times New Roman 12 or Arial 11-point font, and 1-inch margins
double-spaced: 4-6 pages
Specific Requirements
This paper should be a case study on a question of your choice, related to development in the prenatal period, infancy, and early childhood (0 to 5 years old). It must include an interview about or observation of an infant or young child (or you can choose to do it about yourself as a infant or young child).
The organization must include the following sections and you need to include these headings in your paper:
1. Introduction
a) Clearly define the question or problem you are going to address, so that an uninformed reader can understand. What question are you trying to answer in this paper? Examples include:
What was my attachment pattern as an infant and how has this affected my development?
Is temperament stable from early infancy on or does it change?
How do self-regulation skills develop?
If you are uncertain about a topic, please contact me!
b) Describe what is already known about this topic.
Include information from
at least two scientific, peer-reviewed research articles
about this topic. You can find such articles by going to the www.utah.edu (Links to an external site.) homepage, then to Students and to Marriott Library. Then click on “Databases” and go to P and PsycInfo (Ebsco). (Or see the tutorial Links to an external site.on Canvas). Let me know if you have any trouble finding articles.
Include
information from the textbook
and other relevant class materials.
It is optional to use information from other sources, such as popular media, websites, but always make clear what source of information you are referring to.
2. Method
In your
method
section, describe how you obtained information about your question. You will be required to do a ‘case study’ on this topic, by
doing an interview
(e.g., with your own parent(s) and/or siblings; with a parent of a young child, with a pregnant woman)
and/or an observation
. You do not need to describe your literature search, but do describe clearly how you did the interview and/or the observation.
Important:
Explain to any participants that you are working on a class assignment, that their information will be treated confidentially, and that you cannot make any assessments or recommendations based on your observations/interview. You may also write the paper about yourself when you were an infant or young child. An interview with your parents or others who knew you then would need to be included in this case.
Include the following information in your Method section:
Be sure to include information on who you did the interview with (no names, but: gender, age, relation to you), and where and when you did the interview.
Also describe how you used this method. Include the
questions you asked
or the
behaviors you observed
– either in the Method section (if it is a short list), or at the very end of the paper in an Appendix.
3. Findings
Describe
the findings from your interview/observation. Be clear, so that a reader with no knowledge of the subject can follow what you found. Describe clearly what the person did or said in response to your questions (or as you observed them).
4. Conclusions
In this section,
integrate
the findings from the interview or observation with what you learned from the literature (articles, textbook). Describe critically which answers you found to your original research question, which questions remain open, and which implications your findings have (e.g., for parents of infants or for whomever this could be relevant).
5. References
Include a list of references to all materials used,
in APA format
(Links to an external site.). Mention authors (last names first, followed by the initials of their first names), year of publication, title of the publication, and source of publication (if it is a book, include the publisher; if it is a journal article, include the journal title and page numbers). Examples:
Gelfand, D.M., & Drew, C.J. (2003).
Understanding Child Behavior Disorders
(4th
Ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, Thompson Learning.
Barth, J.M., & Parke, R.D. (1993). Parent-child relationship influences on children’s transition to school.
Mer­rill-Palmer Quarterly, 39
, 173-195.
Baxter, L.A. (1988). A dialectical perspective on communication strategies in relationship development. In S.W. Duck (Ed.), A Handbook of Personal Relationships (pp. 257-273). NY: Wiley and sons.
Grading distribution
Title (does not need to be on a separate page) (3%)
Introduction (30%)
Clear formulation of your question (5%)
Appropriate selection of research articles (10%)
Overall quality of the introduction, incl. description of the literature and citation in APA style (15%)
Method (15%)
Adequate description of your method (description is clear for someone who was not there)
Findings (15%)
Adequate description of your findings (description is clear for someone who was not there)
Appendix (in the back of the paper): 1-page sample of interview or observation (3%)
Conclusions (30%)
Answering the question you set out to answer in the introduction & linking this to previous research (the articles you read) (25%)
Description of the questions that remain open and the implications of your findings (5%)
References in APA style (do not need to be on a separate page) (3%)
Grammar and style (4%)
Write clearly and use correct grammar and spelling so that I can understand what you are saying. Unclear or incorrect spelling, grammar, or style will also affect grading for sections 1-5 (since I may not understand what you mean)
Important notes:
The goal of this assignment is to research a topic in depth and to combine scientific and personal perspectives on this topic.