Law

Write a comprehensive scholarly essay ( minimum 1500 words) in which you analyze, explain, and apply concepts from the assigned readings to a specific crime problem. You must incorporate and cite, using correct APA citation format, at least four different scholarly research sources. In-text citations must be used in the body of your essay, and […]

Re-read chapter 1. Then read the article Childhood victimization and subsequent risk for promiscuity, prostitution, and teenage pregnancy: A prospective study (Widom & Kuhns, 1996). In a narrative format of 750 or more words, identify: (a) the research problem (what the authors were studying), (b) research design, (c) data-gathering strategy, (d) any hypotheses, (e) dependent […]

For your Unit 2 Individual Project, you will create a 2-3 minute video presentation where you brief and critically evaluate the identified issue(s). Do not exceed 3 minutes because the presentation is just an overview. Your target audience could hypothetically include any of the following people: Police chief, county sheriff, state patrol superintendent, or their […]

For your Discussion Board, you will provide two (2) different examples of how video communications might be used for professional presentations in the criminal justice system. For example, there are many professional uses for short videos, such as: In-service training for criminal justice employees Providing legal updates for criminal justice personnel Providing testimony for court […]

As a criminal investigator in a police department, imagine that you are investigating a series of crimes that appear to be committed by the same person. You have been asked to consult on the creation of a criminal profile of the unknown suspect. You will need to research and analyze what is needed for the […]

A minimum of 250 words and three scholarly sources, APA FORMAT Please research a myth or inaccurate commonsense view of crime or criminal justice other than one presented in the first chapter of the text. Indicate how research has clarified this misconception.

Prior to presenting your discussion postings watch the The State of the Death Penalty in the United States video, read the Cruel and Unusual PunishmentLinks to an external site. article, the Death PenaltyLinks to an external site. article, The Death Knell for the Death Penalty: Judge Carney’s Order to Kill Capital Punishment Rings Loud Enough […]

The Case: Anatomy of a Home Invasion In the late afternoon of July 22nd, 2007, Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her daughter Michaela went to a local grocery store in Cheshire, Connecticut. They had been targeted by Steven Hayes and his accomplice Joshua Komisarjevsky, who followed them home, and planned to rob the family by home invasion. […]

The U.S. Department of Justice’s organizational structure changed after 9/11/01. One section that was added is the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section of the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice. Combatting cybercrime has implications that concern whether law enforcement must disregard some Constitutional rights to protect Americans. Some of these issues concern privacy […]

The central issue in the “Chapter 15 You Decide Part I – Choose Your Path: A Tough Job” exercise you completed in MindTap revolves around the challenges involved with working in a prison setting. Identify the three models of incarceration that have predominated since the 1940s. What types of changes would you make if you […]