Category: Criminal justice

What would your research question be if you proposed a process evaluation component to your research? For the outcome evaluation, what is your independent variable and what would your dependent variable be? How would you operationalize both?

Developing a Research Proposal

Imagine that you are submitting a proposal to the U.S. Justice Department to evaluate the efficacy of a new treatment program for substance abusers within federal correctional institutions.

What would your research question be if you proposed a process evaluation component to your research?
For the outcome evaluation, what is your independent variable and what would your dependent variable be? How would you operationalize both?

What type of research design would you propose to answer both the process evaluation and outcome evaluation components in your proposal? Discuss.

Details on Process Evaluations begins on pg. 253

Details on Research Design Decisions begins on pg. 258

Type and save your work in Microsoft Word (.doc, or .docx.) format. Your response should be approximately 500-1000 words. number all questions, use proper capitalization, double spacing, punctuation, and grammar.

The textbook is (for citation) Fundamentals of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice by Ronet D. Bachman / Russel K. Schutt 4th Edition

 

What, if anything, should the police officer do?From these facts, was Tito acting within his legal rights?

Field Interviews, Arrests, and Jail

Tito and Tina are walking back to their apartments shortly before midnight on a Thursday after getting the weekend (well, a college-style weekend) started at a local bar. A police officer stops them and asks them to present identification. Tina presents her driver’s license but Tito refuses to do so.
From these facts, was Tito acting within his legal rights?
Why or why not?
What, if anything, should the police officer do?
Explain.

What are your views about this more recent way of criminal sanctioning? What overall advice would you give to assure that this new system of sentencing is used appropriately?

RP 6A

Today we have transitioned from an either/ or choice between the use of incarceration, or the use of probation, to the use of graduated sanctions, affording us a wide array of possible sentencing options, as referred to in the text.

What are your views about this more recent way of criminal sanctioning? What overall advice would you give to assure that this new system of sentencing is used appropriately?

Discuss the advantages and weaknesses of each goal. Would different sentencing models (indeterminate sentence, determinate sentence, consecutive & concurrent sentences) be appropriate for different crimes? Why or why not? Considering the goals of sentencing, what sentencing model would you attach for violent crimes?

Sentencing Models

Compare and contrast the 4 main sentencing goals (retribution, deterrence, incapacitation, rehabilitation).

Discuss the advantages and weaknesses of each goal. Would different sentencing models (indeterminate sentence, determinate sentence, consecutive & concurrent sentences) be appropriate for different crimes? Why or why not? Considering the goals of sentencing, what sentencing model would you attach for violent crimes?

Property crimes? Drug crimes? Review the attachment “Defendants’ Rights, Sentencing and Punishment, Capital Punishment found in this module’s Learn section. From a Christian viewpoint, present at least 2 arguments for the preservation of the death penalty and at least 2 arguments for the abolishment of the death penalty.

Ensure: 2 peer-reviewed article references are cited in current APA format. Includes a reflective Christian worldview and Biblical integration. Also, Sources are no older than 10 years

Benny’s attorney files a motion to suppress the evidence, claiming that the heroin was found as the result of an unreasonable search and seizure.What should the judge do? Why?

Suspect Bad Benny

Suspect Bad Benny is staying at the fabulous Motel 6 in Tewksbury. At about 11:00 every morning, the motel housekeeper cleans Benny’s room. Benny knows this, as when he comes back to his room in the afternoon, his bed has been made and the (thin, scratchy) towels have been changed.

One day, some narcotics officers ask the housekeeper to look through Benny’s room, specifically in his suitcase and in the drawers of the dresser and the nightstand. The officers never enter Benny’s room; in fact, they don’t even go on to the motel’s premises. The housekeeper finds 32.5 grams of heroin after opening Benny’s closed suitcase and gives it to the agents. Benny is arrested and charged with trafficking heroin.

Benny’s attorney files a motion to suppress the evidence, claiming that the heroin was found as the result of an unreasonable search and seizure.What should the judge do? Why?

What coding procedures would you use to analyze the content of the articles. You should review at least five articles to have enough data to analyze.

Criminal justice and research methods

Select a current crime topic that has been the focus of newspaper articles. Then propose a content analysis strategy for the topic, using articles or editorials as your units of analysis.

What coding procedures would you use to analyze the content of the articles. You should review at least five articles to have enough data to analyze.

What is a “homegrown” terrorist? Give some examples and recent incidents involving homegrown terrorists.Why can police chiefs not objectively and independently fulfill their responsibilities if they lack job protection?

Week 3 & 4 Review Questions

1.) What is a “homegrown” terrorist? Give some examples and recent incidents involving homegrown terrorists.

2.) Who is “el Chapo” and what is his importance to the Mexican Cartels?

3.) Why can police chiefs not objectively and independently fulfill their responsibilities if they lack job protection?

4.) Describe the differences in the status between an elected county sheriff and an appointed police chief.

5.) What role do public interest organizations play in police accountability

Explain the role of a fusion center in the day-to-day operations of a large metropolitan police agency. Do you think that fusion centers would be very helpful to smaller agencies as well? Why or why not?

Critical Thinking Week 3

1.) Explain the role of a fusion center in the day-to-day operations of a large metropolitan police agency. Do you think that fusion centers would be very helpful to smaller agencies as well? Why or why not?

2.) Do you believe the county sheriff is more or less powerful than a city police chief? Justify your response

What are some legal issues that might arise from not setting a proper perimeter around a crime scene?Under what circumstances does a crime scene investigator need to obtain a search warrant before processing a crime scene?

Introduction to criminalistics

Under what circumstances does a crime scene investigator need to obtain a search warrant before processing a crime scene?

What are the exceptions to needing a search warrant for a crime scene?

What are some legal issues that might arise from not setting a proper perimeter around a crime scene?

What is a mock trial, and how can it be used to develop the presentation skills of a crime scene investigator in the courtroom?

What coordination and jurisdictional problems did the emergency response to the Pentagon Attack encounter?

Discussion Questions

Topic 1: Emergency Response to the Pentagon Attack

What coordination and jurisdictional problems did the emergency response to the Pentagon Attack encounter?

Topic 2: Differences in Response for Pentagon attack and Hurricane Katrina

To what extent was the response structured differently for the Pentagon attack than for Hurricane Katrina? What factors contributed to this differing approach?

Topic 3: Advanced Preparation Steps

In the event that they could have been improved, what advanced preparation steps should have been taken by the local, state, and federal agencies prior to Hurricane Katrina? How could the response been better if these improvements were implemented?