Individuals are responsible for their behavior, but, at the same time, society may shape their views and actions.
For example, societal views about sexual identity and gender-appropriate activities may shape how an individual views and reacts to anyone who presents as different than what they might consider “normal” or “typical.”
What changes might you make to society to reduce a particular type of deviance or the stigma associated with it? What moral or other problems might arise from such changes?
Develop a 3–5-page paper in which you identify and defend an argument about the pros/cons of the George Floyd Policing Act.
You will discuss the incidents that lead to the implementation of this bill. State at least two incidents that contributed to the development of this bill and the outcomes of the officers they were involved.
This component of the submission must be objective and properly cited. Select at least two areas in which the bill focuses on and explain why you do/do not support it. Some of those areas of focus are as follows:
Work to End Racial and Religious Profiling
Save Lives by Banning Chokeholds and no-knock warrants
Limit Military Equipment on American Streets and Require Body Cameras
For this assignment, you will evaluate the risk assessment planning associated with a Pandemic Event Scenario in New Jersey State.
In order to complete the assignment, you will need to utilize the following plan, which deals specifically with pandemics.
State of New Jersey: Office of Emergency Management. (2007-2020). 2019 New Jersey state hazard mitigation plan, Section 5.21. Retrieved from
You will review the plan and write a 3–5-page paper predicting and appraising the effectiveness of risk assessment planning. In your paper, identify and discuss the five characteristics of effective risk assessment plans (specific to the plan scenario you reviewed).
Five Characteristics of Effective Risk Assessment Plans:
1.Identify the risk
2. Assess and analyze the risk
3.Develop strategies to mitigate the risk
4.Evaluate the strategies
5.Implement and monitor
Additionally, determine the effectiveness of the threat, vulnerability, and consequence assessments conducted and determine the validity and reliability of the planning based on the assessments.
State and federal law may designate mandatory police actions for specific criminal violations, but unintended consequences sometimes occur.
Write a 750–1,000-word essay exploring whether mandatory arrest laws in cases of domestic violence are helpful or harmful.
Explain the steps of criminal procedure for an alleged domestic violence assault by describing everything that would happen from reporting of the crime to arrest, to final sentencing (comp. 2.1).
Explain whether or not this process works appropriately or if it could be improved.
Nelken, 2009 discusses the differences between ethnocentrism and relativism with regard to the value of studying comparative Criminal Justice System. Define both concepts in a few paragraphs using some current examples of criminal activities that impact United States as well as some other country/countries around the world. In your posts please address the benefits of both approaches.
Discuss the pros and cons of direct versus circumstantial evidence introduced during a trial. How these types of evidence play in International Court trials?
Provide at least one example of a high profile trial in the US and one in another country and identify the type of evidence that was introduced.
Select a topic in comparative criminal justice – (i.e., courts, policing, investigations, prosecutions, sentencing, substantive or procedural criminal law)
Compare your topic in your selected country to that of the United States. State at the beginning what you are comparing and why
List the sources you utilized, including research, data, and critical assessment of the data
Narrative of the main data, which would include what the results mean for comparative study and what you learned from your research
Crime statistics in the UK are not accurate and are therefore not useful’. Using the latest ‘Crime in England and Wales’ bulletin and your wider academic reading, discuss to what extent you agree with this statement, and why.
