Category: Criminal justice

Discuss how death is seen in one of Emily Dickinson’s poems.Who do you think Montressor is talking to in the end? Justify your opinion.

Discuss how Wordsworth views nature in one poem
Why is Fortunato so easy for Montressor to fool?
Who do you think Montressor is talking to in the end? Justify your opinion.
Discuss how death is seen in one of Emily Dickinson’s poems.
Discuss the role of the afterlife in one of her poems.

Discuss the ways the system (“system” is used broadly) can reduce false convictions to ensure due process and legitimacy.

Innocence Files

View at least 3 Innocence Files documentaries on Netflix. One of the documentaries must be Season 1, Episode 6 – the story is rooted in Richmond, Virginia. Having watched at least 3 episodes, write a research paper addressing the following prompt: Discuss the ways the system (“system” is used broadly) can reduce false convictions to ensure due process and legitimacy.

Using at least 7-10 peer reviewed sources, your paper should be at least 5 FULL . A paper less than 5 FULL pages will not be a passing paper.

Are parents in juvenile interrogations Friend or Foe? Share your thoughts. How involved should a parent be?

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Are parents in juvenile interrogations Friend or Foe? Share your thoughts. How involved should a parent be? After viewing the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtJQ1pGA86g Why Don’t Kids Have Lawyers?, consider how to resolve this apparent dilemma.

How do we incorporate restorative justice policies into resolving the issues of our young people in the home, schools, the community, and the juvenile system? Be specific.

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Adversarial justice systems start with what law is broken, who broke it, and how to punish the offender. Restorative justice policies ask what harm was done, how to repair the harm, and who’s responsible for repairing the harm. View the following short video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqaqrDnhzDw What are your thoughts?

Harsher punishments have not been as effective as many suggest. How do we incorporate restorative justice policies into resolving the issues of our young people in the home, schools, the community, and the juvenile system? Be specific.

What are some of the particular challenges associated with inmates with special needs in jail and prison populations? Analyze the implications of releasing the elderly, the mentally ill, and other special needs inmates back into society and discuss the necessary care or medical treatments after release.

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What are some of the particular challenges associated with inmates with special needs in jail and prison populations? Analyze the implications of releasing the elderly, the mentally ill, and other special needs inmates back into society and discuss the necessary care or medical treatments after release.

Select any death penalty or hate crime related issue or story in the news this week.

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Select any death penalty or hate crime related issue or story in the news this week. This assignment should be a minimum of one (1) page with a summary of the article or event with a link to the story where the information was obtained, as well as proper MLA / APA (your choice) citations. 12 point font, spelling and grammar will be graded as well.

Explain the psychological, situational/social, and biological factors that you believe led to the offender’s criminality.

Comprehensive Case Study-Ted Bundy

Evaluate the biopsychosocial factors that led the client to commit his or her crimes.

Explain the psychological, situational/social, and biological factors that you believe led to the offender’s criminality.

Evaluate how these factors may have contributed to committing violent crimes.

Identify whether your client suffered from a mental illness.

Identify the diagnosis and how the diagnostic criteria was met.

Evaluate the ACEs score you calculated for your client in the Week 3 Adverse Childhood Experiences discussion, to the extent that you were able to answer the questions based on what you could out about your client’s history.

Explain the impact of childhood trauma, abuse, and neglect may have on criminal behavior.

Examine whether your client had any events in life that could be considered traumatic such that this could have influenced the criminal behavior.

Explain what the scientific research says about the impact of trauma on criminal/violent behavior.

Analyze any other mitigating factors that may provide a credible argument against a death sentence for your client.
(That is, was your client gainfully employed? Did your client lack a significant criminal history prior to the most recent offenses? Mitigating factors can be anything that humanizes your client and thus makes him/her seem like a candidate for a lesser sentence than death).

Evaluate the mitigating circumstances found in this report.

Compare and contrast some of the different treatment methods used in female prisons verses male prisons. How can correctional treatment be more effective? Should self-help programs be used in conjunction with treatment? Why or why not?

Compare and contrast some of the different treatment methods used in female prisons verses male prisons. How can correctional treatment be more effective? Should self-help programs be used in conjunction with treatment? Why or why not?