Tag: Criminal justice system

Analyze how laws are applied or created based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, and social class.Describe factors contributing to racial and ethnic disparities within the criminal justice system.

Demonstration of Proficiency

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the course competencies through the following assessment scoring guide criteria:

Describe theoretical ideas of power in relation to policy.

Create a public information piece that conveys a central tenet regarding institutional inequality.

Analyze the effects of social policy using aggregated data.

Analyze data to make valid sociological inferences.

Analyze how laws are applied or created based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, and social class.

Describe factors contributing to racial and ethnic disparities within the criminal justice system.

Assess the impact that institutional discrimination within the justice system has had on minorities and minority communities.
Explain ways in which public policies are linked to racial and ethnic disparities within the criminal justice system.

Describe policy strategies for reducing institutional discrimination.

Write coherently to support a central idea in appropriate format and with few errors of grammar, usage, and mechanics.
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Identify maximalist and minimalist perspectives about the seriousness of the problem of intimate partner violence.Battered Women and the Criminal Justice System: Violence is Violence, or Is It?

Identify maximalist and minimalist perspectives about the seriousness of the problem of intimate partner violence.Battered Women and the Criminal Justice System: Violence is Violence, or Is It?

What are the advantages and disadvantages of the involvement of private commercial companies in the delivery of criminal justice services in England and Wales?

 Introduction to the Criminal Justice System

Essay titles 2021 (in place of unseen exam)

Choose one essay title from the selection below:

1. Using evidence in support of rehabilitation, can it be argued that ‘prison is just an expensive way of making bad people worse’?

2. While lessons have been learnt from the past, is there still discrimination in the criminal justice system of England and Wales? Using current evidence in support, evaluate this question in terms of ethnicity and/or gender.

3. In what ways have social scientists identified that the news reporting of crime, criminal justice and victims is distorted?

4. Using examples and relevant legislation describe and evaluate the surveillance powers now available to the various agencies of the state.

5. Supported by evidence, critically evaluate primary, secondary and tertiary crime prevention strategies in England and Wales.

6. What are the strengths and weaknesses of data collected from both the Crime Survey of England and Wales and official police crime statistics?

7. Compare and contrast some of the differences between the adversarial system of criminal justice of England and Wales and the inquisitorial system of criminal justice of the European Union.

8. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the involvement of private commercial companies in the delivery of criminal justice services in England and Wales?

9. What measures has the criminal justice system introduced in recent years to support victims of crime in England and Wales?

This work must be written in essay format only in sentences and paragraphs with no bullet points, headings or graphs.

Ensure that you reference clearly and accurately using the Harvard system and include an appropriately presented bibliography.

To pass this assessment, you must use in-text referencing and academic sources and provide a bibliography of the in-text sources you have used as your last page.

Explain its pros and cons and suggest holistic plans to address any issues with the methods used to remedy victimization.

Victim’s Rights and Remedies

This week’s required readings discuss the legal rights and remedies of crime victims. Victimization can be devastating to an individual, to families, to communities, and to society.

With contemporary understanding of the immediate and residual effects of victimization came the development of certain rights to redress and remedies to attempt to address the wrongs perpetrated against victims.

Address the following in your initial post:

In what ways can victimization be addressed?

In your response, critically analyze the rise of victimology and at least one remedy stemming from the criminal justice system’s response to victimization.

Explain its pros and cons and suggest holistic plans to address any issues with the methods used to remedy victimization.

Your initial post must contain approximately 400 words and reference at least two scholarly sources in proper APA format.

Required Resources
Texts
Daigle, L. E. (2017). Victimology: A text/reader (2nd ed.).

Section III: Consequences of Victimization (pp. 66-77)
Section V: Victims’ Rights and Remedies (pp. 133-147)
Erez, E., & Roberts, J. (2013). Victim participation in the criminal justice system. In R. C. Davis, A. J. Lurigio, & S. Herman (Eds.), Victims of crime (pp. 251-270).

This is Chapter 11 in this primary course text.
Howley, S., & Dorris, C. F. (2013). Legal rights for crime victims in the criminal justice system. In R. C. Davis, A. J. Lurigio, & S. Herman (Eds.), Victims of crime (pp. 271-292).

This is Chapter 12 in this primary course text.

Recommended Resources
Text
Daigle, L. E. (2017). Victimology: A text/reader (2nd ed.).

Section III: Consequences of Victimization (pp. 79-96)
Section V: Victims’ Rights and Remedies (pp. 150-169
This course text content may assist you in preparing your discussion posts and written assignment this week.

Article
De Mesmaecker, V. (2010). Building social support for restorative justice through the media: Is taking the victim perspective the most appropriate strategy? Contemporary Justice Review, 13(3), 239-267. doi:10.1080/10282580.2010.498225

Multimedia
The Victim Services Network. (2010, February 22). A brief history of the victims’ rights movement Part II.wmv (Links to an external site.) [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyQi50Y0L6s

This video provides a historical account of the Victims’ Rights Movement. The video is 6 minutes and 18 seconds long. This video may assist you this week in understanding the evolution of victimology.

Evaluate empirical data regarding crime victims by creating an annotated bibliography of three scholarly articles on victimology.

Victimology Annotated Bibliography

This week’s required readings discussed crime victims’ participation in the criminal justice system and their legal rights and remedies.

Evaluate empirical data regarding crime victims by creating an annotated bibliography of three scholarly articles on victimology.

Each source on the annotated bibliography must have its own explanatory paragraph (annotation).

Each of the annotations must

Provide the reader with the complete APA reference entry.

Explain who conducted the research.

Specify the methods used to conduct the research.

Describe the target population in the research.

Summarize the findings of the research.

Explain the contributions of the research.

Visit the Writing Center for a Sample Annotated Bibliography (Links to an external site.).

The Victimology Annotated Bibliography

Must be three double-spaced pages in length (excluding title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Writing Center (Links to an external site.).

Must include a separate title page with the following:
Title of paper

Student’s name

Course name and number

Instructor’s name

Date submitted

Must use at least three scholarly sources in addition to the course text.

Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Writing Center.

Required Resources
Texts
Daigle, L. E. (2017). Victimology: A text/reader (2nd ed.).

Section III: Consequences of Victimization (pp. 66-77)
Section V: Victims’ Rights and Remedies (pp. 133-147)
Erez, E., & Roberts, J. (2013). Victim participation in the criminal justice system. In R. C. Davis, A. J. Lurigio, & S. Herman (Eds.), Victims of crime (pp. 251-270).

This is Chapter 11 in this primary course text.
Howley, S., & Dorris, C. F. (2013). Legal rights for crime victims in the criminal justice system. In R. C. Davis, A. J. Lurigio, & S. Herman (Eds.), Victims of crime (pp. 271-292).

This is Chapter 12 in this primary course text.

Recommended Resources
Text
Daigle, L. E. (2017). Victimology: A text/reader (2nd ed.).

Section III: Consequences of Victimization (pp. 79-96)
Section V: Victims’ Rights and Remedies (pp. 150-169
This course text content may assist you in preparing your discussion posts and written assignment this week.

Article
De Mesmaecker, V. (2010). Building social support for restorative justice through the media: Is taking the victim perspective the most appropriate strategy? Contemporary Justice Review, 13(3), 239-267. doi:10.1080/10282580.2010.498225

Multimedia
The Victim Services Network. (2010, February 22). A brief history of the victims’ rights movement Part II.wmv (Links to an external site.) [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyQi50Y0L6s

This video provides a historical account of the Victims’ Rights Movement.

The video is 6 minutes and 18 seconds long. This video may assist you this week in understanding the evolution of victimology.

Critically discuss the similarities and differences between how families of offenders are treated, and how the families of victims are treated, both inside and outside of the criminal justice system.

1) Critically discuss the similarities and differences between how families of offenders are treated, and how the families of victims are treated, both inside and outside of the criminal justice system.

For a 4000-word essay, it is expected that you would have an introduction and conclusion. In your introduction (c. 300 words), briefly explain the focus of your essay, in terms of the concepts, theories, and examples you will be using, and the general thread of your argument. It can also be useful to explain why the essay question is an important question to ask.

In your conclusion (c. 500 words), briefly synthesis what you have discussed (rather than merely repeat it), identify any key conclusions and identify areas for further work e.g. future areas for research and theory, and/or policy and practice.