Category: Criminal Law

 Assignment 2: Digital Crime Theories Due Week 6 and worth 170 points Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you: Select  two (2) of the theories, suggested in Chapter 3 of the text, that a  researcher could use to explain the cause of digital crime. Provide a  rationale to support your response. […]

Compose an informative essay that discusses the evolution of probation and parole in the United States from inception to current day correctional practice. How has supervision changed throughout history? What factors have brought about these changes? Make sure to include relevant milestones and related shifts in the approach to these sanctions. Discuss the impact of […]

The Role of the Researcher As you have learned in this course evidence based practices are critical to the success of community based correctional programming. For this assignment you will step into the role of researcher conducting a study to determine the effectiveness of a correctional alternative for one of these special populations. Complete the […]

Assignment Details Assignment 2: Technology Technological advances in Community Corrections include the use of computers and satellites to monitor offenders in the community. Create a 5-6 slide PowerPoint presentation addressing the use of technology within community corrections. Include the following in your presentation: Identify the types of offenders this correctional practice is intended for. Describe […]

“Prisoners’ Rights” Please respond to the following: (200 words only) According to the text, offenders do not have full Constitutional rights, but the U.S. Constitution does afford offenders some protection. Choose two (2) of the four (4) key sources of prisoners’ rights (i.e., the U.S. Constitution, federal statutes, state constitutions, and state statutes). Provide your opinion […]

Write a 1,400-1,750-word paper in which you evaluate past, present, and future trends in the interface between human services and the criminal justice system and criminal justice connections with surrounding society. In your paper include the following: Identify recent (within the last 10 years) and contemporary issues affecting human services provided within criminal justice system. […]

CJ490: Research Methods in Criminal Justice Unit 3 Worksheet Student Name: Read the following research experiment conducted by the Police Foundation in 1974: Kelling, G. L., Pate, T., Dieckman, D., & Brown, C. E. (1974). The Kansas City preventive patrol experiment: A summary report. Police Foundation. Retrieved from https://www.policefoundation.org/publication/the-kansas-city-preventive-patrol-experiment/ Brief summary: The Kansas City preventive patrol […]

Reflect on your preparations for your Final Capstone Project. Detail at least one area of your research that either made you change a pre-existing position you held on a major criminal or social justice issue, or share something that surprised you in the course of your research. Explain why your viewpoints have changed and how […]

The focus of the capstone project is to solve a contemporary social and criminal justice issue through the application of information from a variety of related fields, which may include sociology, law, psychology, and ethics. In developing a proposed solution to a modern social and criminal justice issue, you are encouraged to use scholarly and […]

In this course, you have learned that social policies are formulated to solve social problems considered important by a mass of voters, media, and political actors. Social policy is but one solution to the problem—not necessarily the most rational, effective, or socially just. Social policies are human creations and, as such, can be changed. In […]