We have also discussed the various Conventions that many nation states are signatures to, do you believe that the use of the Death Penalty violates those conventions? Explain your answer.

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Death Penalty

You are required to respond to your peers, per the posting requirements for this course.

The Death Penalty has been a topic of hot debate for decades now, and within the last 15 years the Supreme Court has issues opinions on whether the death penalty is a viable punishment for juvenile offenders . Put differently, is the death penalty actually justice? Does it achieve the intended goal of punishment?

It should not be alarming to you that most countries around the world practice and use the death penalty. The Pope, Amnesty International, and many other organizations vehemently oppose the use and practice of the Death Penalty.

We have also discussed the various Conventions that many nation states are signatures to, do you believe that the use of the Death Penalty violates those conventions? Explain your answer.

 

Analyze the effect’s potential impact on at least two elements of the criminal justice system. Identify how the reality of forensics might differ from perceptions resulting from popular television shows.

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Forensic Science and Criminalistics

  • Summarize the CSI effect and Evaluate if it is a legitimate concern.
  • Analyze the effect’s potential impact on at least two elements of the criminal justice system.
  • Identify how the reality of forensics might differ from perceptions resulting from popular television shows.

 

Define forensic science and how it contributes to a case, as well as explain the CSI Effect and the scientific method.
▪ Summarize the history of forensic science and contributors to the field.
▪ List and describe some forensic science specialties.
▪ Identify the elements of a forensic investigation, how physical evidence can be produced, and forensic analysis.
▪ Describe the work and work product of a forensic scientist.
▪ Describe the U.S. court system, and the key rulings on physical evidence admissibility through expert testimony.
▪ List and discuss major issues in forensic science today.

  • https://archive.gfjc.fiu.edu/csieffect/index.html
  • https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/csi-effect-does-it-really-exist

Explain the challenges associated with reporting data to crime databases experienced by victims, witnesses and police.

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Reporting data to crime databases

Explain the challenges associated with reporting data to crime databases (such as the UCR, NIBRS, or the NCVS) experienced by victims, witnesses and police. Make sure to include police-related factors that may affect reported crime rates. Explain the challenges associated with the accuracy of victim responses to victimization surveys.

Discuss the health (physical and psychological), medical, economic and criminal justice costs associated with crime.

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Crime

Discuss the health (physical and psychological), medical, economic and criminal justice costs associated with crime. Be sure to cover tangible and intangible costs, as well as costs shouldered by victims, the criminal justice system and third parties. Include in your answer the concept of double victimization and the impact it has on victims.

Describe your selected policy issue and the related state or federal positions or actions on the issue, and explain the connection between the departmental policy and state or federal guidance on the issue.

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3-2 Final Project Milestone One: Departmental Policy and Issue Selection and Introduction

Overview: For this assignment, due in Module Three, you will submit a 1-2 page document introducing the public policy issue that your departmental policy will seek to address. First, review the document A List of Public Policy Issues and select an issue. Next, review the document Examples of Departmental Policies and select a departmental policy that you plan to make improvement recommendations for to address this issue. Discuss related public policies (decisions, actions, laws, and/or positions) of both the state and federal government on the issue that you seek to address with your departmental policy. Describe your selected policy issue and the related state or federal positions or actions on the issue, and explain the connection between the departmental policy and state or federal guidance on the issue.

Prompt: Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:
I. Introduction: Describe your selected public policy issue, corresponding departmental policy, and explain the connection between the public policy issue and specific departmental policy.

II. Describe related public policies (decisions, actions, laws, and or positions) of both the state and federal government on the issue that you seek to address with your departmental policy.

Guidelines for Submission: Milestone One should follow these formatting guidelines: 1-2 pages in length (excluding title and reference pages), double spaced, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and citations in APA style. Cite your sources within the text of your paper and on the reference page.
Refer to the Criminal Justice Library Tips for assistance in finding and citing outside sources.

Note that the grading rubric for this milestone submission is not identical to that of the final project. The Final Project Rubric will include an additional “Exemp ary” category that provides guidance as to how you can go above and beyond “Proficient” in your final submission.

Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (80%) Not Evident (0%) Value Introduction Describes the selected public policy issue, corresponding departmental policy, and explains the connection between the public policy issue and departmental policy Describes the selected public policy issue and corresponding departmental policy, but does not sufficiently explain the connection between the public policy issue and Does not describe the selected public policy issue and corresponding departmental policy, or does not explain the connection between the public policy issue and departmental ‘policy 40 ra a r Y

Describe the general symptoms of three types of personality disorders. Explain the theories behind the etiology of these personality disorders. Determine the relationship between these personality disorders and criminal behavior.

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Personality disorders

Write 1,050- to 1,400-word paper describing the theories related to personality disorders. Include the following:

Describe the general symptoms of three types of personality disorders.

Explain the theories behind the etiology of these personality disorders.

Determine the relationship between these personality disorders and criminal behavior.

 

What does ‘police accountability’ mean? Why do we need effective systems of police accountability and oversight?

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Police accountability

What does ‘police accountability’ mean? Why do we need effective systems of police accountability and oversight?

Explain the difference in ending supervision successfully and unsuccessfully.

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Ending supervision

Explain the difference in ending supervision successfully and unsuccessfully. Remember to put things in your own words and cite using APA (in-text and bibliography).

 

 

Explain TWO of the constitutional violations in the Gault case that were violated by authorities and then addressed by the UCJA. What safeguards for juvenile due process were put in place by the supreme court decisions?

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Difference in supreme court ruling

Compare and contrast the UJCA and In re Gault supreme court ruling by answering the following questions:

1) Explain TWO of the constitutional violations in the Gault case that were violated by authorities and then addressed by the UCJA.  BE SPECIFIC in defining how Mr. Gault’s rights under the Constitution’s Bill of Rights amendments were violated and by who(m).

2) What safeguards for juvenile due process were put in place by the supreme court decisions?

Provide an analysis of contemporary representations of punishment in everyday life and/or popular culture from western culture.

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Contemporary Rep of Punishment

Punishing the Poor

Required readings;

– Chunn, Dorothy E., and Shelley A.M. Gavigan. 2014. “Welfare Fraud to Welfare as Fraud: The Criminalization of Poverty”. In Gillian Balfour and Elizabeth Comack (eds.). Criminalizing Women: Gender and (in)Justice in Neo-Liberal Times, Black Point, Winnipeg: Fernwood Publishing, pp. 197-214.

– Pollack, Shoshana. 2010. “Labelling Clients ‘Risky’: Social Work and the Neo-liberal Welfare State.” British Journal of Social Work 40: 1263–1278.

Additional resources

– Pivot Legal Society. 2018. “Testifying against harmful laws before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights”. https://www.pivotlegal.org/testifying_against_harmful_laws_before_the_house_of_commons_committee_on_justice_and_human_rights

 

Your final essay will provide an analysis of contemporary representations of punishment in everyday life and/or popular culture from western culture. Representations can include institutional productions and regulations of punishment and penalty (e.g., courts, corrections, policing, psychiatric institutions, long-term care, etc.), official governmental or non-governmental reports, media (such as news stories, TV series, movies, podcasts), and/or artistic or other cultural renditions related to contemporary representations of punishment. You may choose to focus on a particular theme or to include a variety of representations. This assignment is intended to provide you with the opportunity to engage with the course material in the present context, including in the communities in which we live.