Assume you were a prosecutor investigating an alleged rape of an exotic dancer who has a criminal record. List and describe three types information/evidence that you might find during your investigation, that could be “Brady” material.

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CJA 356 W1 DB

For each question, the response should be a paragraph.

Question 1:
As a member of a prosecution or defense team, you may be called on to brainstorm a theory of a case or a helpful analogy. Here is another example of an analogy:

Fact to be established: It was raining outside at 9am.

Direct evidence is based on personal knowledge or observation of the person testifying. No inference or presumption is needed.

Circumstantial evidence indirectly proves a fact. It is based on an inference that the jury must draw­, rather than based on personal knowledge or the witnesses observation.

It is crucial that members of the prosecution and defense team, as well as jurors, understand legal concepts, like direct and circumstantial evidence. Simple, commonsense analogies are a helpful tool to explain abstract legal concepts. As a member of a prosecution or defense team, you may be called on to brainstorm the theory and arguments in a case.

Here is an example of an analogy used to explain these concepts:

  • Fact to be established: It was raining outside at 9am.
  • Direct Evidence: A witness testifies that at 9am, they looked out the window and saw it was pouring rain.
  • Circumstantial Evidence: A witness testifies that at 9 am, they were working in their windowless office. At that time, they saw their co-worker Jack come in through the front door with: wet hair, a wet jacket and wet shoes.

Your Assignment:

1. Come up with 1 strong analogy that you could use to describe the concepts of direct and circumstantial evidence. To do this:

First, come up with the fact you want to establish­. Stick with a simple, everyday situation. (Ie. The dog was swimming in the lake.)
Next, come up with one example of direct evidence that supports that fact. (Ie. The owner saw his dog swimming in the lake.)
Finally, come up with one example of circumstantial evidence to prove this fact. (Ie. The owner was in the house when he heard a big splash. A few minutes later his dog ran in the house soaking wet, leaving a trail of wet foot prints down to the lake.)

Question 2: Read: Brady v. Maryland 373 U.S. 83 (1963)

Under Brady v. Maryland and its progeny, the prosecution and its agencies must disclose exculpatory evidence to the defense.

Assume you were a prosecutor investigating an alleged rape of an exotic dancer who has a criminal record. List and describe three types information/evidence that you might find during your investigation, that could be “Brady” material.

Question 3:

Here’s a link to a Youtube Video https://youtu.be/KnQDlkteDng to help us better understand Testimonial Evidence. What’s your understanding now of testimonial evidence after reviewing this video?

What legal ramifications are there, if any? Do you accept the order? Why or why not? How will your decision affect current or future clients? How will your decision affect your public image?

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Marketing managers oversee organizations’ public relations to minimize any negative publicity.Imagine that you are the marketing manager of a large graphic design firm. You have been asked, by a highly controversial leader of an anti-immigration group, to design images and logos for posters and promotional items. These items will be used in an anti-immigration rally at the state capital. Most of the public in your area strongly disagrees with this special interest group, and in the past, there have been violent counterprotests.You must prepare a report to the company owner on what actions you believe your firm should take. In the report, summarize the positions of the opposing special interest groups. The report should also take into consideration the security risks associated with accepting the order and public image considerations about accepting/declining the order.Write a 700- to 1050-word report.Include the following in your report:

  • Summarize the positions of the opposing special interest groups (e.g., what their goals/beliefs are considering current law and social trends).
  • Identify the security risks to the firm.
  • What legal ramifications are there, if any?
  • Do you accept the order? Why or why not?
  • How will your decision affect current or future clients?
  • How will your decision affect your public image?
  • How will your decision affect the citizens in your local community?
  • How will your local law enforcement and/or private security agencies effectively handle a potential protest?
  • Summarize by analyzing how your actions will affect citizens in your local community, law enforcement officials, and your organization.

Cite at least 2 outside references to support your assignment.Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.

 

Why do you think white-collar crime research was largely ignored until the 1960s and 1970s? Why is it that some of the traditional theories of crime cannot explain white-collar crime?

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Week 3: White Collar Crime

For your opening post, answer ONE of the following questions. Your first post is due by WEDNESDAY. Include any lingering questions you have about the white collar crime readings and lecture or include a question for your peers, to help them think through the material more deeply. Cite your sources, please! Students lose points for not citing their sources. It is very important to cite at graduate level. Your work is not opinion; your writing/work comes from empirical and other academic sources. Personal experiences are permitted, as long as you answer the question prompts.

Your post should relate directly to the readings and lecture about white collar crime. Cite your sources – points will be deducted for missing sources in your peer reply. Please adhere to APA within your peer posts.

1. Why do you think white-collar crime research was largely ignored until the 1960s and 1970s? Why is it that some of the traditional theories of crime cannot explain white-collar crime? Do you think white-collar crime is less or more serious than traditional street crime? Why? Why do you think white-collar crime was largely hidden from society for so many years? Make an argument, provide evidence, cite your sources.

2. How would you study white-collar crime? Do you believe it is easier to study white-collar crime now or in the past? Why? Explain why white-collar crime has damaging social costs and physical costs. Why do these costs often outnumber the costs of traditional street crime? Make an argument, provide evidence, cite your sources.

3.How did white-collar crime call into question traditional theories of crime? Explain how the traditional theories could not explain white-collar crime. Are there any traditional theories that can be used to explain white-collar crime? Explain. Make an argument, provide evidence, cite your sources.

4. Explain how corporations normalize deviance. What are some reasons that corporations may be organized in a criminal manner? How does the workplace present offenders with many criminal opportunities? Give examples of these opportunities. Describe lure. Give examples. Why is it so prevalent in the corporate world? What policy implications could come out of Shover and Hochstetler’s work concerning lure? Make an argument, provide evidence, cite your sources.

5.How do white-collar offenders deny their guilty minds? Do you think this applies to street criminals? Why or why not? Why do you think accounts are shaped by the type of crime committed? Make an argument, provide evidence, cite your sources.

6.Which of the theories presented do you think does the best job at explaining white-collar crime? Why? Could these theories be integrated? Explain how. Why do you think state oversight of white-collar crime is not effective? How could you make it more effective? How would you try to prevent white-collar crime? Do you think this is an easier or harder task than preventing traditional street crime? Explain. Make an argument, provide evidence, cite your sources.

7.Using Shover and Hochstetler’s work as a guide, describe how your college campus or your workplace presents lure(s). Thoroughly explain your response. What policy could help deter this kind of behavior? Make an argument, provide evidence, cite your sources.

Why should your groups freedom of expression be protected? How would you defend your groups from accusations that they are a hate group? What are the relevant precedents for upholding your groups right to expression?

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Video Writing Assignment

The underlying belief when it comes to free speech is that opposition to expression should always be content-neutral (i.e. you cannot discriminate against a particular viewpoint, even if that viewpoint is unpopular). For this assignment, you will view one of the following videos and then offer a response in defense of their first amendment right to freedom of expression, as well as any other first amendment protections you believe are important. (citing specific cases that you would reference and standards that you would utilize). The expectation is that you will make a concise, well-articulated argument that relies on precedent and legal rationale to make your argument.

You should address the following questions

Why should your groups freedom of expression be protected?
How would you defend your groups from accusations that they are a hate group?
What are the relevant precedents for upholding your groups right to expression?

Note: These videos contain offensive language, themes, and positions. It is important that you treat this as an academic exercise where you will analyze the behavior in the video. These videos are not intended to endorse any of these positions as the positions that they take, and the behaviors that they engage in are offensive by their very nature.**

The video:
The Westboro Baptist Church – Westboro Baptist Church: Warriors for God? – YouTube

Write a fact that you think is interesting and/or important from the text. Write a specific question that you have about your fact.

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FQR

F is for Fact: write a fact that you think is interesting and/or important from the text.

Q is for Question: write a specific question that you have about your fact.

R is for Response or Reaction: write your answer or response to your question.

FQR’s should be connected to each other. You should focus them on what you think is most important to the chapter and fits the objectives so that you are creating your own study guide that you can use to prepare for the exam/reflection paper. You should also include the page number in the textbook where you found the fact.

Ch 18 (pgs 219-224) & Ch 19 (pgs 232-244 & 250-251) Journals in the book Street Law (2012), by Arbetman and O’Brien, McGraw-Hill, ISBN: 978-0-07-662405-8

Prepare a report on the details of the Novandon Discount Department Store arson fire. Include the processing of evidence provided in the scenario and the processing of evidence found at the points of origin of the fire.

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Scientific Investigative Techniques in Arson Investigation

You are the supervisor for the Beatts City Arson Squad. It is 3:00 a.m., and the temperature is below freezing. Your unit is called to a suspicious fire scene. Your team consists of you and 3 others. Upon arrival, you discover that the fire is at the Novandon Discount Department Store. There are 6,000 of these stores in the United States, and they are very successful. This store is two stories high and has a customer elevator in the front of the store and a freight elevator in the rear.

The battalion fire chief reported to you that the crowd of onlookers braving the cold to watch the fire contains about 100 people. In addition, the battalion chief provides you with 3 plastic gas containers (3 gallons each), the type used for putting gas in lawn mowers. They all have residual amounts of what smells like gasoline in them. The spouts are attached, and the caps are off of all three cans. One of your investigators takes them as evidence.

The battalion chief related that the fire had 3 points of origin. One point of origin is upstairs in the rear warehouse section, one in the upstairs ladies’ clothing department, and one downstairs in the side entrance of the store where the outdoor and garden section is located. It is clearly an arson fire. The battalion chief tells you that the fire will be under control in about 45 minutes, and he will release the scene shortly after that. You are aware, from local media sources, that this chain of stores has had employee relationship problems—specifically with gender inequality—and recently laid off 18 women for complaining.

Prepare a report on the details of the Novandon Discount Department Store arson fire. You should include the processing of evidence provided in the scenario and the processing of evidence found at the points of origin of the fire. This includes how and why you recorded the artifacts and the scene. You should include safety equipment and precautions you took during processing.

Explain your probable cause for getting a warrant for the scene.

Choose one of the reasons that you feel is the most important reason a victim chooses to stay. Discuss your thoughts on the article and the “reason battered victims stay” from Table 9-3 that you found most significant.

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Intimate Partner Violence

After reading the article this week, think more about why battered women/men stay. Some of the questions/comments we often hear related to abuse are, “why don’t they just leave”, “who would stay”, and “it is their own fault for not leaving”.

For your assignment this week, think more about the article you read and the above questions/comments. Table 9-3 on page 330 in the text book talks about four categories of reasons victims stay. Choose one of the reasons (individual factors, family and cultural factors, community services, or social policies) that you feel is the most important reason a victim chooses to stay. Society often makes assumptions that it is easy to leave, and that victims really do have a choice; we know this is not always the case. Discuss your thoughts on the article and the “reason battered victims stay” from Table 9-3 that you found most significant.

Write a 2 page essay paper, double spaced, on what happens when constitutional rights collide.

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When Constitutional Rights Collide

Write a 2 page essay paper, double spaced, on what happens when constitutional rights collide. Mask mandates, religion (1st amendment) v. Equal protection (14th amendment), ect.

What are some of the symptoms? What would this disorder look like in person? Make sure you relate this back to the DSM criteria. What is its prevalence in the U.S. population?

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Anxiety Disorders and Obsessive-Compulsive & Related Disorders

Select 1 of the following anxiety disorders:

  • Panic disorder
  • Agoraphobia
  • Generalized anxiety disorder

Provide the following details about the disorder:

  • What are some of the symptoms?
  • What would this disorder look like in person? Make sure you relate this back to the DSM criteria.
  • What is its prevalence in the U.S. population?
  • What is your perception of potential impact on workplace performance?
  • Discuss 1 type of treatment approach that has shown to be successful in treating the disorder you selected.
  • What is the long-term prognosis (i.e., can it get better?)?

 

What are Alternative Solutions to Jail Punishment to Stop Crime?

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What are Alternative Solutions to Jail Punishment to Stop Crime?

This is where you include information from sources of research from professional journal articles and books.
Your Literature Review will contain sections to support each component in your thesis/purpose statement. You will also address the advantages and disadvantages in each section.