Determine whether Hand was entitled to Miranda warnings. Explain whether the fact that Hand was not a citizen of the United States affects his rights in relation to the Fifth Amendment right to remain silent.

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Criminal Justice Question

Prior to beginning your written assignment, read the Fifth AmendmentLinks to an external site. article, the Competency to Waive Fifth Amendment Rights during Custodial InterviewLinks to an external site. article, You Might Have the Right to Remain Silent: An Erosion of the Fifth Amendment With the Use of Pre-arrest SilenceLinks to an external site. article, and the Miranda v. Arizona, 386 U.S. 436 (1966) court decision.

Read the following case scenario:

The former Sameer Shariff, a Saudi Arabian national who changed his name to “The Left Hand of God” and is known to his followers as “Hand,” is a suspected terrorist. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents believe that he is planning an imminent attack somewhere in Capital City. Under duress to prevent the attack, three DHS agents and three FBI agents storm into Hand’s house, burst into his bedroom, where he is in bed with a woman, and point shotguns at him. They demand to know what he is planning. No Miranda warnings are read. Hand tells them that he has hired Alex “Boom Boom” Jaxon, a known explosives expert, to plant a bomb in the Capital City Arena, with a timer to go off in three hours when the arena will be filled with over 20,000 people for a music concert.

Jaxon is known to the police and is in Central City, which is two hours away. He is arrested by Central City police and calls his lawyer in Capital City, who tells him he will meet him there and to remain silent. The lawyer then tells Central City police that they are not to question Jaxon until they arrive in Capital City and the lawyer is present.

Central City Police Officer McFadden drives Jaxon to Capital City. McFadden knows that DHS, FBI, and Capital City police are searching the arena, but McFadden is afraid they will not find the bomb in time. By the time that McFadden and Jaxon arrive in Central city, the concert hall is already full of audience members, and the show is set to begin in twenty minutes.

McFadden, who knows Jaxon’s family from previous police contacts, tells Jaxon that his mother and two brothers, who have been surveilled by the police for the last six weeks, are at the concert and will die if the bomb goes off. Jaxon leads McFadden to the bomb, which is defused. A crying Jaxon states that his purpose was to kill infidels, but he would never harm his family.

Research Fifth Amendment cases, including Miranda v. Arizona, 386 U.S. 436 (1966), which involves custodial interrogation and the right against self-incrimination.

In your paper,

  • Determine whether Hand was entitled to Miranda warnings.
  • Explain whether the fact that Hand was not a citizen of the United States affects his rights in relation to the Fifth Amendment right to remain silent.
  • Identify whether Hand’s questioning was custodial.
  • Explain whether McFadden’s statement about his family constitutes custodial interrogation.
  • Evaluate whether Hand’s statement can be used against him in a court of law.
  • Explain whether Jaxon’s statement be used against him in a court of law.
  • Determine whether Jaxon can testify against Hand.

Select a movie. Compare Hollywood’s images to news images to research findings of justice official behavior. What are these images? How do they compare? How do these media images affect justice effectiveness? How can we improve images as well as reality?

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Hollywood and Police

Justice Paper: This paper must examine Hollywood’s images of police, prosecutors, public defense attorneys, or corrections officials. Select a movie. Compare Hollywood’s images to news images to research findings of justice official behavior. What are these images? How do they compare? How do these media images affect justice effectiveness? How can we improve images as well as reality?

Propose a policy for improvement. Be sure to focus your paper on a specific image such as corruption, criminal activity, heroism, etc. Sections of your paper must be: Title Page; Introduction; Hollywood Images; News Images; Research Findings; Conclusion; References. You may reword the section names to fit the specifics of your topic

Examine the Innocence Project and its role in our Justice System. Is their role necessary or not? Defend your research.

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CCJ4662 Discussion Questions

Examine the Innocence Project and its role in our Justice System. Is their role necessary or not? Defend your research (3 resources)

The paper must be between 500 – 750 words. You cannot use a paper that has been previously submitted. Please reference the academic honesty policy for details. The paper is to be written in the APA format failure to do so will result in a zero (0) grade. You must use a minimum of three (3) resources, the internet can only account for one (1) of the sources. All of the other resources must come from journals and books (which you may access online). Wikipedia is NOT an acceptable source, however, you may use the back research if it is a credible source. All papers will be run through turnitin.com upon submission. The Canvas software will complete this for you.

How does the data they provided compare to what you have researched about your topic? How does the data and patterns from this website compare to what you learned about crime patterns, trends, typologies, and theory? Does any of these fit the patterns of criminal behavior found in the two case studies? Explain your findings.

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Property Crime or White-Collar Crime: Burglary

There will be three parts to this paper assignment.

  • Part I: Traditional Academic paper
  • Part II: Analysis and Comparison
  • Part III: Critique and Opinion

Paper Sections:

Part I: Traditional Academic Paper

This paper will have three parts to it. The first part is the traditional academic paper. This is a five page traditional academic paper. It does not contain a student’s opinion. The traditional academic paper must not contain the student’s opinion on the topic. This assignment is not an opinion paper, so do not use content must also not be directed at the reader in terms of using (Up to 10 points will be deducted if this criterion is not followed)

Criteria for Font, Length, ‘ Spacing:

The paper must be 5-7 pages in length, using a black font of at least 10 in size and no larger than 12. The font’s styles must either be Arial or Times New Roman. This paper must be double-spaced. If the paper’s written content is not double-spaced or the font guidelines are followed

Body of the Paper:

Must Include Two Actual Cases within the Paper:

Students must include two actual cases that relate to their paper’s topic. A student may use more than two cases, but two cases are required within the term paper. (Up to 10 points will be deducted if two cases are not included within the paper)

For example, if a student chooses arson, the paper must reflect two actual arson cases. As students write their papers, they should appropriately link these cases throughout the paper. How does each case relate to what was learned?

What type of arson did the offenders identify in either of these cases? In the part of the paper that discusses types of arson, these would be examples within that section.

These cases should be used throughout the term paper as supporting data for the points within the paper. If one of the two cases relates to criteria within the paper, then include it in that section. Use both cases in that section of the paper if both cases relate.

Do not force the two cases at the end of the paper. They should not just be summarized in one section of the paper. Any student that awkwardly forces both cases in at the end of the term paper will have 5 points deducted from the paper’s grade.

* Include any official crime statistical data and other types of crime data collecting (victim surveys, self-reporting, and participant observation) when they apply to the crime topic. Explain what the statistical data reveals about the patterns of criminal behavior. Are there any possible issues or causations associated with this data?

*The paper must include patterns and trends of the crime topic. Explain what these patterns and trends reveal about the patterns of criminal behavior for that crime. When discussing the patterns and trends of that criminal behavior, did either of the offenders in these cases reflect what was known about them in the textbook and the research on this topic?

*Explain using academic data what their studies reveal about the crime topic? Explain any typologies relating to that crime. What typologies of this type of crime did the offenders identify in either of these cases? In the part of the paper that discusses typologies, these would be examples within that section.

*Students must explain the characteristics of the offenders of this type of crime. Continue by discussing if either of these offenders has any common characteristics described in the textbook or found in researching the topic.

* The theories related to this type of crime (offenders and victims). Discuss the different theories that relate to the crime topic of this paper. Continue with discussing the two case examples that were chosen for this paper. Did either of these cases reflect crime theory? Did the offender’s characteristics or background fit any theories related to this type of crime? If so, explain and give examples within that section of the paper.

* Discuss any current policies that relate to this type of criminality. What works and doesn’t work? Explain and include supporting data.

*Conclusion to this part of the paper.

Part II: Analysis & Comparison

The second part of this academic paper analyzes crime data/mapping from a law enforcement website on the crime topic. This is a 1 page crime data comparison of the crime topic. It does not contain a student’s opinion. It is an analysis of the website data on the topic.

There will be 5 points deducted if the submitted paper does not have at least one full page of written content for part II of this paper.

Police/Law Enforcement Website:

Go to a Police/Law Enforcement Website that contains crime data/crime statistics/crime mapping and research your crime topic. Try and find it for an entire year (1/1/22-12/31/22). Look at multiple law enforcement websites to find one that shows you the best data for your topic.

How does the data they provided compare to what you have researched about your topic? How does the data and patterns from this website compare to what you learned about crime patterns, trends, typologies, and theory? Does any of these fit the patterns of criminal behavior found in the two case studies? Explain your findings.

Conclusion for this section of the paper.

Criteria for Academic Resources & Referencing:

The paper assignment must contain at least five (5) academic resources cited. Class materials and texts are encouraged in the paper assignment but do not count as any of the five required academic resources. A student may have more than five (5) resources cited in the paper, but five (5) resources must fit the academic criteria as stated.

The online library is a good source for locating resources for this paper assignment. Acceptable resources from it are peer-reviewed journal articles or other textbooks. Do not use newspaper articles or magazines (Time, People, Newsweek, The New Yorker). Examples of peer-reviewed journals are the Journal of Criminology, International Journal of Victimology, Criminal Justice and Behavior, Journal of Criminal Justice, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Journal of School Violence, Journal of Quantitative Criminology, etc.

Students may use credible online resources. These online resources must end with .gov (FBI, DEA, NIJ, Department of Justice, CDC.gov) .org (National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, ncadv.org, rainn.org). Do not use Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia, online newspaper articles, online magazines (examples are Time, People, Newsweek, and The New Yorker), or any blogs as the required academic resources for the paper. If you have any questions about acceptable online resources, please contact me.

News websites (CNN, FOX, MSNBC, Newsmax, etc.), Newspaper articles (The New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, etc.), magazines (Time, People, Newsweek, The New Yorker, etc.), and Infotainment (COPS TV show, A&E documentaries, Netflix, HULU, etc.) are not academic resources.

If a student does not follow these criteria for the required academic resources, then up to 10 points can be deducted from the paper.

*If a student is unsure about an acceptable resource, contact me through Canvas for clarification.

The referencing format for the paper is APA. If any student fails to follow these guidelines for the references or does not have references within their paper assignment, up to 5 points will be deducted per infraction. Meaning up to 25 points can be deducted if there is a failure to correctly reference the five (5) required academic resources.

*If a student has questions about the referencing format, contact me through Canvas for clarification.

 

 

Part III: Critique

Critique:
Once this part of the paper is completed, write a one or two-paragraph critique of the police/law enforcement website used in part II of the paper assignment. This is not part of the traditional academic research paper. This critique is part of the grading.

There will be 5 points deducted if the submitted paper does not contain a critique of the law enforcement/police website.

In the critique, discuss how this website could show the data, statistics, and any crime mapping in a more effective means of understanding the patterns of criminal behavior for that type of crime. What and how should it be more user-friendly for citizens and students researching that type of crime? What should it show that it currently does not? Students should also explain the positive aspects of this website. What does it tell citizens of that community about the crime topic?

Identify a specific ethical dilemma that might be encountered by a support service worker. Use examples from your local news or the textbook for ideas, if needed. Describe how personal boundaries may assist the worker with the ethical dilemma.

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Wk 3 – Personal Boundaries and Ethical Decision-Making [due Mon]

Assignment Content

To prepare for working with justice-involved individuals, the best way to protect yourself from failing due do ethical issues is to think through dilemmas ahead of time and know how to establish your personal boundaries.

Imagine you have been tasked with educating new support services workers on how to resolve ethical dilemmas.

Write a 525- to 700-word handout designed to offer guidance to the new support service workers. Include the following:
Identify a specific ethical dilemma that might be encountered by a support service worker. Use examples from your local news or the textbook for ideas, if needed.
Describe how personal boundaries may assist the worker with the ethical dilemma.
Identify the ethical codes that may apply to the situation.
Identify which decision-making model you may apply to the ethical dilemma to guide working with the client in the scenario.
Describe how this decision-making model can facilitate your ability to maintain ethical practices in human service and criminal justice fields.

Use images and design the page to best deliver the information.

Note: This assessment does not require in-text citations.

Are there any sexual behaviors that are now considered “deviant” that may become accepted sexual practices in the future? Give examples and explanations as to why you think these practices will be considered mainstream in the future.

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Criminal justice Question

Throughout history there have been constant changes of what is considered to be sexually deviant behavior. Are there any sexual behaviors that are now considered “deviant” that may become accepted sexual practices in the future? Give examples and explanations as to why you think these practices will be considered mainstream in the future.

Explain how and why, after 100 years of neglect by criminologists, there was a rebirth of deterrence theory. Provide a brief description of each of the waves/phases of deterrence research.

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Discussion Question

NOTE: Students may use only the materials included in the module/course to answer the questions in their own words (do not copy directly). Students may not work with others or use other/outside online resources. Refer to the Syllabus for more information.https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WbT7_HmB3NllfRZ1k… Link is for Chapter 2

Students must answer the questions included in each of the two parts outlined below using at least 1000 words total (approximately 500 words per Part; questions do not count towards the word count). Create a thread with answers in an “Original Post” (10 points) directly in the discussion forum (do not attach a PDF, Word, or other document). Following the Original Post, students will be able to read posts by other students and must write two “Response Posts” using 250 words or more each as a reply to others on the forum (2.5 points each; 5 points total). Responses can include comments or questions about any topics discussed in posts by other students; try to engage in a dialogue to expand and share perspectives on various subjects. Posts may be in paragraph or bullet point form but must use legible/reasonable black font (such as 12 pt. Times New Roman or Arial). Because there is a possibility of technical difficulties, students are strongly encouraged to not wait until the due date to submit their work and to double-check it was posted properly; additionally, students are encouraged to back up their work in a Word document or other safe place in case an error with Canvas arises.

Part 1 (more from Module 2 – Chapter 2):
1. Explain the major assumptions/principles of deterrence theory.
2. Discuss some of the policy implications based on deterrence theory.

Part 2 (more from Module 3 – Chapter 3):
1. Explain how and why, after 100 years of neglect by criminologists, there was a rebirth of deterrence theory.
2. Provide a brief description of each of the waves/phases of deterrence research. Be sure to include:
a.) what each wave of research examined (in terms of data),
b.) what the findings showed/policy implications,
c.) the limitations of the research, and
d.) other relevant information.

On what theory or theories might Tommy recover damages and what defenses may reasonably be raised against: El Bicho Discuss. Mary Discuss.

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Criminal Justice Question

Open a blank Microsoft® Word® document which should be labeled ‘Torts 612 Assignment # 8’ followed by your last name and your student number. In that Word Document answer the following essay question in an IRAC format. Choose your sentences carefully. They should explain why your choice is correct. Do not be conclusionary. Once you have completed this assignment, save it on your computer where you will be able to find it. You will then use the ‘browse’ button at the bottom of the assignment to retrieve the assignment and then submit it by clicking the ‘upload’ button. The faculty’s correct answer and some of the student’s answers will be posted on the Assignment Forum. You will earn participation credit for submitting substantive comments about the answers posted.

El Bicho Manufacturing produces a bug spray poison called “Bugs be Gone” and sells the product through a network of retail distributors. El bicho came up with a new package design for the spray can that contains the bug spray. The design was pretty pink, yellow and purple flowers with a few butterflies and ladybugs on the label. Distributor Sales Co. sold 100 cases to Acme a home improvement chain. In the State of Carlton, a consumer, Mrs. Angie Jones, who has ants in her kitchen, purchased two cans of Bugs be Gone” from Acme. When she arrived home she used the spray around her kitchen to kill the ants.

Once she was done cleaning up the dead ants from her kitchen, she left the spray cans on the kitchen table and then went upstairs to shower and get dressed to go out to dinner with her husband, Jon. Once the baby sitter, Mary showed up, Jon and Angie left for the restaurant leaving Tommy, their 4 year old boy with the baby sitter. Tommy cannot yet read. While they were out to dinner Tommy goes into the kitchen and finds the Bugs be Gone can of bug poison. Mistaking it for air freshener, Tommy sprays the bug spray around the kitchen and some of the spray got into his eyes, thereby causing serious permanent damage to his left eye. Mary did not see Tommy go into the kitchen, since she was busy texting her boyfriend on her cell phone.

On what theory or theories might Tommy recover damages and what defenses may reasonably be raised against:

  1. El Bicho  Discuss.
  2. Mary  Discuss.

Remember, this assignment must be prepared in Microsoft® Word® using the Times New Roman font, 12 point, single space, double space between paragraphs. Each page must be numbered and your last name and student number included on the upper left hand corner of each page.

On what theory or theories might the injured milk consumers recover damages from, and what defenses should they anticipate, in actions against: Grain Co.? Discuss. Farmer Jones? Discuss. Big Food? Discuss.

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Extra Credit Assignment 8

You may earn extra credit by completing the Extra Credit Writing Assignments in this course. Immediately below is an Extra Credit Essay Question for you to complete. Please understand that the Extra Credit Writing Assignment is not a substitute for the Required Writing Assignment that is due this week. You will not earn the Weekly Writing Assignment Credit for completing the Extra Credit Writing Assignment.

This Extra Credit Essay Question is to be complete this week and submitted according to the directions below. You will not receive a grade for this Extra Credit Assignment. However a sample answer will be posted so you can compare your work to the sample answer.

Open a blank Microsoft® Word® document which should be labeled ‘Torts 612 Extra Credit # 8’ followed by your last name and your student number. Once you have completed this assignment, save it on your computer where you will be able to find it. You will then use the ‘browse’ button at the bottom of the assignment to retrieve the assignment and then submit it by clicking the ‘upload’ button.

Grain Co. purchases grain from farmers each fall to resell as seed grain to other farmers for spring planting. Because of problems presented by parasites which attack and eat seed grain that is stored for more than a few months, Grain Co., like all seed grain dealers, always treats the seed grain it purchases with an invisible mercury-based chemical to poison these parasites. Grain Co. sells the seed grain loose by the truckload to the farmers who will plant the seed. The Grain Co. trucks display signs that state: “Seed Grain. Not for Use in Food Products.”

Farmer Jones bought a truckload of seed grain from Grain Co. She was present when the seed grain was delivered, and supervised the Grain Co. employees who unloaded the seed grain into her silos. She then used some of the seed grain to sow her field. When she found that she had some seed grain left over, she fed it to her dairy cattle. Farmer Jones sold the milk produced by her dairy cattle to Big Food Stores, Inc. (“Big Food”). Several of the people who bought their milk at Big Food became seriously ill, and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), a government agency that investigates outbreaks of illness, determined that mercury poisoning was the cause of their illness. CDC traced the mercury to the milk that Farmer Jones sold to Big Food.

On what theory or theories might the injured milk consumers recover damages from, and what defenses should they anticipate, in actions against:

  1. Grain Co.? Discuss.
  2. Farmer Jones? Discuss.
  3. Big Food? Discuss.

Remember, this assignment must be prepared in Microsoft® Word® using the Times New Roman font, 12 point, single space, double space between paragraphs. Each page must be numbered and your last name and student number included on the upper left hand corner of each page.

Under what theory or theories might Victor’s parents bring an action for damages against Alice? Discuss.

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Extra Credit Assignment 6

You may earn extra credit by completing the Extra Credit Writing Assignments in this course. Immediately below is an Extra Credit Essay Question for you to complete. Please understand that the Extra Credit Writing Assignment is not a substitute for the Required Writing Assignment that is due this week. You will not earn the Weekly Writing Assignment Credit for completing the Extra Credit Writing Assignment.

This Extra Credit Essay Question is to be completed this week and submitted according to the directions below. You will not receive a grade for this Extra Credit Assignment. However a sample answer will be posted so you can compare your work to the sample answer.

Open a blank Microsoft® Word® document which should be labeled ‘Torts 612 Extra Credit # 6’ followed by your last name and your student number. Once you have completed this assignment, save it on your computer where you will be able to find it. You will then use the ‘browse’ button at the bottom of the assignment to retrieve the assignment and then submit it by clicking the ‘upload’ button.

Alice operates a daycare center in her home from Monday through Friday for children from ages 6 months to three years old. One Friday, she discovered some mice in her house and called Bob, an exterminator. She told Bob that she runs the daycare center in her home for very young children and needs to get rid of the mice by the following Monday, when the children will return.

On Saturday, Bob placed small plastic packages of poison pellets in the corners of every room in the house. He explained that the mice would gnaw through the plastic packaging to eat the pellets, and then die shortly thereafter. On each package was printed the following warning:

“DANGER: THIS PACKAGE CONTAINS POISION, WHICH MAY BE HARMFUL TO HUMAN HEALTH IF SWALLOWED!”

Before leaving Alice’s house, Bob told her that the mice should ingest the pellets by Monday morning and that she could if she wanted to remove what is left of the packages before the children arrived.

Shortly before the children arrived on Monday morning, Alice removed as many of the packages of poison as she could find. Later that day, nine-month-old Victor, one of the children in Alice’s daycare center, was crawling along the floor of the living room when he found a package that Alice had missed. It had already been gnawed into by a mouse, and Victor reached in and ate some of the pellets. He became seriously ill. Medical tests determined that Victor’s illness was caused by his ingestion of the mouse poison.

Under what theory or theories might Victor’s parents bring an action for damages against Alice? Discuss.

Remember, this assignment must be prepared in Microsoft® Word® using the Times New Roman font, 12 point, single space, double space between paragraphs. Each page must be numbered and your last name and student number included on the upper left hand corner of each page.