What would your research question be if you proposed a process evaluation component to your research? For the outcome evaluation, what is your independent variable and what would your dependent variable be? How would you operationalize both?

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Developing a Research Proposal

 

Imagine that you are submitting a proposal to the U.S. Justice Department to evaluate the efficacy of a new treatment program for substance abusers within federal correctional institutions.

What would your research question be if you proposed a process evaluation component to your research?
For the outcome evaluation, what is your independent variable and what would your dependent variable be? How would you operationalize both?
What type of research design would you propose to answer both the process evaluation and outcome evaluation components in your proposal? Discuss.

Demonstrate your understanding of the topic, demonstrating analysis of critical issues and reflection on what you have learned and the implications for your own practice.

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Punishment and Penal Policy

Blogs

Your task is to produce two 500 word blog entries (overall word count 1000 words +/- 10%). One of these relates to the knowledge of the topic and one relates to reflection. Both blogs must be completed for this task. The blogs are designed for you to demonstrate your understanding of the topic, demonstrating analysis of critical issues and reflection on what you have learned and the implications for your own practice. This artifact is designed to achieve and assess learning outcomes 1, 3 and 4.

Blog 1

You should produce a 500 word blog entry, choosing one topic from the list below:

Issues in prison (such as overcrowding, drug use, culture etc.)

Effectiveness of community sentences

Use of the third (voluntary) sector in prison and/or probation services

Blog 2

You should produce a 500 word reflective blog based upon your learning from blog 1. You should consider what you have learned and how this might impact your practice. If you are not currently working with cases you might consider how this might inform future practice. You might consider the extent that exploration of the topic has challenged your own understanding and values. You may refer to a case in this reflection if you feel this illustrates your point (please use a pseudonym or initials) but this should be as concise as possible.

Additional Guidance:

Your blogs do not require an overall introduction and conclusion. Your blogs must be underpinned by the academic literature. Your blogs should include a single reference list at the end to cover both blogs. The references for this artifact must be in APA 7th edition. Include an overall title for the piece and clearly identify your blogs with sub-headings. You are encouraged to use a model of reflection to aid your reflective blog (for example, Kolb, Gibbs, Driscoll etc.).

From these facts, was Tito acting within his legal rights? Why or why not? What, if anything, should the police officer do? Explain

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Field Interviews, Arrests, and Jail

Tito and Tina are walking back to their apartments shortly before midnight on a Thursday after getting the weekend (well, a college-style weekend) started at a local bar. A police officer stops them and asks them to present identification. Tina presents her driver’s license but Tito refuses to do so.
• From these facts, was Tito acting within his legal rights?
• Why or why not?
• What, if anything, should the police officer do?
• Explain.

Discuss Utilitarian, Deontology, and Peace Making models and your perspective of them.

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Will consist of a current and/or controversial topic relevant to your opinion/stance on ethics in Justice, including sound arguments and reasoning for why you believe what you do. You need to discuss Utilitarian, Deontology, and Peace Making models and your perspective of them. The paper must be a minimum of 6 pages but no more than 10 double-spaced pages in length(may include header) and cite and incorporate the material from at least 4 peer reviewed sources using APA writing style, size 12, double spaced, Times New Roman font, and 1” margins.
The Header must clearly have a Title (Research Paper), Your Name, JUST F300X, and Due Date at the top of the first page.
The References Page is not included in the 6 minimum pages per paper.

Discuss the evolution of Juvenile Criminal in the United States. Discuss the Terrorism and other phenomena that have and will impact the institution of criminal justice in the United States.

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Answers are complete, correct and offer clear and focused evidence to support the correct answer. Correct word choice, citations, spelling, and grammar. Used a minimum of 3 complete sentences to answer the discussion.

1. Discuss the origins of correction in the United States and explain how and why corrections evolved.

2. Discuss the varied issues facing incarcerated men and women in the United States.

3.Discuss the evolution of Juvenile Criminal in the United States.

4.Discuss the Terrorism and other phenomena that have and will impact the institution of criminal justice in the United States.

What are your views about this more recent way of criminal sanctioning? What overall advice would you give to assure that this new system of sentencing is used appropriately?

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RP 6A

Today we have transitioned from an either/ or choice between the use of incarceration, or the use of probation, to the use of graduated sanctions, affording us a wide array of possible sentencing options, as referred to in the text. What are your views about this more recent way of criminal sanctioning? What overall advice would you give to assure that this new system of sentencing is used appropriately?

Is there a robust literature, or a piecemeal one? What are the gaps in the literature that you can tell from your search? What are the strengths and weaknesses of this body of literature? How has this topic been researched (research methods)? What do we know and what do we not know?

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International Crime and Justice

 

Draft: Introduction and Literature Review At this point your search for relevant literature should be nearly finished and you should be ready to start drafting the initial part of your capstone project: the introduction and literature review. 10 total points.

1. Be sure to include not only scholarly books, book chapters and articles, but also reports from think tanks and reputable NGOs. You may also search authoritative news media for recent feature articles.

2. There is no need to conduct interviews in the field for this research, but you are encouraged to listen to police reform interviews at the Princeton’s Innovations for Successful Societies program at https://successfulsocieties.princeton.eduitaxonomy/tenn/13039/allinterviews

3. You should use any and all foreign languages you read to conduct this research, and you may use the college e-library as well as the internet and any other libraries you can access. Your literature review should be should go back at least ten years in the databases, or more if you are accessing an event that is fixed in time or a topic which require more historical review.

4. Once you have collected this research, you should write a short methods section for your paper telling the reader how you accessed your sources and evaluated your findings. Then present and analyze your literature by theme.

5. At the end of your review, evaluate the state of knowledge.

a. Is there a robust literature, or a piecemeal one?

b. What are the gaps in the literature that you can tell from your search?

c. What are the strengths and weaknesses of this body of literature?

d. How has this topic been researched (research methods)?

e. What do we know and what do we not know?

f. Are there any apparent biases?

g. What kinds of explanations are given for the current state of affairs?

h. What sorts of solutions have been offered?

6. You will receive feedback on this draft, and you will have the opportunity to revise it for your final assignment in Module 8.

Discuss the pros and cons of the American Criminal Justice System, from the perspective of discretion, adversarial approach and overlapping jurisdictions.

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Comparative Criminal Justice Systems

Discuss the pros and cons of the American Criminal Justice System, from the perspective of discretion, adversarial approach and overlapping jurisdictions. In your opinion, is this system more victim or perpetrator friendly? Provide some examples from the recent high profile trials.

Benny’s attorney files a motion to suppress the evidence, claiming that the heroin was found as the result of an unreasonable search and seizure. What should the judge do? Why?

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Suspect Bad Benny

Suspect Bad Benny is staying at the fabulous Motel 6 in Tewksbury. At about 11:00 every morning, the motel housekeeper cleans Benny’s room. Benny knows this, as when he comes back to his room in the afternoon, his bed has been made and the (thin, scratchy) towels have been changed.

One day, some narcotics officers ask the housekeeper to look through Benny’s room, specifically in his suitcase and in the drawers of the dresser and the nightstand. The officers never enter Benny’s room; in fact, they don’t even go on to the motel’s premises. The housekeeper finds 32.5 grams of heroin after opening Benny’s closed suitcase and gives it to the agents. Benny is arrested and charged with trafficking heroin.

Benny’s attorney files a motion to suppress the evidence, claiming that the heroin was found as the result of an unreasonable search and seizure.
What should the judge do? Why?

Create a repository of resources that criminal justice practitioners can use to increase their understanding of the use of the classical experiment in criminal justice.

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Criminal justice and research methods

Create a repository of resources that criminal justice practitioners can use to increase their understanding of the use of the classical experiment in criminal justice. Notably, there are potential legal and ethical problems when conducting randomized field experiments to study crime, victims, offenders, and incarcerated individuals, and other “criminal justice actors,” which is all the more reason to broaden our comprehension of this method.