Why do you need to take a statistics course as a Criminal Justice major? Write three paragraphs that have an introduction, a body and a conclusion.

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 Criminal Justice major

There are two purposes for this assignment:

First is related to the question of why do you need to take a statistics course as a Criminal Justice major.

Second is so that you can practice how to write an answer to discussion question for your first test. Take good notes on the video. For this assignment, you need to write three paragraphs that have an introduction, a body and a conclusion. In the Introduction paragraph the last sentence should read “This discussion will address topic 1, topic 2 and topic 3. The body will include a paragraph on each topic. The conclusion paragraph will be your opinion on the topic and a wrap up.

Paragraphs must be 6-8 sentences in length!

Make sure you read all information above as they are instructions on how to to complete this assignment!

Below is the link to the video for the 2nd part of this assignment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJNESMhIxQ0

 

Were the wife’s comments so shocking as to be tantamount to the defendant’s actually catching her in an adulterous act with her lover? What are the implications of extending the provocation doctrine in infidelity cases from actually witnessing a spouse committing adultery to learning about it verbally?

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Criminal Law

1.Capstone Case: Montana v. Egelhoff

In July 1992, while camping out in the Yaak region of northwestern Montana, Respondent Egelhoff made friends with Roberta Pavola and John Christenson. On Sunday, July 12, the three spent much of the day and evening drinking, in bars and at a private party. At about midnight that night, officers of the Lincoln County, Montana, sheriff’s department, responding to reports of a possible drunk driver, discovered Christenson’s station wagon stuck in a ditch along U.S. Highway 2. In the front seat were Pavola and Christenson, each dead from a single gunshot to the head. In the rear of the car lay Egelhoff, alive and yelling obscenities. His blood-alcohol content measured .36 percent over one hour later. After being charged with two counts of homicide, Engelhoff attempted to assert an intoxication defense, but this was denied by the trial court.

  • How does a claim that (a) an intoxicated defendant should not be held responsible for his or her criminal activity because of the inability to form the requisite mens rea for a specific crime differ from the claim that (b) an intoxicated defendant should be excused because he or she had lowered inhibitions and impaired judgment as a consequence of ingesting alcohol? Do both claims carry the same moral weight?
  • Do you believe that, as a matter of fundamental due process rights, a defendant should be given the opportunity to present “all relevant evidence to rebut the State’s evidence on all elements of the offense charged”? Why or why not?

Minimum word count of 600, not including references. Cite references in APA format. include intext refernces.

2.Read the Court’s opinion in Carter v. State, 710 So. 2d 110 (Fla. App. 1998). Based on this opinion, explain why involuntary intoxication is treated differently from voluntary intoxication as a criminal defense.

Minimum word count of 500, not including references. Cite references in APA format. include intext refernces.

3.Capstone Case: Commonwealth v. Schnopps

On October 13, 1979, Marilyn R. Schnopps was fatally shot by her estranged husband George A. Schnopps. A jury convicted Schnopps of murder in the first degree, and he was sentenced to the mandatory term of life imprisonment. Schnopps claims that the trial judge erred by refusing to instruct the jury on voluntary manslaughter. Schnopps claimed that he was provoked into killing his wife after learning of her marital infidelity.

  • Were the wife’s comments so shocking as to be tantamount to the defendant’s actually catching her in an adulterous act with her lover?
  • What are the implications of extending the provocation doctrine in infidelity cases from actually witnessing a spouse committing adultery to learning about it verbally?

Minimum word count of 500, not including references. Cite references in APA format. include intext refernces.

4.Read the two other “provocation” cases in your textbook—People v. McCarthy, 547 N. E. 2d 459 (Ill. 1989) and Girouard v. State, 583 A. 2d 718 (Md. App. 1991)—where defendants asserted victim provocation as mitigation against homicide charges. What conditions or circumstances do the courts identify as being adequate enough to constitute possible reduced charges in homicide cases?

Minimum word count of 500, not including references. Cite references in APA format. include intext refernces.

 

Why is it important to you that your partner is possibly using drugs? Explain at least 2 courses of action you could take about this situation and why you would consider taking them.

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Narcotics operations unit

You are a member of a major metropolitan police department and assigned in a covert narcotics operations unit. Often, while working undercover, you are required to simulate the use of drugs without actually taking them. You have a partner who has always treated you well and taken care of you. On at least one occasion, he pulled you out of the line of fire of a drug dealer just before the offender shot at you. The two of you have been highly successful over the past 18 months. During the last three months, he has been seeing a woman that had acted as an informant on one case. You believe that she has gotten him to use cocaine with her. His performance is falling off, and you are worried that he might be abusing cocaine and compromising his position in the police department.

Respond to the following in discussion:

  • Why is it important to you that your partner is possibly using drugs?
  • Explain at least 2 courses of action you could take about this situation and why you would consider taking them.
  • What are the dangers to the unit, your other fellow unit members, and yourself if your partner is actually using cocaine?

 

What interested you about this case? What are the sources, purposes, and jurisdictions of the criminal law related to this case? What is accomplice liability and criminal liability? How does it relate to the case?

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Supreme Court case

Locate a recent criminal Supreme Court case you find interesting. Provide a brief summary and properly cite the case.

Write a 700- to 1,400-word paper in which you answer the following questions:

  • What interested you about this case?
  • What are the sources, purposes, and jurisdictions of the criminal law related to this case?
  • What is accomplice liability and criminal liability? How does it relate to the case?
  • What is the difference between the various elements of crime, including actus reus, mens rea, and concurrence? How do they relate to the case?

 

Summarize information operations techniques used during a historic war or conflict.

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CYBER SECURITY

Learning Objectives and Outcomes

Summarize information operations techniques used during a historic war or conflict.

Assignment Requirements

Throughout the history of armed conflict, militaries and military leaders have understood the importance of protecting sensitive information. They have also gone to great lengths to obtain the sensitive information of others that may be of strategic or tactical value.

Recommended Resources

  • Course textbook
  • An Internet search on recent/current conflicts

 

Pick one of the two: How can nationalism lead to violent extremism? or How can contemporary conflict be impacted or even lead to terrorism?

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Future of Terrorism

Pick one of the two: How can nationalism lead to violent extremism? or How can contemporary conflict be impacted or even lead to terrorism?

Look at the historical impact and how it impacts or informs a nation’s security today.

Using the unique array of primary sources available, you are asked to examine the competing societal priorities (values) held by advocates on differing sides of this issue.

You will study and look at a variety of views about the political, economic and societal worldview to begin to formulate your own view about the proper priorities and perspectives required for your issue.

You should address at least two (possibly more) of the social, economic, political, and religious perspectives in your research in order to examine a range of issues such as historical content, current trends, ethical dilemmas, and critical issues.

Your reference articles should be not less than five (5) resources with your textbook being one of your resources. Text books are listed below

 

 

 

Write a memo to the police chief as a legal advisor concerning an upcoming questioning of a police officer who is part of a union.

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Police chief Memo

Write a memo to the police chief as a legal advisor concerning an upcoming questioning of a police officer who is part of a union. The questioning will be part of an internal affairs investigation against the police officer who will lose his job if the allegations are substantiated. In your memo you should do the following in under about 700 to 1000 words: Do research and find your State’s Office Bill of Rights a/k/a Policemen’s Bill of Rights a/k/a Peace Officer’s Bill of Rights a/k/a Law Enforcement Bill of Rights. (25 + states have these—others do not. If you are in a state that does not have these protective statutes, then pick a state that does and write about it as if you are in that state) Copy/Paste the hyperlink to the statutes directly in your memo. Advise the Chief as to its basic requirements and formalities. Itemize all procedural protections that the officer has under this state statute Advise the chief as to the officer’s Garrity Rights and explain what those are and how a police internal affairs investigator can violate them. Advise the chief as to the officers “Weingarten Rights” and explain what those are and how a police internal affairs investigator can violate them Advise the chief as to the officer’s Miranda Rights and explain what those are and how a police internal affairs investigator can violate them If there is a parallel pending serious criminal case against the officer by the state attorney’s office which will lead to either an indictment or information issued—How would you advise the Chief on IF the internal affairs investigation should be conducted at the same time? (Assume that the subject officer has already been placed on administrative, paid leave until the matter is resolved and thus not working right now) Explain your recommendation and what legal danger there is to do the administrative IA investigation at the same time the criminal case is being investigated and prichoor to the jury ruling in the case.

Choose their own topic for the term paper, as long as it is a topic relating to criminal investigation and evidence and is discussed in depth within the textbook. Complete a research paper on a topic covered in your textbook.

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Crimes Against Children

Each student will complete a research paper on a topic covered in your textbook. This paper is to be typed, double-spaced and 5-7 pages in length of text. This paper must be written in the APA format, which can be found on the TU Library homepage. Proper grammar and spelling is required.

NOTE: the APA guide addresses on-line materials

Research Paper Guidelines

  1. Students may choose their own topic for the term paper, as long as it is a topic relating to criminal investigation and evidence and is discussed in depth within the textbook. Do not write about Terrorism or the military.

 

Write a summary of the facts surrounding incident. Give a disposition of what happened to those involved.

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Rayshard Brooks incident

Topic based on police use of force. Between 6 to 8 pages. 3 sections in this order;

  1. Summary of facts surrounding incident
  2. Disposition of what happened to those involved.
  3. Any changes in departments involved as a result of the incident.

 

Is the theory empirically supported? What information does the additional article you found contribute beyond the readings in the unit? How is this theory relevant todchoay in understanding and preventing crime?

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Social Control

Each paper cannot exceed 2 pages (not including an APA formatted reference page).

Provide a general review of the theory based on the research and readings from this unit. Find one additional peer-reviewed article published within the last 10 years that tests the theory.  Use the readings to answer the following questions:

  • Is the theory empirically supported?
  • What information does the additional article you found contribute beyond the readings in the unit?
  • How is this theory relevant todchoay in understanding and preventing crime?

Reading:

Testing an Integration of Control Theories: The Role of Bonds and Self-Control in Decision Making by Tyler J. Vaughan 1 & Jeffrey A. Bouffard 2 & Alex R. Piquero