Category: Criminal Justice

This assignment will be submitted to TurnitinTM.Instructions

Read the article Student motivations for studying criminology: A narrative inquiry by

Trebilcock & Griffiths and then write a 250-word essay that discusses the following:

What is narrative criminology? Discuss one of the three main themes identified in the narrative analysis of the British undergraduate criminology majors interviewed in this study. What are 2 reasons you chose to take this introductory class in Criminology & Criminal Justice? Be specific and descriptive, move beyond simple concepts such as Criminology is interesting or I want to help people.

Please note, your answers to the above questions must take the form of an essay in paragraph form, with correct grammar and syntax, and with an academic/professional tone to your writing.

Each student is required to complete an 8-10-page research paper on a current issue facing law enforcement leaders, utilizing at least 8 scholarly references, and written in APA Style. The paper should have 8-10 pages of content, not including the title page, abstract, and reference page. Please identify the issue, provide examples and statistics to demonstrate the extent of the issue, and provide solutions and implementation strategies. Topic ideas include recruiting women and minorities into law enforcement, recruiting and retaining Millennials and Gen Z, implementing body-worn cameras, improving hiring practices and processes, reducing unethical conduct by officers, combating the opioid epidemic, improving community relations, implementing community-oriented policing, addressing increasing rates of suicide among officers, etc. Note that references used for your research need to be government documents and/or websites, weekly course material, and peer-reviewed/scholarly journals. These journals typically have the following characteristics: articles are reviewed by a panel of experts before they are accepted for publication; articles are written by a scholar or specialist in the field; articles report on original research or experimentation; are often published by professional associations; utilize terminology associated with the discipline. IMPORTANT NOTE: Once you have submitted your paper it is automatically uploaded to a plagiarism checker.

If you could make one change to the criminal court process, what would it be? Why?

Submit your response as an attached Word document. Your response must be at least 200 words in length. No references or citations are necessary.

Discussion Thread: Use of Force

On November 11, 2009, Ozark Arkansas police officer Dustin Bradshaw was dispatched to a domestic disturbance between a mother and her 10-year-old daughter. When he arrived, the girl was curled up on the floor screaming and kicking. Her mother told the officer the crisis began when the girl refused to take a shower. Officer Bradshaw attempted to take the young girl into custody, but she continued to violently kick at him. It was then that the girl’s mother gave officer Bradshaw permission to use a Conducted Electrical Weapon (TASER, for purposes of this discussion) in an effort to gain control of the girl. According to his report he delivered a very brief stun to her back. It was enough to disable her, and after placing handcuffs on the child, officer Bradshaw carried the 65-pound girl to his squad car. His actions were later determined to be in compliance with department policy, and ultimately, he received a short suspension with pay only for not engaging his video camera during the incident.

A growing number of children in America are finding themselves on the receiving end of a police officer’s TASER. A 14-year-old in Chicago went into cardiac arrest after being Tased in 2005. In that same year a 6-year-old Florida boy threatening to cut himself with a piece of glass was Tased by police, as well as a 12-year-old girl guilty only of skipping school. And in 2010 two federal lawsuits were filed in Illinois, each seeking $10 million, after a Kankakee police officer Tased two 12-year-olds in their school classroom just to demonstrate how the weapon works. These are just a few of the many reported incidents.

The idea of using such a weapon on a child continues to be hotly debated. Most police departments allow for its use with children in certain situations, and the makers of the Taser gun argue that it is a safe and effective weapon for gaining control of an unmanageable person, even a child. They argue that although it is painful and disabling, it has no lasting effects, and its use may even prevent the child from harming themselves much more seriously by continuing to struggle.

Discussion Questions (select one of the following questions and draft a response):

1. Should there be limits placed on the types of weapons a police officer may use against a child?
2. Is there an even greater risk of harm or civil liability related to a police officer physically subduing a child with their hands?
3. Should a childs parents grant or rescind permission to police for Taser use on their uncontrollable child?

For each thread, students must support their assertions with at least 3 scholarly citations

in APA format. Each reply must incorporate at least 1 scholarly citation in APA format. Any

sources cited must have been published within the last five years. Acceptable sources include the

textbook, the Bible, and peer reviewed journals published within the past five years. Reflects a thorough understanding of Christian Worldview using at least 1 Holy Bible reference. Uses at least 3 references that are relevant and current (5 years)

JOURNAL ARTICLE REVIEW: CRISIS AND THE USE OF FORCE ASSIGNMENT

INSTRUCTIONS

OVERVIEW

Police use of force has always been subjected to scrutiny. Since the infamous video of the police

beating of Rodney King in 1991, police use of force has attracted a great deal of attention from

the media as well as a number of social justice advocacy groups. While law enforcement

academies include substantial use of force training, officers still must make split second

decisions, often in poor light or under great duress. In more recent years, practically every cell

phone is equipped with a camera, video recording is present in many public places, and police

vehicles and individual officers are equipped with cameras that capture all or parts of an

encounter. Police officers have more than 45 million interactions with citizens in any given year;

studies have shown that force is used in less than two percent of those encounters. Despite this

reality, uses of force will always be heavily scrutinized, particularly considering recent highly

publicized and racially charged events. You must be able to address police use of force from a

multifaceted approach, considering the totality of circumstances that led to its use. What defines

you as a graduate student is the ability to consume and understand the peer reviewed empirical

research in their particular area of interest. A regular review of such literature refines your acuity

and challenges their assumptions on a daily basis. It is for this reason then that you, at Liberty

University Online, become discriminant and well versed in the understanding of how objective

methodologies pave the way to more informed policymaking. The following assignment

challenges you to move beyond anecdote and learn more about how other scholars succeed at

failing to disprove their theories.

INSTRUCTIONS

For this assignment, you will select a peer reviewed journal article from one of the databases

located in the Universitys online library. The article will relate in some way to the reading

material (use of force) you have reviewed for this particular module. After you read the article,

you should download the Journal Article Review Template. You will then complete a Journal

Article Review for the article you read. You are not reviewing the article in the sense that you

are assessing it, but rather you are reviewing it so you can provide analysis and relate to your

reader the main point and how they relate to the area of crisis intervention. The assignment is not

to be too much shorter or longer than the example in the template. Ensure that you focus on the

critical thinking piece of discussing the implications the article has on criminal justice as this is

the most important aspect of this process. How does the articles content relate to the field of law

enforcement? How does it influence policy and practice? This can be accomplished in the

comments, recommendations, and conclusion sections of the assignment. Use an APA citation

for the article you choose; you may provide additional reference support if you choose to, but it

is not required.

Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.