Category: Criminal Justice

Unit 7

Correctional Issues: Prison, Rape, Transmission of Disease, and Prisoner Rights

This assignment assesses the following course outcome:

CJ505-4: Appraise ethical practices governing the criminal justice system.

Analysis and Application

Medical Experimentation: Another Tuskegee Study or Beneficial Research?

Research indicates that 1 in 4 prisoners are HCV-positive (or have hepatitis C) and roughly 3% of prisoners have HIV (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2020; World Health Organization, 2025).

Because of the three-times-higher HIV infection rate within prisons when compared with the general population (National HIV Curriculum, 2025) , and similarly high rates of hepatitis C, some medical professionals suggest allowing for controlled experimentation on inmates to test drugs to combat these two infections. Do you agree with Dr. Albert M. Kligman that prisoners should again be involved in medical trials?

Develop a position paper (1,000 words) addressing both sides of the issue. Provide a historical overview of the significant benefits and detriments of medical testing of prisoners. Include at least two examples to support

your position..

Unit 7

Correctional Issues: Prison, Rape, Transmission of Disease, and Prisoner Rights

This assignment assesses the following course outcome:

CJ505-4: Appraise ethical practices governing the criminal justice system.

Analysis and Application

Medical Experimentation: Another Tuskegee Study or Beneficial Research?

Research indicates that 1 in 4 prisoners are HCV-positive (or have hepatitis C) and roughly 3% of prisoners have HIV (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2020; World Health Organization, 2025).

Because of the three-times-higher HIV infection rate within prisons when compared with the general population (National HIV Curriculum, 2025) , and similarly high rates of hepatitis C, some medical professionals suggest allowing for controlled experimentation on inmates to test drugs to combat these two infections. Do you agree with Dr. Albert M. Kligman that prisoners should again be involved in medical trials?

Develop a position paper (1,000 words) addressing both sides of the issue. Provide a historical overview of the significant benefits and detriments of medical testing of prisoners. Include at least two examples to support y

our position..

Below are the instructions for your 1st reflections assignment. Please ensure it is a minimum of 2 pages and apply class concepts as appropriate.

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You are an FBI Violent Crime Analyst and you have been tasked with assessing national violent crime rates. You use the UCR for much of your assessment. You will be briefing the FBI Director to advise whether crime is high, moderate or low. Compare 2024 v 2025. Ensure to draw a conclusion and include appropriate citations with a separate citations page.

RESEARCH PAPER: THESIS ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS

OVERVIEW

As a criminal justice professional, you must learn how to write an academic research paper. In

this class, you will write an academic research paper. We will break down the steps of academic

research in this class by working on the Research Paper Assignment in various stages. The

Research Paper Assignment will culminate in the Research Paper: Final Assignment.

The first step of the Research Paper Assignment is for you to write the Research Paper:

Thesis Assignment. For the Research Paper: Thesis Assignment, start by selecting a criminal

justice topic of your choosing. This will be the same topic that you will use throughout the

course. Select a criminal justice topic that is of interest to you and that you have not previously

written about or researched. Also, select a topic that is current yet developed enough that

academic research has been written on the topic. This topic will be the topic you use to write

your Research Paper: Final Assignment on.

After you have selected your criminal justice topic, begin to develop your position/argument on

the topic and the 2-3 major points in support of that topic. Those elements will be included in the

Research Paper: Thesis Assignment.

INSTRUCTIONS

Prepare one to two sentences that include the following elements:

The criminal justice topic you have selected;

Your argument/position on the topic; and

2-3 major points in support of your argument/position on the topic.

The selected criminal justice topic must be sufficiently limited for the substantive content of a 4

6-page paper. The statement must take a position on a narrowly focused criminal justice topic.

The thesis must be no more than 2 sentences long.

The thesis must be a declarative statement rather than asking a question.

The thesis must be simple and direct.

The thesis must demonstrate proper spelling, grammar, and punctuation as well as be written in

the third person using formal, academic language.

The thesis must be written in APA format.

Imagine that you were the lead investigator in a murder case that has just concluded with a conviction. You have been asked to compose a document in which you describe the various tasks that were performed in order to achieve conviction.

You will begin your essay by first describing the crime itself and then the events that occurred at the crime scene. First, describe the responsibilities of law enforcement officers when they arrive at a crime scene. Next, discuss the steps that were involved in processing the crime scene. Finally, explain how any primary and secondary witnesses were identified and interviewed, and explain the differences between the two. Discuss the evolution of forensics and how this evidence is more reliable than eyewitnesses.

Next, you will discuss how the case was presented in court. First, you will identify the steps that took place during the courtroom trial process. Then, explain how the courtroom process can be considered adversarial and the roles that lay and expert witnesses played in the court case. You should address the sentencing phase and how victim impact statements can sway the judges sentencing and how minimum mandatory sentencing works. Finally, you should discuss our prison system and your personal thoughts on rehabilitation versus punishment and what type of prison system is best here in the United States.

Your paper should be a minimum of three pages in length, not counting title and reference pages, and be in APA 7th ed. format. You must support your paper with a minimum of two references from the CSU Online Library. Should you need assistance with citations and/or references, please contact the Writing Center.

Use the document provided

Functions, Goals, and Constitutional Rights in Corrections

in this exercise, you will assume the hypothetical role of a correction administrator for a state

prison. Meet the people you will be attending the regional conference with!

[The screen displays three characters]

Corrections Administrator

Community Corrections officer, State Corrections

Corrections officer, Federal Bureau of Prisons

In preparation for the conference, you have decided to review Stojkovic and Lovells (2025)

discussion of correctional goals..

Stojkovic, S., & Lovell, R. (2025). (Updated 2nd ed.).

In this hypothetical setting, you are an administrator for a state prison. Later this week, you will attend a regional conference on corrections with an administrator in community corrections and another in federal corrections. The conference focus will include policies in corrections along with discussions and research on different types of sentencing. Your supervisor asks you attend sessions with presentations on sentencing types and to review Stojkovic and lovells 2025 discussion on different philosophical ideas in sentencing

The purpose of the Journal Article Review Assignment is to get you to begin to analyze recent

and relevant research in your field. The journal article review is a way to dissect research

conducted by scholars and experts. Solid, empirical research is the basis for a doctoral degree

and should be regarded as having the utmost importance. The ability to read, interpret, critically

analyze, and integrate content from an article to a problem is a hallmark of those graduating with

a doctoral degree as you will be expected to publish, at least occasionally, once you finish your

degree.

INSTRUCTIONS

In this assignment, you will critically review 1 recent peer-reviewed article per topic published in

the last 7 years in a minimum of 5 pages.

The paper must follow current APA guidelines.

There should be a minimum of 2 references (the selected article and Snipes:

Volds Theoretical Criminology).

The page count does not include the title page, abstract, reference section, or any extra

material.

See the grading rubric for additional guidance.

You must follow the article focus prompt closely.

o The topic of the article must be related to managing or working with mentally ill

offenders.

Microsoft Word is the only acceptable upload format.

At a minimum, your review should have 3 sections with headings. Those three sections include:

the identification of the premise and supporting points of the article,

a synthesis of the article and the corresponding material in the textbook or a synthesis of

the article with your personal experience with the topic, and

a critical evaluation of the premise(s) and supporting points of the article.

Here in Module 5, you will complete Part 5 of the Journey Log, which asks you to respond to the following prompts:

1. Describe a research topic that interests you and is important to the discipline of criminal justice.
2. Express your initial ideas for a potential dissertation.
3. Identify academic and professional communities that will help you find a place in the discipline of criminal justice and pursue your research goals.

• In addition, you will review, revise, and finalize Part 1 through Part 4 prior to submitting your completed log

Overview

In this assignment, you will reflect on ways that criminal justice professionals make practical use of criminological theories.

Prompt

You have learned about numerous criminological theories and how each attempts to explain why people commit crimes. How do those theories help prevent or reduce crime in real and practical ways? For this 350- to 500-word journal activity, do the following:

• Choose a theory that criminal justice professionals use in one of the branches of the criminal justice system (law enforcement, courts, or corrections).
• Describe a real-life example of how this theory is being utilized in law enforcement, courts, or corrections. Consider the following and address the relevant questions for the criminal justice branch you selected (not all questions below pertain to all branches):
• Is there a program or policy in place that improves police-community relations?
• Is there a program or policy in place that aims to reduce delinquency?
• Has a law or policy been created in response to this theory that aims to reduce incarceration?
• Does this theory influence approaches to sentencing?
• Does this theory influence correctional procedures?
• Assess the effectiveness of the example you provided in terms of preventing or reducing crime. Use data or evidence from your resources to support your response.

Specifically, the following rubric criteria must be addressed:

• Identify a criminological theory that criminal justice professionals use in one of the branches of the criminal justice system (law enforcement, courts, or corrections).
• Describe a real-life example of how this theory is being utilized in that branch. Assess the effectiveness of the example you provided in preventing or reducing crime.