Discipline: Law - Criminal

As you have learned through your course readings and classroom discussion, logic models may be used as a valuable tool in both the planning and evaluation of programs.  For this assignment, you will create a 1-page logic model, which will be used as a tool to plan an evaluation of a criminal justice program. All […]

  1) There are many cases in which an individual has been convicted on circumstantial evidence for the crime of murder. Find a recent and local case in your home state in which a person has been found guilty of murder or a varied degree of homicide.  Summarize the case in your main post. Indicate […]

Overview You have been appointed by the chief of police to represent the police department in communicating with a newly formed civilian police oversight board. Board members have no law enforcement experience and are very vocal about defunding the police and potentially eliminating the police department entirely. They are concerned with a lack of information […]

  Post a brief bio on the 1st day of class. You are welcome to share a photo of yourself, your family, or pets. Include details about your hobbies, goals, and where you are in your career. Include the following in your introductory post: Explain at least one action you have taken that is protected […]

Should inmates be released into community corrections when they reach 70 years of age?

This chapter illustrates many of the problems facing juveniles in our society today: boredom, absent parents, suicide, drug and alcohol abuse, violence, runaways, gangs, gang violence, and inadequate parenting. In your opinion, what can be done to diminish some of these threats to juveniles today?

  Those privacy concerns we discussed last week continue!  Health-Care in the United States is certainly a current topic of conversation relevant to each of us.  After reading Chapter 6 in our textbook, please respond to the following;  Consider the privacy and ethical concerns regarding data available through health-focused applications.  Please share at least 2 […]

  How has terrorism influenced emergency and crisis management in the United States? Support your response with specific sources and examples

  Project 1 You are a juvenile court probation officer. You have a choice of programs including; mandatory counseling, family counseling, removal from the home and placing in foster care, diversion, incarceration in a youth home or mandatory participation in a 10 week boot camp. You must make recommendations to the judge for sentencing. You […]

Why is theory integration important for criminology today? Directions: Students will be required to post one (1) original response and one (1) supplemental response based on another student’s post by the last Sunday in the module at 11:59 p.m.  Students are expected to post a high quality message that are related to the discussion topic. […]