What overall advice would you give to assure that this new system of sentencing is used appropriately?

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?

What kinds of explanations are given for the current state of affairs?What sorts of solutions have been offered?

International Crime and Justice

Assignment #4- 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.

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?

Are there any apparent biases?

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

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.

Write 250-500 word essay describing academic and professional background, reasons for pursuing the degree,and professional goals pertaining to intelligence,analytics,and/or information.

Statement of purpose for graduate admissions

Applying for a strategic intelligence program as well as law enforcement intelligence, can provide more specific information if needed

Write 250-500 word essay describing academic and professional background, reasons for pursuing the degree,and professional goals pertaining to intelligence,analytics,and/or information

Discuss the basic causes of tension between line and staff personnel and suggest several possible strategies you would implement as an administrator or as staff to reduce tension.

Discussion 3

Take each of Max Weber’s eight characteristics of the bureaucratic model (see attachments) and apply them to a police organization in Los Angeles, California. How many of them are applicable? (Hint, check your local agency’s website for additional assistance).

Discuss the basic causes of tension between line and staff personnel and suggest several possible strategies you would implement as an administrator or as staff to reduce tension.

Make sure that you consider all viewpoints.

Describe the differences in the status between an elected county sheriff and an appointed police chief.

Week 3 & 4 Review Questions

1.) What is a “homegrown” terrorist? Give some examples and recent incidents involving homegrown terrorists.

2.) Who is “el Chapo” and what is his importance to the Mexican Cartels?

3.) Why can police chiefs not objectively and independently fulfill their responsibilities if they lack job protection?

4.) Describe the differences in the status between an elected county sheriff and an appointed police chief.

5.) What role do public interest organizations play in police accountability

What differences or similarities do you see between your posting and other classmates’ postings?

Class discussion

Using what you have learned in your reading and supporting materials this week, create a scenario that would fall under Agnew’s strain theory. Use 1 of the following inputs as the basis for your scenario:

Loss of the major goal

Presentation of the noxious stimuli

Removal of the positively valued stimuli

Briefly describe your chosen scenario and address the following:

How do you believe a person in your scenario would react?

How do you believe society would react to the person’s behavior?

What steps would you take to help prevent the person from partaking in criminal behavior?

Responses to Other Students: Respond to at least 2 of your fellow classmates with at least a 100-200 word reply about his or her Primary Task Response regarding items you found to be compelling and enlightening. To help you with your discussion, please consider the following questions:

What did you learn from your classmate’s posting? What additional questions do you have after reading the posting?

What clarification do you need regarding the posting?

What differences or similarities do you see between your posting and other classmates’ postings?

For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web resources, and all course materials.
Discussion Board Rubric

What are some legal issues that might arise from not setting a proper perimeter around a crime scene?

Introduction to criminalistics

Primary Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 300-500 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.

For this Discussion Board, please complete the following:

You are an experienced crime scene investigator who has been given the task by your law enforcement organization to prepare a short presentation for a local community college for students who are involved in the university crime scene investigations program. In this presentation, you want to provide them with useful information about the legal issues and constraints that are involved in working a crime scene. The legal areas and issues that you will be discussing are as follows:

Under what circumstances does a crime scene investigator need to obtain a search warrant before processing a crime scene?

What are the exceptions to needing a search warrant for a crime scene?

What are some legal issues that might arise from not setting a proper perimeter around a crime scene?

What is a mock trial, and how can it be used to develop the presentation skills of a crime scene investigator in the courtroom?

You must formally define and describe the legal issues and constraints that you find as well as inform the students why knowledge of legal issues and constraints is important to the job of a crime scene investigator.

Responses to Other Students: Respond to at least 2