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Over the years, we have tried lots of different things to "solve" poverty. From the programs of the New Deal down to Johnson's "War on Poverty,".
How or could these various stakeholders' roles and responsibilities impact the overall success or failure of an incident?
Explain how certain features or assumptions of interest group liberalism impact (or may impact) debate about the public policy you are exploring.
Try to select a narrow rather than broad topic, say ‘terrorism in the Sinai' rather than some generic paper on terrorism qua terrorism.
Topic of race, civil liberties, and criminal justice, and examine the ways in which civil liberties are protected differentially in context of race in America.
What is the difference between a general-law versus a home-rule city? Name and describe the three major forms of home-rule city government.
Discuss the tactics that interest groups use to interact with members of the government and influence public policy.
For this discussion, we will consider how gerrymandering currently affects Texas politics, and how gerrymandering has been used historically in Texas politics.
What specific branch of the U.S. government is involved in this current event?
Famously, Aristotle classified systems of government by using several different criteria. Describe his criteria and his classification system.
If this is the case and he is a Democrat then why are the most powerful Republican interest groups committed to donating so much to Schumer?
What did Madison consider a faction to be and how could a faction be dangerous to a republic? How does Madison propose to deal with factions?
Write a paper stating your thoughts on "born criminals". Do you think people who commit crimes do it because of who their parents are or what their genes are?
Also research the Executive Action implemented by President Trump before he left office in June 2020. It is titled Safe Policing for Safe Communities.
What is Smart Policing? How did it originate, and what has been learned from the test sites and where has it been tested?
What are the arguments for and against three-strikes laws? Who is more persuasive, the supporters or the critics?
Read the Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Units case study starting on p. 335, Ch. of Criminal Justice Organizations.
Analyze a major problem facing today's juvenile justice system and evaluate a way in which the juvenile justice system has or has not addressed the problem.
What are the advantages or disadvantages of documenting a crime scene using Video or photographs?
What is the relation between the M'Naghten rule and the insanity defense? Please discuss the outcome.
Research two online news-related articles: one related to burglary crimes and one related to robbery crimes.
Briefly describe the core behavioral characteristics of the criminal psychopath.
Predict whether those descriptions would be likely to focus on street criminals, or the variety of topics covered in the Crimes of the Powerful.
Describe the Uniform Crime Report, the National Crime Victimization Survey, and Self Report techniques. Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of each.
Outline the charges or ethical dilemma that existed and explain the issues in terms of the ethics associated with the Criminal Justice system.