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The CSI Effect - Visit the following Department of Justice website and read the article entitled "The CSI Effect: Does it Really Exist?"
What if criminal justice professionals had no discretion? What if police officers were required to arrest every suspect?
Research: The Minneapolis Domestic Violence Experiment: Does arrest deter crime?
What if you were a professional journalist? Do you think your chief goals would be the same as that of a social scientist? Should they be the same?
Assess the difficulties faced by law enforcement in detecting, investigating, and prosecuting cases of cyberstalking and cyber exploitation.
Measuring gang-related crime is an example of trying to measure a particular dimension of crime: motive.
If the judge denies your request to exclude evidence using both the exclusionary rule and the fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine.
Discuss the Bail Reform Act. What factors do the magistrate and judge look at when making the bail, no-bail decision?
What if you were asked to pick a research topic that dealt with all of the following: communication, perceptions of crime problems, individual behavior.
You are to examine the United States Constitution and the Illinois Constitution. what are three similarities and three differences of the constitutions.
Read the Sidebar 11-1, "Police Discretion in an Unfolding Disturbance Call" in the "New Perspectives on Police Discretion".
What could the CO do to maintain the relationship and not violate the rules? Is violating rules always an ethical transgression?
For this writing assignment, describe the cause/effect of drinking alcohol and driving and vehicle accidents.
Police in departments with a good analytic capability routinely identify hot spots and launch special tactics to reduce crime in these areas.
Why was the exclusionary rule implemented? What advantages does the exclusionary rule extend to defendants?
You work in the administrative office of a correctional facility and handle complaints about violations of prisoners' rights.
The differences between the various methods law enforcement can use to investigate a homicide, robbery, and sexual assault.
Research in Nexis Uni (inside the APUS Library) or on a state's government website and find one criminal statute in your home state.
Research Florida's current statutes regarding parental liability, read the article linked below and answer the questions that follow.
Discuss the current state of victimology for the areas you choose, and provide support for the ways in which victimology will change.
This required readings discuss how multifaceted victimization is and the role of a social support system in assisting a victim to work through victimization.
Select a research topic (Police Brutaility) that you are interested in but also one that is feasable.
What are the characteristics and risk factors of victims of these crimes? Explain how victims may contribute to their victimization.
Describe any initial thoughts or reactions you have to the issue at hand. Do you think the US criminal justice system is broken? Why or why not?
Explain the nature and extent of youth crime and violence. What means are being used by the police for addressing school violence and bullying.