Assignment:
Identifying the Challenge
Choose one of the following major criminal justice areas: law enforcement, prisons/corrections, the courts, Homeland Security, private security, or emergency management. Next, identify a challenge or area of improvement within your chosen area. (For example, one may choose corrections as the topic area and violence in prisons as the problem). You will progressively research, learn about, write and present on a solution to the challenge or area of improvement from both a tactical and administrative perspective. Receive approval from your professor on your chosen topic. Additional project expectations are described.
Prepare a 2 to 3 page paper answering the following:
- Outline the context of the problem or challenge, including the history and any policy decisions that have contributed to the situation. Why is it important that the problem be addressed, who is impacted internally and externally? Why do you feel the problem hasn’t already been solved?
This paper must adhere to APA style standards including the following: Double space, 1” margins, title page, in text citation references, and a reference page.