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204
Week
Individual
Assignment
Jail
and
Prison
Paper
Resources: p. 18 of Reference and Citation Examples located in the Center for Writing
Excellence on the student website and CJi Interactive
Complete the following CJi Interactive activities located on the student website:
Ch. 1 > Learning Modules
Criminal Justice Goals
Criminal Justice Process
Due Process vs. Crime Control
Ch. 1 > Myths & Issues Videos
Issue 1: Is the Criminal Justice System Really a System?
Ch. 2 > Learning Modules
Defining Crime
Violent Crime
Property Crime
White Collar and Organized Crime
Ch. 2 > Myths & Issues Videos
Issue 1: Crime v. Deviance
Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that includes the following:
Define crime, its relationship to the law, and the two most common models of
how society determines which acts are criminal.
Describe the components of the criminal justice system and the criminal justice
process.
Address your thoughts on whether the criminal justice system is really a system.
Include information learned from the CJi Interactive activities in your paper.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
Complete the following CJi Interactive activities located on the student website:
Ch. 1 > Myths & Issues Videos
Myth v. Reality: Crime has been Steadily Increasing
Ch. 2 > Learning Modules
How Crimes are Measured
Ch. 2 > Simulation
The Extent of Crime
Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper that examines crime measurement in the United
States. Address the following:
What instruments are used to measure crime in the United States?
What are the major crime reporting programs? What are the purposes of major crime
reporting programs?
What are crime rates, arrest rates, clearance rates, and recidivism rates?
According to the Myth v. Reality: Crime has been Steadily Increasing CJi Interactive
video, in what ways can crime rates be deceiving? How do crime rates relate to arrest
rates? Is there a better solution to improving the correlation between crime rates,
arrest rates, and clearance rates in the effort of combating criminal activity?
What can crime and recidivism statistics tell you about crime in the United States?
Include information learned from the CJi Interactive activities in your paper.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
Complete the following CJi Interactive activities located on the student website:
Ch. 8 > Learning Modules
The Trial Judge
The Grand Jury
The Prosecution and Defense
Types of Witnesses
Ch. 8 > Myths & Issues Videos
Myth v. Reality: The Courtroom is a Level Playing Field
Issue 1: Assembly Line Justice: The Affect of the Backlog of Cases on the Courts
Ch. 1 > Simulation
The Criminal Justice Funnel
For this assignment, you will choose from the following options:
Option 1: Court System Visuals Collection
Option 2: Court System Presentation
Option 3: Court System Handout
Read the instructions in the Court System Visuals located on the student website and
select one option to complete the assignment.
Complete the following CJi Interactive activities located on the student website:
Ch. 11 > Learning Modules
History of Prisons
Prisons and Jails
Correctional System
Ch. 11 > Myths & Issues Videos
Myth
v.
Reality:
The
Correctional
System
Rehabilitates
Offenders
Explain why jails play an important role in the criminal justice system.
Discuss the role of community-based corrections programs associated with jails and
prisons.
Describe violent behavior that occurs in jails and prisons.
Explain the role of probation and parole.
Include information learned from the CJi Interactive activities in your paper.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
Complete the following CJi Interactive activities located on the student website:
Ch. 14 > Learning Modules
How Juveniles are Processed
Difference between Adult and Juvenile Justice system
History of the Juvenile Justice Court
Juveniles Legal Rights
Types of Juvenile Offenders
Ch. 14 > Myths & Issues Videos
Myth v. Reality: Juvenile Boot Camps are an Effective way of Treating Offenders
Issue 1: Net Widening with Regards to Juveniles
Issue 2: Transfer of Juveniles to Criminal Court and Juveniles in Adult Correctional
Facilities
Imagine you are a magazine writer investigating the realities of juvenile crime in the
United States.
Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word article on the juvenile justice system that includes the
following:
Definitions of delinquency and status offenses
Comparison of juvenile courts and adult courts
Variables that correlate with juvenile crime rates
Current U.S. juvenile crime statistics
Effects of more juveniles being tried as adults
One current issue in the juvenile justice system and your opinion on that issue
Format the article consistent with APA guidelines.
Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper about three true cybercrime or hacking cases.
Include the following:
1. Explain the differences between cybercrime and traditional crime.
2. Explain the purposes of most hackers.
3. Identify the cases.
Describe the crime and how the suspects were caught.
Describe the punishments in each case.
Explain the effects on society.
Use the Internet to find the cases.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.