Criminology

The term “corrections” implies that someone or something is going to be corrected. There are many different elements in the component of the criminal justice system called corrections. Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words: What is the difference between jails and prisons and why is that important to understand? How do parole and probation differ and what are determining factors in deciding which a person should receive? What role does a human service professional have that is related to these elements?

Data can be stored in various places and there are significant reasons to understand it. Please answer the following: Choose three areas where data can be stored and describe the storage location and describe the positive and negative issues of data being stored in those locations. What does hashing data mean and how is it used in criminal justice? How does a digital forensic analyst find data in files that may be lost, and do they need to consider any restrictions caused by cyber law or the 4th Amendment to the Constitution? Describe three laws that concern digital/computer crimes, and provide some substance for why they were created. 

Visit the FBI’s website discussing the Sovereign Citizen’s Movement.  Using this FBI resource and other credible research, submit a 2-3 page paper, in APA format, addressing the following questions: (1) What is the Sovereign Citizen’s Movement? (2) Define and explain this group’s goals and objectives; (3) Provide an opinion as to whether you believe that Sovereign Citizens are a form of domestic terrorism. Make sure to support your discussion with at least 2 credible sources.

“What is risk management and what are the steps in building an effective risk management system?  Explain. APA Citations.”

Your first critical analysis will focus broadly on the Controlled Substance Act and focus more specifically on the following:  • What was/is the intended purpose of the Controlled Substances Act 1970 6  • How and why are drugs classified/scheduled  • How and who enforces CSA regulations  • What are the medical and legal issues surrounding rescheduling marijuana Additional essay requirements include:  • Your essay should be 5 – 8 pages, not including title page and reference page  • Your essay should include no less than 10 reliable, scientific, peer-reviewed sources  • Your essay should be written using APA formatting, with New Times Roman (12 pt.) font, and standard one-inch margins  • Your essay will be submitted through Turnitin, ASU’s anti-plagiarism software • Review the grading rubric for these assignments for more details  • Please do not simply repeat everything that has been covered. What I am most interested in is what you learned, how you synthesize, and how you analyze information throughout the course.  Writing Format for Critical Analysis assignments:  • APA style formatting and must include:  • Running Head  • Title Page  • In-text APA formatted citations  • APA formatted  • Reference page

Discuss the questions listed below. Write in complete sentences. Discuss the difference between these type of latent fingerprints. Plastic prints, Patent/contaminated/visible prints and Latent/invisible prints. What are elimination prints and how are they used in an investigation? What are the two basic categories of people who confess to a crime?

The focus of the Holistic Victim Restitution Plan is to critically analyze victimology through the application of information from sociology, law, psychology, ethics, and related fields to the study of victimology and to develop a holistic plan for victim restitution. Consider the following questions when analyzing the 10 required scholarly sources: Who conducted the research or project? Who or what was the topic or focus of the research? What was done (if it was a data driven article)? How was it done (if it was a data driven article)? What were the findings or conclusions of the author? What were the contributions (findings that may have been made to new information on the topic area or applications)? In creating your Holistic Victim Restitution Plan, you are required to Discuss the history of victimology, victimology theories, and varying approaches used to address the needs of crime victims. Explain who the stakeholders are in crime victimization. Describe the interrelationship of victimology to social justice and the operations of the criminal justice system, including, but not limited to: crime scene investigation techniques and security; the collection, preservation and presentation of evidence; and issues related to correctional institutions, incarceration, and release of offenders. Identify the socioeconomic (cultural) diversity and its relation to contemporary criminal and social justice and victimology. Detail the breakdown of possible strategies and interventions designed to address criminal victimization. Describe how techniques of addressing victimization impact the needs of crime victims. Predict how crime prevention and intervention strategies will be handled over at least the next two decades. Create a holistic plan for addressing victim restitution. The Holistic Victim Restitution Plan

Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper on the goals, objectives, and challenges of criminal justice organizations and private security entities. Compare and contrast criminal justice organizations and private security entities by discussing the following: Differing goals and objectives of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies Challenges facing federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies Roles of the federal, state, and local court systems with respect to public safety and civil rights Objectives of probation, parole, and correctional organizations in regard to public safety and individual rights The privatization of government services with respect to policing, courts, and corrections The role of corporate or private security

You are working in the research unit of a foundation that awards grants to criminal justice agencies. The foundation is interested in promoting inter-agency collaboration to address specific issues in criminal justice. There is a formal debate in the office as to whether a particular case of apparent cooperation/collaboration was actually effective. Your supervisor is championing one side of this discussion.  You have been asked to provide a review of the case identified below. Specifically, your supervisor asked you to compose a paper that included responses to the four questions provided. (See Item #3 below.) 1. Read the following report from the National Institute of Justice: “Baltimore’s Comprehensive Communities Program: A Case Study” https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/204627.pdf                  2. Respond to the following questions: Describe the positive aspects of the collaborative initiative What partner do you feel is less essential to the initiative and why? (Note “None” is not an option.) What criminal justice entity do you feel could have enhanced the success of the initiative?] What NON-criminal justice entity do you feel could have enhanced the success of the initiative?               Note: While these four questions may be helpful in creating an outline, the paper itself must be presented as a formal narrative case study. 3. Complete Project 1 (Case Study) in the following format: A minimum of three (3) full maximum five (5) full pages of narrative text  Respond to the four questions in item 2 above Support your work with a MINIMUM of two (2) resources other than the class instructional material. Narrative and Resource page citations must be done in the American Psychological Association (APA) format A cover page (not included in the page count)

For this Assignment, you will create a PowerPoint presentation on the elements of criminal cases which would benefit from profiling. In your presentation: Identify three areas where criminal profiling is effective. Analyze the effectiveness of criminal profiling. Evaluate the elements of criminal cases which would benefit from profiling. Explain how to increase the effectiveness of criminal profiling. Evaluate four limitations and possible solutions. How can the limits be changed? Provide three or more examples to support your positions. Include speaker notes to explain what is being discussed on each slide as though you are presenting to an audience. Length should be five or more slides, excluding title slide and references slide. Include a title slide with full name, class name, section number, and date. Use examples to support your discussion. Cite all sources on a separate reference slide at the end of your presentation and cited within the body of the presentation using APA style.