Criminology

You have learned about the roles, responsibilities, and various career opportunities within the field, and as you explored each career opportunity, you discussed standards, strategies, and professional standards. For the Unit 6 Assignment, write a 2–3 page essay regarding the role of the criminal justice professional in serving individual and societal needs. In your paper, identify and describe at least three individual needs and three societal needs and explain the role of the criminal justice professional in serving each of these needs. Provide illustrative examples for each to support your position. View Unit 6 Assignment Checklist NOTE: This assignment will require outside research (at least two outside resources). You may consult the Library, the internet, the textbook and other course material, and any other outside resources in supporting your task.

Resource: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) https://www.fema.gov/   Choose a recent major catastrophe or natural disaster   The catastrophe for this assignment will be Hurricanes and the effects on public policy

You will begin the task of creating a correctional facility that will be presented via PowerPoint. The presentation must have at least 5 slides, and it will provide a snapshot of the correctional facility that will be further developed for the Course Project: Final. The following must be included in the Rough Draft via PowerPoint slides: Type of facility that will be constructed. Be sure to include the name, location, security level, and anticipated size of your facility. This should be a brief overview, as more details of its design will be required for your final presentation (see Course Project: Final Draft Instructions). Determine the necessary staffing categories for the facility Identification of possible programs that will be implemented in the facility Approximation of the total budget for the operation of the facility Identification of at least 2 sources that will be used for the Course Project: Final At least 5 content slides (not including the title and reference slide) A title slide A reference slide

Criminologists have long studied the relationships between employment opportunity, upward mobility in society and criminality. For this assignment, we will evaluate a study of mobility that was conducted in Netherlands. Read the “Determinants of Intergenerational Downward Mobility in the Netherlands”  (Links to an external site.)article: In a well-organized essay, answer the following questions. Review the assumptions made for each inferential test (based on the information in this chapter). Review the null hypothesis for each inferential test (based on the information in this chapter). How are final statistics (t-obtained, chi-square obtained, or F obtained) reported in the article? Based on the table or summary of final statistics, what conclusions do the authors make? Do they find support for their original hypothesis? Explain your answer.

Task 1: Identifying Life-Changing Events That Deter Criminal Behavior Put together a timeline in a slideshow presentation that outlines the four stages of life-changing events for an individual. For each stage, provide a written description of how, in your opinion, it functions as a deterrent to criminal behavior.   Task 2: Formulating a New Theory Formulate a new theory by combining “learning” and “life changes” derived from two theories—social learning theory and life course theory. Social learning theory argues that people learn criminal activity, while life course theory suggests that there are turning points in a person’s life that lead to a desistance in criminal behavior.

Paper Requirements/Prompts Write 3-4 pages on White Collar Crime. Give specific examples on what is WCC? Use a suitable example, i.e. embezzlement Discuss the crime in a one-page summary. Do not summarize over 1 page. On the next 2-3 pages, explain in detail the impact and nature of the crime. Who was injured by the crime? What was the costs? What happened the person(s) who committed the crime? How were they punished. What laws were violated? Could the crime happen again? Explain in detail your answers using specific examples. Use APA writing style. Double spaced. Use 12 font, only one short quote per page is allowed.

Controlling Violent Crime There are many factors that can be associated with the cause of violent crime. Research suggests that some of the factors include severe mental health abnormalities, children who are consistently exposed to violence at home, firearm availability, the independent subculture of violence, and the socialization process, just to name a few. In addition, it has also been found that when homicide occurs, there is often a preexisting relationship that is present. Some relationships include a romantic relationship, narcotic seller/narcotic buyer relationship, or a gang rivalry. Despite the understanding of the aforementioned, criminal justice professionals still have difficulty controlling homicides. Review Chapter 10 in your primary text, and watch the video Murder Capital USA Ganglands of Chicago  (Links to an external site.) , which discusses the high murder rates in Chicago and focuses on contributing factors (Siegel, 2015; Danzo1212, 2013). In your paper, Critique a criminological theory that explains why homicides occur. Discuss ways to decrease and control homicides in the United States. Discuss some of the factors of focus of the various sociological schools of crime causation that explain why murder occurs.

Your group is preparing to investigate an employee embezzlement scheme that involves interviewing a suspect.  Prepare a 15–20-slide PowerPoint presentation that describes the following: How you would conduct the interview of the suspect? Would your interview use a script or a planned series of questions? What possible indicators of deceit would you look or listen for? Include some possible questions for the suspect. Explain how the evidence would be gathered, documented, and handled to ensure that it is not compromised during your investigation. Explain custody and any legal actions that follow the conclusion of your investigation.

Choose one of the following two assignments to complete this week. Do not do both assignments. Identify your assignment choice in the title of your submission. Option #1: Inferential Test Criminologists have long studied the relationships between employment opportunity, upward mobility in society and criminality. For this assignment, we will evaluate a study of mobility that was conducted in Netherlands. Read the “Determinants of Intergenerational Downward Mobility in the Netherlands”   (Links to an external site.) article: In a well-organized essay, answer the following questions. Review the assumptions made for each inferential test (based on the information in this chapter). Review the null hypothesis for each inferential test (based on the information in this chapter). How are final statistics (t-obtained, chi-square obtained, or F obtained) reported in the article? Based on the table or summary of final statistics, what conclusions do the authors make? Do they find support for their original hypothesis? Explain your answer. Option #2: Sampling Technique In 2016, Australian researchers conducted a study on the fear of crime, “(Re)assessing Contemporary “Fear of Crime” Measures within an Australian Context.”  (Links to an external site.) Read this study publication and, in a well-organized essay, answer the following questions: Discuss the sampling technique used by the original researchers and why they chose that technique (based on the information in this chapter). Summarize the findings from the statistical tables presented in the textbook (based on the information in this chapter). What final statistics were utilized to determine any correlations? What conclusions do the authors make? Do they find support for their original hypothesis? Explain your answer. the reading Testing Hypothesis and Properties of Bivariate Relationship

HOMELAND SECURITY   The political party in power often predicates the DHS Budget. For example, Republican administrations tend give greater weight to the prevention of terrorism and national security while Democratic administrations often believe natural disasters are more likely to occur and more expensive to plan, respond and recover. Read Pages 1-16 of the DHS Budget-in-Brief Fiscal Year 2015 and skim the remaining document along with Chapter 9 and 10 in your textbook and decide if you believe DHS money is being allocated correctly to enhance our nation’s resilience to the next natural and man-made. What changes would you institute?