As you continue to build on your final paper, it is recommended that you review the Learning Activity assignments and review the Final Paper prompt before beginning this assignment. Please be sure to review the feedback provided by your instructor on your Week One, Week Two, and Week Three Learning Activities as well. A model POL201 Final Paper Guide is provided for you to download and utilize […]

Assume that you are a consultant engaged in a project to implement a major high-speed overpass extension to the most congested highway, linking rural provinces to a major Asian city of 12 million people. A major feature of this project is to implement an electronic toll collection system for this high-speed segment. The objective of the entire project was not just to relieve congestion, lower […]

You have now reached the point in your Final Project where you can begin to think about the methods you will employ to examine your data. A useful approach is often to visualize how your data might look in matrix form. Your choice of analysis techniques will depend on the type of data you have collected, as well as your evaluation design: whether you are […]

Now you should be comfortable with foreign policy, its goals, approaches, and the importance of human rights in world affairs. You will use this information to evaluate foreign policy related to a human rights issue. Imagine yourself as a staff member of the United Nations assigned to keep ambassadors up to date on human rights issues and government policies to address them.

You are to write a current event paper, approximately 750 words in length, consisting of a summary and analysis of a current event having to do with American government and/or politics. You must cite a minimum of five references (sources) in the paper and include a works cited page at the end of the assignment to provide full bibliographic information for each of the references that was cited in […]

For years, local and state agencies, as well as the federal government, have struggled with what should be done with those offenders who have been sentenced to prison for violations of the law. Two popular options remain: house them (retain) or rehabilitate them. From the e-Activity, discuss rehabilitative programs that attempt to reduce the recidivism rate.

Write one to two paragraphs (approx. 200 words*) essay explaining the concept of “analytically driven collection.”  In the assigned reading for this module (Lowenthal), the author describes “analytically driven collection” as an ideal state.  How do you define or explain “analytically driven collection?” Do you agree with Lowenthal that “analytically driven collection” is in fact an “ideal state?”  Explain why you either agree or disagree […]

The criminal justice system is made up of three main branches, including law enforcement, the judiciary, and corrections. The system as a whole can be viewed and analyzed from different perspectives and considered in terms of different outcomes. After completing this week’s required reading, provide your own definition for the criminal justice system. What is the purpose of the criminal justice system? Provide definitions for […]

You will write an essay examining the relationship between presidents and the law. The essay must make reference to Constitutional obligations placed on the president. Begin each essay with a full and current Turabian style citation. Begin the body of the essay with a short statement of your thesis. Include a summary of the recent history of presidents and their adherence to the law. Finally, […]

Officer Lightly has a colleague—Officer Brightly—who also has a background and experience with social science research. She joins the effort to develop a plan to involve citizens in protecting their own communities. She believes, however, that beginning the study by focusing on what motivates citizens to participate actively in providing for their own safe community is the wrong place to start. Officer Brightly proposes another direction; she is interested […]