Taxes, retirement, and financial policies are some of the most controversial areas of policy development.  There are a variety of opinions, data sources, and expert reports out there on each of these areas. Therefore, along with all proposed policy, it is important that we can evaluate each policy.  In this week’s lesson, we discussed the three primary and five ancillary evaluative criteria that Kraft considers essential […]

Select an economic development project in your community. The project must have been implemented and/or completed within the past 10 years. Provide background about the project and the intended economic benefits. In presenting your overview of the project, compare the project’s development process to the economic planning challenges outlined in Leigh and Blakely text, Chapter 1 -4. To what degree did the community economic development […]

Collapse           I am half Irish and half Cherokee Indian, therefore, it is safe to say that in my family, alcohol is no stranger.  My grandfather, uncles, cousins and me all have one thing in common, alcohol.  I have always had problems with Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), for two reasons, one, as a police officer, information was not easy to obtain and two, I did not understand […]

For this assignment, please list and discuss at least 6 television shows that you have seen that depict the police, courts, and correctional components of the criminal justice system (2 television shows for each component: law enforcement, judiciary, and corrections; for a total of 6 shows). If you prefer, you can use movies, radio, print media, or any combination of them, but there must be […]

After thinking about the ways in which our economies are so interconnected, I want you to share the ways in which you fit into the picture. How as the economy affected you (positively or negatively). For example, maybe you’ve worked for a store that went out of business, or maybe you moved to the U.S. for economic reasons. Tell your story! (Your post should be at […]

A criminal justice professional gathers information through effective interviews and interrogations. Ineffective victim or suspect interviews or interrogations can cost an investigator a case, and understanding the difference between an interview and an interrogation is critical in selecting an appropriate approach for a specific situation. Interviews and interrogations are dynamic, evolving situations, and developing interviewing and interrogation skills takes time and practice. Interrogation involves an […]

Look back at the case of Antoine Jones. Police and FBI officers, acting without a warrant and using a GPS device, tracked his car 24 hours a day for nearly a month. The information they gathered contributed to his arrest and conviction on drug charges. If you had been on the Supreme Court, how would you have voted in this case? Would you have allowed […]

 Examine two terrorist attacks, and provide an overview of these attacks. Explain the lessons learned from each attack in your opinion. Also, describe what protective measures were taken during the attacks to prevent further casualties and injuries. The completed assignment must be a minimum of three double-spaced pages in length, not including the title page and reference page. The use of outside sources to support […]

There are many types of policy and program evaluations. There are variations in terminology, but the major types of evaluation typically involve the following: a) determining the need and requirement for a program; b) assessing whether a program is working the way it is supposed to work; and c) the impact of the program on the larger environment, both short and long term. For this […]

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 […]