When you were attending AIU, you thought of yourself being an undercover narcotics officer or working for a bank as a fraud investigator, but you were initially exposed to the role of a victims’ witness assistant during the Criminal Careers course at AIU. Then, your best friend became a victim of a crime of violence after being stalked for several months, and that incident changed […]

This week you will be compiling a summary of potential topics. In Week Two, you will choose one topic and write two different essays aimed at using the same or similar information and research targeting two very different audiences: public policy advocates and business executives. To get you started, we will use this discussion to explore the various unique and overlapping needs of these groups. […]

“Barriers to Analysis” is a very important subject area that should be critically explored. Review Chapter 5 and provide a self-assessment of yourself, describing the challenges that may affect your analysis.  In high school, you were probably taught to outline and then write an introduction, body, and conclusion. There are similar concepts in law school and in analysis. No matter what structure you use, make […]

choose one of the following major criminal justice areas: law enforcement, prisons/corrections, the courts, private security, or emergency management. This component will serve as the area for which the project will be based. Next, identify a challenge or area of improvement within your chosen area. (For example, one may choose corrections as the topic area and violence in prisons as the problem). Over the weeks […]

Final Capstone Project Outline Review the Final Capstone Project instructions in Week Five. Then, visit the Ashford Writing Center located under the Learning Resources tab on the left navigation tool bar in your online classroom, and review the “Sample: Outline.” Format your outline for the Final Capstone Project according to the “Sample: Outline.” (NOTE: In the “Sample: Outline,” it states that the thesis statement is […]

Your assignment is to write a response, on your belief, if racial discrimination truly exists within the criminal justice system. Your response must be specific and you must include facts to support your position. In addition, you are to provide examples supporting your position.   Your paper should go beyond the obvious, be written at a graduate level, and must be no less than 1200 words. […]

Your initial post should be 500 words or more. I will be looking for key insights and unique analysis in your posts, just not regurgitation of news reporting. Don’t waste your time and my time unless you’re going to bring fresh, unique, and your own critical analysis to the post. Please cite all sources in your initial post. I expect you will do some independent research outside […]

You are tasked by your Police Chief to provide information to potential officer candidates going through the police academy about the importance of working with juvenile delinquents and the role the candidates will play as it relates to preventing and deterring delinquency acts. The chief has asked that you present this in PowerPoint and include the following information: Identify the strengths and limitations of police […]

 Review the information in Chapter  6 about expert opinion and select a topic from science or technology on which experts might disagree (for example, possible health hazards of cell phones, global warming/global climate change, or the value of vitamin supplements). Use the Internet to research this topic and find one point on which experts seem to agree, one point on which experts disagree, and one opinion […]

Assignment 1: Learning by Doing  Using library or Internet resources provide a full citation for each of the following items:    1.Your state’s statute that defines what is considered to be a public record that must be made available to the public upon request. 2.The pre-World War I opinion by the U.S. Supreme Court holding, on re-argument, that a federal income tax was unconstitutional. 3.The federal […]