Kathleen Walsh, 17, visits Electronica City looking for a cell phone case. She is attracted to a sparkly purple rubber case as well as a glossy red one. Unsure which would look best, she removes the purple case from its packaging, slips her phone out of its case and places it into the purple one. She repeats this with the red case, then back to […]

1. Visit The Innocence Project Internet site. Read about the problems with scientific evidence, including DNA evidence and problems associated with forensic science crime labs. http://www.innocenceproject.org/causes/unvalidated-or-improper-forensic-science/ With so much attention focused on scientific evidence in television crime shows, it is important to understand the limits of science and the problems associated with using this type of evidence in the criminal justice system. What aspect of the […]

Review Chapter 13 of Law, Business and Society. On page 531, read the statement regarding the legalization of cannabis for recreational purposes in the states of Washington and Colorado. It also contains a question regarding the potential impact that such legalization may have on employers’ substance abuse policies. In your initial post, discuss issues that may be raised in employment law and substance abuse policies with […]

In this assignment, you will refer back to the two handouts indicated below and answer the questions associated with them. Both items listed below will be responded to within the same document, which you will then submit. The response to each item will consist of at least 200 words each, and any sources used, including your textbook, should be cited and referenced properly at the […]

The American Correctional Association’s (ACA) Code of Ethics outlines formal ethics for correctional officers and other correctional personnel. Please review the below video. Describe the ethical codes that were violated by the correctional officers. If you were the Governor how would you prevent these type of violations in the future? Please click on the link or copy and paste the below website address in your […]

For the assignment you will explore, in depth, one well-known criminal case. You may select your own case, or select from one of the following: Jeffery McDonald, Andrea Yates, Jeffrey Dahmer, Ted Bundy, Aileen Wournos, John Wayne Gacy, Philip Markoff (the Craigslist killer), Scott Peterson, Anthony Sowell, or Dennis Rader (BTK strangler). For this assignment, select a well-known criminal case and locate at least three […]

Empirical research has the potential to have profound impact on crime prevention and control. Such research can lead researchers to abandon ill-conceived policies and facilitate the development of new policies that may more effectively control crime or have a less disparate impact upon different populations. For example, research on the crack/cocaine sentencing disparity, established by the U.S. Sentencing Commission in the 1980s, reveals how these […]

Garnering all of the information about constitutional rights and the justice process you have received from this course and your understanding of the “personalities” of the U.S. Supreme Court, prepare a six to eight page paper (not including the APA title and references pages) in which you detail the history of the Supreme Court from 1953 to the present day as it relates to one […]

Assignment 1: Crime Scene InvestigationDue Week 3 and worth 160 points Preliminary investigations do not necessarily yield enough information to prosecute a criminal case. Despite a thorough preliminary investigation, many cases require a follow – up investigation. Use your textbook, the Internet, and / or Strayer Library to research articles on crime scene investigation.  Write a three to four 3 full page paper in which […]

The police in America are the only governmentally sponsored entity with the authority and power to take the life of a citizen. Due to this tremendous power, scholars and community activists have, over the years, expounded on the need for tight regulation and control over police and their use of force against citizens. For this assignment, you will examine and analyze the various ways police […]