Create a personal code of ethics using one of the major ethical frameworks as a guide.
Create a personal code of ethics using one of the major ethical frameworks as a guide. Compare your personal code of ethics with those of the career of a Probation Officer. -To what ethical standards would you hold yourself if you worked in that field? -How does your code of ethics compare to the professional code of ethi ...continues
Research statistics for New York related to one of the following types of crime: Murder, theft, drug use, sexual assault, or kidnapping. Are the rates for this crime increasing or decreasing? What factors contribute to the trend?
Survey of Local Crime Prevention Efforts
You have been hired to help your city council in an effort to improve crime prevention methods within your community. Prepare a written proposal outlining 2-3 data collection techniques. Compare and contrast the limitations of each technique (200-300 words).
The Media, Crime, and Violence
Visit the Smoking Gun Web site at http://www.thesmokinggun.com/ Locate the interrogation notes of Lee Harvey Oswald and the manual found in the possession of a supporter of Osama bin Laden Military Studies in the Jihad Against the Tyrants. Provide a 50-word response to each of these questions: 1. Should the documents you foun ...continues
Constitutionality of Free Speech vs. Threats to National Security. Restrainsts on journalists.
Resource: Electronic Reserve Readings article "Journalists Caught in the Crossfire: robert Novak, the First Amendment, and Journalist's Duty of Confidentiality" Provide a 50-75 word response to each of these questions: 1-What role does the Intelligence Identities Protection Act play in this matter? 2-What does the threat or e ...continues
A woman was recently arrested for drowning all four of her children. Her defense team suggested that she was depressed and had no idea what she was doing at the time of the crime. A wealthy man and his pregnant wife were going through a divorce. Rather than pay alimony and child support the man hired someone to kill his wife ...continues
Discus the arguments in favor of and arguments against just desert.
Media-Based Anti Crime Efforts
Review the National Citizens' Crime Prevention Campaign Web site at http://www.ncpc.org/media/current.php Spend some time examining the print, television, and Internet public service announcements. Review Court TV's Choices and Consequences public service initiative at http://www.courttv.com/choices/. Explore the About Us pag ...continues
If you were a criminal defendant, would you want your court proceedings to be recorded?
Review the Courtroom 21 Web site at http://www.courtroom21.net. Examine the Company Info and Participating Companies and Technology sections. Post your response to these questions: Based on your review of the Courtroom 21 Project, in what ways could technology help or impede the criminal justice process? If you were a criminal ...continues
Resource: Electronic Reserve Reading "The Extent of Crime Has Been Exaggerated by the Media" (attached) Reportage of certain crimes like the Columbine High School massacre accelerates moral panics, causing society to quickly adopt new crime policies (the incident at Columbine, for example, caused many schools to adopt zero-tole ...continues
