Risk Factor Handout

Please help me with this. The group I have chosen is gangs. In Ch. 5 and 6 you have read about classifications of juvenile delinquency and potential risk factors for different groups. Over the next several weeks you will explore a selected target group in the juvenile justice system. • Resources: Ch. 5 and 6 in Juvenile Just ...continues

What is apparent authority and its resulting liability?

What is apparent authority and its resulting liability?

Speech

6.Which of the following is correct with regard to commercial speech? a.The government cannot regulate commercial speech. b.The government can regulate the time, place or manner of commercial speech, but it cannot prevent it. c.The government can restrict or prevent commercial speech, so long as the speech does not have pol ...continues

What are the goals of punishment and corrections?

What are the goals of punishment and corrections? Explain the rationale behind those goals. How does the concept of community corrections relate to these goals and rationale? What do you think about the use of the death penalty as a form of punishment? Support by using one of the major ethical systems.

Law Enforcement Administrator - Review of Statistics

Imagine that you are a local law enforcement administrator. Answer the following questions in a 2 to 3 page (double spaced) essay. • What do these data tell you? • If your graph is most relevant to police or correctional officers: How might this data change the direction you give to line level officers about tactics and depl ...continues

The case of the Speluncean Explorers

The judges deciding the case of the Speluncean Explorers use a variety of perspectives in order to decide whether the defendants were guilty of homicide. Review each of the perspectives provided by the judges. What theories of the law and the judicial process seem to drive each of their perspectives? Which one do you think is ...continues

Supreme Court Judges

What generalizations can we make about the politics of selecting judges to the federal courts from the data that has been collected and documented? What lessons do we learn about the politics of selecting Supreme Court justices based on the the nominations of Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court?

Interest groups and the judicial process

Interest groups have often been identified as one of the most important factors in the judicial process. What tactics and strategies do interest groups use in the judicial process? Give examples. How does the Simon and Schuster case illustrate the idea that “each of the parties represented the policy interests of much broader c ...continues

Personal and Professional Code of Ethics

I'm in an Ethics class and I need to create a personal code of ethics using one of the major ethical framework as a guide. I have to examine the professional code of ethics for a career field in Criminal Justice (preferable Crime Scene Investigation and analyze the ethical dilemmas for this field. I should include how the pe ...continues

State Department Definition of Terrorist Activity

Could someone help me define the U.S. State Department’s full definition of terrorist activity, and include all activities that are covered by the definition.