You are the commander of a community police unit with 6 officers assigned to it. The area that you cover has is a high crime area with high calls for service. The Chief wants you to develop a program utilizing Restorative Policing to address the high rate of criminal mischief being done by juveniles. How …
Describe in your own words what Restorative Justice is and the three principles behind it. How can Community Policing utilize Restorative Justice to help with reduction of crime?
Discuss whether you feel that some types of media (films, books, electronic video games, for example) are more criminogenic than others or whether some content is more dangerous than other content. Discuss the differences between cultures that appear to have large amounts of criminogenic media but small levels of copycat crime, such as Japan. Identify …
Present a famous court case, either in real life or fictional; how has the media’s portrayal of the case affected the court system in the United States? What role do you think the media should have in the courts? Include your word count.
Constitutional law is something you are likely familiar with to some extent, but the laws around administrative law may be less familiar. While the Constitution outlines many specific laws, it does not necessarily speak much about what happens in the administration of our government. For this assignment, you are asked to look at where constitutional …
Sean Bell, a 23-year-old African-American, and two other friends were leaving Bell’s bachelor party at a strip club on November 25, 2006, when they were shot by a group of undercover detectives who had been monitoring the club. More than 50 shots were fired at the car containing the three men. Research the …
After a shooting incident at another high school, the administrators at Riverdale High decided to conduct a sweep of all school lockers. They believe that the student profile and neighborhood of their school are similar to those where the shootings took place. There is, therefore, a possibility that a similar crime might occur.The school administrators …
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Case AnalysisYou are working at Johnson and Cohen law firm and have recently been assigned to lead the appeal of a man convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death.The defendant has never had an IQ test, but friends and family insist that he has always been a little “slow“ his entire life. He …
Let’s go back to April, who wants to write magazine articles using information she has obtained from a former client of her law firm. Now that you understand more about the duty of confidentiality, what do you think? If you want to research an answer to April’s question, you can start here: Doe v. Roe, …
George is leaving his civil litigation position and has been interviewing with other firms that do the same sort of work. During his interviews, George has been discussing the cases he works on so that he will not get involved in a could of interest problem with his new employment. Should George tell prospective employers …
