As an initiative to improve police and community relations and to assist police
As an initiative to improve police and community relations and to assist police officers in seeing offenders more as human beings and less as simply the sum total of their offenses, your police chief wants to implement empathy training. Empathy allows officers to better understand the “why” behind behavior and can help officers improve their interactions with people during police encounters.
As a part of this initiative, you are responsible for selecting a criminology theory covered in your textbook and preparing a PowerPoint presentation (10–12 content slides) to help educate your colleagues about different causes of crime.
Exception: You may select any criminology theory covered in your textbook with one exception: You may not select conflict theory as this theory is provided to you as an example.
Instructions
Create a PowerPoint presentation (8 content slides) in which you:
Explain your selected criminology theory, including its strengths and criticisms.
Do not select conflict theory, as this theory is covered in the sample presentation provided.
Identify the major theorists responsible for developing this theory.
Finish the development of your scenario that you began in the Week 3 discussion, and which, in this presentation, must demonstrate how your chosen theory may influence a police officer’s response to criminal/deviant behaviors.
Describe de-escalation techniques and community policing strategies consistent with your chosen theory and empathy training.
Develop a succinct, engaging, and informative presentation on your selected criminology theory:
Consider including images, graphics, or short video snippets in your presentation to increase audience engagement.
Provide additional detail in the notes pages in PowerPoint about what you would say if you actually had to deliver your presentation.
Use three sources to support your writing.
Choose sources that are credible, relevant, and appropriate.
Cite each source listed on your source page at least one time within your assignment.
Assignment 2
The Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution is a limitation on both state and federal government power to make arrests, search people and their property, and seize objects and contraband, such as illegal drugs or weapons. These policy limits are the bedrock of search and seizure law and are ultimately at the root of your right to privacy.
Preparation
Analyze the following U.S. Supreme Court case:
Carpenter v. United States [PDF].
Instructions
Write a 2 page paper in which you:
Prepare a two-page case brief of Carpenter v. United States and the Supreme Court’s extension of Fourth Amendment protection to cell phones and locations.
Use the Case Brief Template [DOCX].
Explain the dissenting opinions of Justices Gorsuch, Alito, Thomas, and Kennedy, including your understanding of their arguments and whether the arguments are valid.
Support your writing with at least three credible, relevant, and appropriate academic sources.
Write in an articulate and well-organized manner that is grammatically correct and free of spelling, typographical, formatting, and/or punctuation errors.
Assignment 3
The juvenile justice system oversees adjudications for juvenile offenders in juvenile courts. A juvenile offender is a youth under the age of 18 or the age of majority, depending on state statute. A juvenile, or delinquent, is said to commit delinquent acts rather than crimes. This language is consistent with the primary goal of the juvenile system, which is rehabilitation, treatment, and successful reintegration into the community.
For the last 40 years, the United States Supreme Court has rendered several important cases affecting the constitutional rights, treatment, and adjudication of delinquents in the juvenile justice system.
Instructions
Per the chapter reading, write a one-page summary that includes the history of landmark cases that grant due process rights and procedures to juveniles and your understanding of the following Supreme Court decisions, especially as they pertain to the death penalty and requirements for life imprisonment without parole.
Roper v Simmons.
Graham v. Florida.
Miller v. Alabama.
Paper Formatting
Double-spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with 1-inch margins on all sides.
