Category: Criminal justice

CJ101M4: Describe how the Fourth Amendment applies to search and seizure as related to legal precedent.
How Does Search and Seizure Relate to California v. Greenwood, 486 U.S. 35 (1988).
The ability to think critically is a key skill for success in the criminal justice field. It means not taking what you heard or read at face value, but using your critical thinking faculties to weigh up the evidence, and consider the implications and conclusions of the situation.
Resource: Chapter 10: “Pretrial Activities and the Criminal Trial”
Watch the video of a Mock Trial Flow to understand how a mock trial is conducted and follow this criteria in creating the trial script.
Review the details of California v. Greenwood. Compile the facts and witness information for this case. Decide which witnesses could support the prosecution’s case and which witnesses would support the defense’s case. How does search and seizure relate to the California v. Greenwood case? Review the types of evidence that can be proven or disproven at trial.
Review the following resources In Westlaw:
People v. Greenwood, 182 Cal.App.3d 729 (1986) 227 Cal.Rptr. 539
California v. Greenwood, 486 U.S. 35 (1988) 108 S.Ct. 1625, 100 L.Ed.2d 30, 56 USLW 4409
Note: You should be logged in to Westlaw in the Purdue Global Library before you access the Westlaw link above.
Complete a trial script of the trial process of the California v. Greenwood case.
Download Trial Script Template
Include the following in your script:
The actions for each person involved in the trial process (Bailiff, Judge, Prosecutor, Defense Attorney, etc.)
Opening and closing statements
The questions asked on direct examination and cross examination
The verdict
Your submission should provide a clearly established and sustained viewpoint and purpose.
Your writing should be well ordered, logical, and unified, as well as original and insightful.
Your submission must be written in Standard English and demonstrate exceptional content, organization, style, and grammar and mechanics.
A separate page at the end of your submission should contain a list of references in APA format. Use your textbook, the Library, and the internet for research.
Be sure to include references for all sources and to cite them using in-text citations where appropriate. Your sources and content should follow current APA citation style. Review the writing resources for APA formatting and citation found in Academic Tools. Additional writing resources can be found within the Academic Success Center.
Your submission should:include a title page;
be double-spaced;
be typed in Times New Roman, 12-point font; and
be free of spelling or punctuation errors.
If the work submitted for this competency assessment does not meet the minimum submission requirements, it will be returned for revision. If the work submitted does not meet the minimum submission requirements by the end of the term, you will receive a failing score.

Instructions: Mandatory minimum sentencing requires that offenders serve a predetermined term in prison for certain crimes. Judges are bound by law to enforce the mandatory minimum sentences. Explain the reasons why there have been calls to repeal or reform mandatory minimum sentencing laws. Based on your findings, are you in favor of repealing mandatory minimum sentencing laws? 
The assignment is due on or before Sunday of Week 3 at 11:59 pm EST. Each student submission must be a minimum of 3 full pages (top to bottom) with APA 7th edition citations and references. Each student submission MUST be uploaded as a Word Doc attachment. 
All assignments must be written in an academic tone. Remember, an academic essay is not to be written like you are having a casual conversation with your friends. Do not include slang or foul language unless you are quoting someone.
Lengthy direct quotes are not permitted. Direct quotes, if used, must be limited to a few words. As university students, you are expected to paraphrase and cite. For more information on properly citing sources in your assignments please refer to the APA 7th edition manual. While the assignments are to include an examination of current research on a particular problem, they also need to include the student’s careful and informed analysis of the problem. 
Remember each assignment must be submitted as a Word Doc attachment. You must use a 12-point Times New Roman font. Margins will also need to be 1 inch on all sides.
Each assignment will need to include the following:
An APA formatted title page.
The original question is at the top of the essay (serves as the abstract).
The body of your response must be a minimum of 3 pages.
A reference page formatted to APA 7th edition.     
A minimum of two current, scholarly references per assignment published within the past 5-10 years. Hint: the more recent the source, the better.  Web sources can be used, though they must come from credible sources such as government agencies, academics, and private agencies with a strong scholarly reputation within the community they serve. 
Furthermore, do not use encyclopedias, dictionaries, newspapers (unless otherwise permitted), and popular magazines. It is important to remember that this is an undergraduate-level class, and you are required to submit undergraduate-level work, which is backed up by academically credible material. If you have a question about the quality of a potential resource, please email your professor.
You are encouraged to use the library to locate the needed material. Additionally, at the bottom of this syllabus is a list of acceptable organizations and groups found on the World Wide Web which you can use to find material for your assignments

For your final project, please choose a representation of disability and race (e.g., in literature, television, movie, music, comic book, web media, social construct etc.) that you think warrants scholarly attention OR an issue related to race and disability that you would like to discuss and explore in a 10-minute narrated PowerPoint presentation. This means you MUST record your presentation. The project can take many different shapes, ranging from a close look at an individual aspect, a theoretical issue, or a comparison of two different representations of race and disability. Feel free to go into depth on something we have focused on in class readings or mentioned in discussions, or that interested you from additional sources we have touched on in class – but feel equally free to look beyond course materials. Use as many sources as you need for your topic, but make sure you are using scholarly ones (book chapters, academic journal articles etc.). You can draw on sources we have covered in the course but are encouraged to find additional ones that speak directly to your topic.

Criminal procure class 
Week 9 Assignment Dropbox
Assignment Content
This week you learn about border searches. Please briefly explain the law in this area and then take a position as to whether you are in favor or against the law as it currently exists. (Remember to support your position with reasons and / or examples and to always cite to the textbook with page numbers. )

This writing will serve to contrast different ideas. You are allowed to take any two theories   learned up to this point and contrast the ideas and show/or refute your selection. In short, discuss your prompt, your chosen theories, answer the question associated with the prompt, ensure APA compliance, include at least four references (and citations) with two being peer-reviewed, and have fun.
Select one (or two) of the bullet points.
What if an offender commits a highly irrational crime, such as physically assaulting a person in front of a police officer?  Would you argue that that person made a rational choice to commit that crime? 
What if biological profiles were created to identify individuals who were most likely to engage in criminal behavior?  What would be the possible consequences of identifying believed criminals before they were actually criminal?  
What if two boys grow up in the same family.  They attend the same school and have the same friends.  One becomes a criminal and the other a police officer.  Explain.
Let me know which of the bullet points you choose.
Make sure the 2 peer reviewed soources are construsted the right way.
The paper must be four full pages of information. That means four full pages of text/information, and not to include references, title, etc. I would suggest that you go over by a few sentences to a paragraph onto the fifth page. You must follow APA formatting.

Confrontational Theory is being used more and more. Some say Domestic Violence may relate to this theory and some say this theory was made for the male world. According to Polk(1994) and Cooney’s(1997) research does this relate to DV?
What are your thoughts and support your answer.

In the Unit 2 Discussion Board, you researched a specific criminal behavior and engaged in a discussion on the implications of criminal offending. In your criminal law course, you learned an important concept involving the use of the criminal sanction. Specifically, while the purpose of the criminal sanction is to punish the crime, it is the responsibility of the criminal justice system to provide treatment, when necessary, to the offender.
Using the interpersonal crime that you selected for the Unit 2 Discussion Board, practice your research skills by conducting a treatment inventory. A treatment inventory is a research activity collating the state of treatment programming with an emphasis on what exists and the reported effectiveness of those treatment interventions.
In preparing your treatment inventory, supply a statement of the problem documenting the extent of the direct and indirect harm caused by this crime. Offer no less than 3 different treatment (intervention) programs aimed at reducing the crime, and supply at least 1 research study that was conducted on the treatment intervention. Consider whether this research works to reduce recidivism. The treatment inventory must be 4 pages and should include a chart comparing the different treatment (intervention) programs. Use no fewer than 6 scholarly resources.
The treatment inventory will be 4 pages and will include a chart comparing the different treatment (intervention) programs. The specific steps are as follows:
Select any 1 of the following criminal behaviors:Intimate Partner Violence
Conduct independent research on treatment programming used to treat offenders who commit this crime.
In 1 paragraph, provide a statement of the problem documenting the extent of the direct and indirect harm caused by this crime.
Provide a summary of no fewer than 3 different treatment (intervention) programs aimed at reducing the crime.
Provide at least 1 research study that was conducted on the treatment intervention, emphasizing what is known about the effectiveness of the treatment intervention. Create a chart comparing the different treatment (intervention programs).
Use no fewer than 6 scholarly resources.

TERM PAPER INSTRUCTIONS
TOPIC
Your final project must be on one of the following topics:
– Community Policing (in support of CO4 and CO5)
– Whether a College Degree Should be Mandatory for Police Recruits  (in support of CO2)
– A topic focused on a specific aspect of Equity, Diversion, Equality (EDI) as it relates to law enforcement and this course. Keep in mind, EDI is far more than simply a discussion on race.  Potential EDI areas for consideration can in part include issues related to race, ethnicity, gender, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, tribe, casts, socio-economic status, thinking and communication styles, etc. This topic allows a wide variety of potential topics and in turn is in support of all 5 COs). All EDI based topics within this category are pre-approved so long as it relates to law enforcement and this course, but if unsure if your topic can work please post it in the Question Tab of the Forums for instructor approval
PAGE LENGTH AND REQUIREMENTS   
The final project will include a minimum of 15-17 pages of content in the body of the paper (you may go longer but not shorter in length). This 15-17 pages does not count, i.e., it excludes the cover page, abstract, table of contents, any and all quotes, images, charts, pictures, and reference section. Hence, the completed paper will be longer than 15 pages, and is expected to range anywhere from 18-21 pages depending on how many quotes, if images are included, # of references, etc.
All quotes, minus those 40 or more words which will be indented and single spaced to clearly show they are quotes, must be encapsulated in quotation marks. Likewise, all papers must be 100% original work to this class. The discovery of past work being used will be treated as cheating, and as is the case for plagiarism, will as a minimum will result in a 0 for the paper.
The paper is to be double spaced (do not add extra space beyond double spacing), with 1″ margins all around, Times New Roman, 12 pitch; no other style or pitch is to be used in the paper. Students who opt to utilize larger fonts, or add extra spacing beyond regular double spacing, and or put in margins larger than 1″ all around will as a minimum see an automatic full letter grade deduction.
Each student will be required to complete the term paper in the most recent edition of APA. A running head is not required for this paper
This is to be of high quality, free of spelling and grammatical errors, and of original work. Plagiarism will be dealt with harshly, and at the least will be an automatic 0 on the paper (revisions will not be allowed when plagiarism is discovered and in turn requests to do that should not be asked…requests to revise plagiarized work will not be considered).
Please be sure that your paper is a Word Document (.doc) uploaded to the assignment section as an attachment.
REFERENCES
Students will be required to use at least 5 scholarly – (peer-reviewed)- sources. Students have access to peer-reviewed sources through the APUS library. Note: .com, and .org sources can be used for referenced support, but will not count toward the minimum scholarly source requirement.

Watch the following video: YouTube

Then, go to the following website: Community Crime Map
https://communitycrimemap.com
Using this website, type in “Independence, MO.”
1. Describe the types of crimes that occured within a 5 mile radius of Independence, MO between January 1, 2024 – May 31, 2024.
2. Which crimes occured more?
2. Based on the type of crime that was committed more than all others, what crime reduction approach could law enforcement use to best decrease its occurrence?
3. Imagine you live in Independence, MO. As a local, what are two (2) strategies you could implement to keep this type of crime from reoccurring? (This is not a textbook answer, per se. Think of your neighborhood: as a local civilian, what two (2) things could you do to protect yourself from this kind of crime.)
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W7: Admissibility in Court
The admissibility of expert testimony in the field of profiling is not guaranteed. 
Discuss with classmates some of the reasons “why” an expert may not be allowed to testify about a profiling report. Do you believe that profiling reports should be allowed into court? If yes, under what circumstances?