Category: Criminology

Instructions
Write a two-page paper analyzing the fact pattern presented below.  Please use federal law or your own state law.  Your analysis should include application of the topics covered during the past seven weeks.  For example, search and seizure, search warrants, execution of warrants, exceptions to the warrant requirement, exclusionary rule, Miranda rights, and the right against self-incrimination.  Do not restate the facts in your paper, but rather identify the issues, analyze, and provide your legal reasoning.
Ensure your citations are in APA or Bluebook format.
Please see the grading rubric, which will be used to grade this assignment.
Fact Pattern
Michael is a veteran police officer for the New York City Police Department. He is dispatched to investigate a robbery and possible homicide at 123 Apple Lane to Michelle Hansberry’s house. He knocks on the door in uniform and announces his identity and flashes a search warrant to Michelle. She does not ask to see or read the search warrant and lets Officer Michael in the house.
The warrant was issued by Judge Judy at the local district court. It is a search warrant that indicated the kitchen, family room, powder bathroom and common areas of the home could be searched for a gun used in connection with a murder in Time Square and for a diamond necklace missing from Tiffany’s jewelry store on Fifth Avenue.
While searching the premises indicated on the search warrant, Officer Michael detects a smell coming from the master bedroom, which is located on the first floor of the home. He steps by the entrance of the bedroom and determines based on his professional experience, it is the smell of gun powder. Due to this emanating smell, Officer Michael immediately goes into the bedroom and discovers a gun sitting on the dresser. Officer Michael grabbed the gun and placed it into an evidence bag and labeled it.
He then proceeds to open the dresser drawer and discovers the diamond necklace that was missing from Tiffany’s jewelry store. When Officer Michael questioned Michelle, she responded, “I did not kill anyone, my sister stole the necklace. I only agreed to hide the necklace for her.” Officer Michael asked Michelle to go to the police station to answer some questions, and she agreed. Upon arrival at the station and being booked in, Michelle told Officer Michael’s partner Scott, “my sister made me do it, I had no choice.”
Does not include the introduction and reference page

Part I
After a defendant is found guilty, there is the sentencing and appeal phase of the process. Most attorneys will file an appeal on behalf of the defendant if there is an appealable issue. Sometimes the judge grants a lot of discussion in determining a defendant’s sentence. Other times, the judge’s hands are tied based on the mandatory minimum sentencing laws. This discussion asks you to examine the sentencing and appeal phase of the criminal process.
Please discuss each of the following:
Are judges given too much discretion when it comes to sentencing? What are some of the factors a judge looks at when determining an appropriate sentence? 
What is the difference between a determinate and indeterminate sentence? Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each. Do you think mandatory minimum sentences serve any real purpose? 
Part II
Based on the facts provided to you in Week 1 discussion, the investigation report, the confession by Mayo and the witness statements made by Dietz and Joe answer the following:
Assuming Mayo is found guilty at trial, what would you recommend as an appropriate sentence for Mayo? Please answer this question from both positions of being the prosecutor and the defense attorney representing Mayo. Discuss why and make sure to support your thoughts with legal analysis. 

Please rewrite this in own words. I submitted it to school and the overall similarity score was 28% I need the similrity score as low as possible. 

This research paper will be structured as a policy brief analyzing one topic relating to this course and using the reading materials we have discussed in class (optional reading materials are also available for this project). You should use no less than six academic sources (drawing on required or optional materials assigned in class).
These are 2 sources to use for the paper 
Ludwig, J., and Harcourt, B., Broken Windows: New Evidence from New York City and a Five-City Social Experiment, U. Chicago L. Rev (Jun. 2005) 
Is Broken Windows or Poor Policing At Fault (and does it matter)?
Ludwig, J., and Harcourt, B., Broken Windows: New Evidence from New York City and a Five-City Social Experiment, U. Chicago L. Rev (Jun. 2005

Part I
There are various identification methods used in the criminal justice system. There are also two different types of evidence used: physical evidence and circumstantial evidence. This discussion examines the reliability of the various methods used and examines the two different types of evidence.
Please discuss each of the following:
Discuss the various identification methods used in the criminal justice system. Discuss some of the flaws with eye witness identifications?
What is the difference between physical evidence and circumstantial evidence? Which do you believe is more reliable to a jury? 
What are some of the benefits and drawbacks to relying on DNA evidence in a criminal case?
Part II
Please review the two signed statements from witnesses. One is from Dawn Dietz, the prosecutor’s witness, and the other is from Joe “The Fireman”, the defense’s witness. Using these two witness statements and the facts provided to you in the week 1 discussion, answer the following questions:
1) If you were the prosecutor, how would you discredit the potential testimony of Joe The Fireman?
2) If you were the defense attorney, how would you discredit the potential testimony of Dawn Dietz?
3)  What statements/testimony from the witnesses, the police officer and Mayo will be admissible and inadmissible? Discuss why.

Part I
There are various factors in making decisions to charge an individual with a crime. There are also stages and rules of trial by jury and rules of entering a guilty plea. This discussion asks you to examine plea agreements and the trial process.
Please discuss each of the following:
Discuss some of the reasons why a prosecutor would offer a defendant a plea agreement. Share your thoughts on plea bargaining. Discuss the constitutional requirements of entering a guilty plea agreement.
What is the difference between a bench trial and a jury trial. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each.
Part II
Based on the facts provided to you in Week 1 discussion, the investigation report, the confession by Mayo and the witness statements made by Dietz and Joe answer the following:
1) If you were the defense attorney representing Mayo would you try to negotiate a plea agreement on his behalf or go to trial? Why? 
2) The prosecutor is given a lot of discretion in the criminal court process.  If you were the prosecutor would you try to negotiate a plea agreement or go to trial? Discuss why and make sure to support your position. 

Answer each prompt in 200-250 words or more
prompt 1: In 3-4 paragraphs, discuss if you believe Edward Snowden’s actions were of benefit or harm to the nation? Explain your answer.
Prompt 2: In 3-4 paragraphs, identify and explain the DOD’s strategy for preventing a terrorist attack on the homeland?

Conduct a search via Google Scholar on any criminal justice topic of interest to you. Use the article to answer any three of the remaining questions (17-23) that you choose from the quiz questions link above. Make sure to add a reference list and cite the author throughout your responses as well as paraphrase when applicable.

Find and select three written news stories about crimes
that occurred from three cities in the United States. Look for detailed print news stories
from newspapers, news agencies, or social news sources that focus on the same type of
crime, e.g., murder, robbery, assault, etc. Each story should report a separate crime
incident. If you access online, try to .pdf the news stories and include them as an
attachment. You might need to copy and paste. If you use hard copy newspapers, copy
and fasten each news story to 8.5 by 11-inch paper and create a .pdf. Using yellow
highlighter, or multiple highlighter colors if you choose, identify the key information
about the crimes reported in each story (you can do this electronically if you choose).
You should carefully highlight what you see as the important information. Stepping
back, how do you see the news stories being constructed for the reader? What are the
common forms of information reported in all the stories? What is reported in one or
some stories, but not all? What kind of words are used to describe the crimes that
occurred? Be sure to put words you note in “quotes.” What kind of information do you
think is missing that the public ought to know? Is there any information in any story that
potentially “grabs” the reader, also any information that might be confusing or
misleading? Next, drawing from class materials and/or the assigned reading, select and
apply two theories that you think might explain why the type of crime found in the news
stories you selected occurs. Mere mention or listing of the theories is insufficient. You
must provide a one paragraph coherent discussion of each theory and the argument about
what drives crime for each. Precision and detail are important here. You should be
able to find public domain news stories. You are not expected to pay for access to
newspapers. Please Note: If you are unable to attach the news stories to your write-up
because of technology, then just provide the links to the stories you used. I need to be
able to see the news stories and the highlighting you did if possible. Please provide a
footnote explanation at the end of the writeup about the problems in this respect you
encountered.

The document that says Final Chapters 7-12. doc. You will find the instructions and that is where you have to put the work but you don’t have to if you don’t want to. You can put everything in a google docs and send it to me and i will do the rest. I have added the books where chapters 7-12 is so you can look at the questions and pick any questions that are under “questions for Discussion”. my professor wants one page writing  for one question in every chapter. if you have trouble understanding please contact me.