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CJA 314 Complete Class Criminology Version 3 |
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CJA 314 Week 1 DQ 1 Using legal, political, sociological, and psychological perspectives from your text, how might a person from each perspective view the link between crime and deviance? |
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CJA 314 Week 1 DQ 2 Why does crime remain a concern among the public despite declining crime rates? What role does media play in this phenomenon? |
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CJA 314 Week 1 DQ 3 In what ways has federal and state funding influenced social policy? How does a lack of funding affect the research process? |
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CJA 314 Week 1 Individual Crime Data Comparison Paper Resource: Films on Demand
· “Crime and Punishment” · “Experiment Research and Design” · “Selecting a Sample”
Resource: Types of Crime videos in CJ Criminology
· “Introduction to Crimes Kiosk” · “Defining and Measuring Crime”
Resource: Criminology in the 21st Century
· How Crimes are Measured
Utilize FBI Uniform Crime Report data and select one offense, such as burglary, in two metropolitan areas.
Choose metropolitan areas with different data.
· Which area had more reported incidents? · What were the rates of the crime for each area? · Did the rates change over time in either area? · What factors might explain the differences in the rates?
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. |
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CJA 314 Week 2 DQ 1 The just desserts model is concerned with punishment in proportion to an offense. How is consensus on proportionality achieved? How does this consensus vary from an international perspective? |
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CJA 314 Week 2 DQ 2 Compare determinate sentencing and truth-in-sentencing practices. How would social problem and responsibility perspectives argue for one practice or the other? |
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CJA 314 Week 2 DQ 3 What are some benefits of focusing crime prevention efforts on places instead of people? How does crime analysis relate to this practice? |
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CJA 314 Week 2 Individual Prison Term Policy Recommend-ation Proposal Resource: Films on Demand videos located in this week’s Electronic Reserve Readings.
· “Truth of Abu Ghraib” · “Who is Psychopathic” · “Murder Defense: Insanity”
Resource: Classical School of Thought in Criminology located on the student website in Criminology in the 21st Century.
Imagine the following scenario:
You are the criminologist advisor to a member of the state legislature. The legislature will soon vote on a bill that, if it passes, would double the maximum prison term for anyone convicted of armed robbery. Your boss knows the bill is popular, but wonders if it will do much good.
Consider policy making as it relates to criminal offenses. What recommendations would you make? What are the reasons for your recommendations? Is this a good bill or a bad bill? Is this bill effective?
Prepare a 750- to 1,050-word proposal addressing the following:
· Objectives of the bill · Goals of the bill · Possible solutions for the bill · Justification for why the bill should be approved or not
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. |
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CJA 314 Week 2 Learning Team Biological Criminal Behavior Choose a criminal offender who committed crimes due to a biological reason.
Write a 1,400- to 2,100-word paper discussing the genetic or physiological evidence that supports the notion that biology played a key role in explaining the offender’s criminality.
Research the behaviors that constitute psychopathy. Discuss in detail the specific behaviors demonstrated by the offender that align with behaviors indicative of a psychopathic individual. Case examples include the following: · Andrea Yates and the documented evidence of psychiatric issues, including post-partum depression, prior to the murders of her five children · Charles Whitman, known as the Texas Tower Sniper, and the presence of a tumor discovered post-mortem alleged to have played a role in his overt acts of aggression · John Hinckley, Jr. and the documented evidence of psychiatric issues leading to his controversial insanity defense in the shooting of President Ronald Reagan
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CJA 314 Week 3 DQ 1 What general factors are identified as primary deficits of social structure theories? How would you evaluate theses deficits? |
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CJA 314 Week 3 DQ 2 Explain differences among the consensus, pluralistic, and conflict perspectives. Which comes closest to your understanding of society? Why? Does one perspective adequately describe society? |
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CJA 314 Week 3 DQ 3 What social process theory or theories may explain the 1999 Columbine shooting in Littleton, Colorado? |
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CJA 314 Week 3 Individual Examining Theory Paper Resource: Theories of Crime videos in CJ Criminology, located on the student website.
· Social Structure Theories
o “Theory Explained”
· Social Process Theories
o “Theory Explained”
· Social Conflict Theories
o “Theory Explained”
For this assignment, you will choose from the following options.
· Option 1: Social Structure Theory Paper · Option 2: Social Process and Social Development Theory Paper
Read the instructions in the University of Phoenix Material: Examining Theory located on the student website and select one option to complete the assignment.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. |
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CJA 314 Week 3 Learning Team Criminology in the Future Paper and Presentation (Preparation) Preview Week Five in preparation for next week’s Learning Team assignment. Submit the Week 3 Learning Team Assignment. * Choose at least two theories and describe how you will integrate them into your Week 5 Learning Team Assignment, Criminology in the Future Paper and Presentation. Your response can be submitted in a few sentences. |
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CJA 314 Week 4 DQ 1 Is workplace violence a reflection of the individual who committed the violence or society in general? Why? |
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CJA 314 Week 4 DQ 2 To what extent are the typologies offered for serial killers useful for understanding these offenders and offenses? Why?
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CJA 314 Week 4 DQ 3 Which crime causation theory best explains organized crime, in your opinion? How does the presence of large, organized criminal enterprises affect law enforcement investigative efforts? |
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CJA 314 Week 4 Individual Policy Issues Resource Films on Demand videos located in this week’s Electronic Reserve Readings:
· “Drug Control in Central Asia” · “Crackdown on Corruption” · “Child Exposure to Domestic Violence”
Resource: Films on Demand videos located in this week’s Electronic Reserve Readings: Policy Issues
For this assignment, you will choose from the following options.
· Option 1: Microsoft® PowerPoint® Presentation · Option 2: Podcast · Option 3: Paper Format your work consistent with APA guidelines. |
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CJA 314 Week 4 Learning Team Criminology in the Future Paper and Presentation (Preparation) Begin working on the Criminology in the Future Paper and Power Point Presentation assignment due in Week Five. Submit the Week 4 Learning Team Assignment. Provide an outline for your Week 5 Learning Team Assignment, Criminology in the Future Paper and Presentation. |
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CJA 314 Week 5 Learning Team Criminology in the Future Paper and Presentation Resource: Victims’ compensation websites in your state and the National Center for Victims of Crime website (http://www.ncvc.org)
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