Cja/464 criminal justice policy analysis / university of phoenix /

Week 1 Individual

Policy Analysis I Paper

With your instructor’s approval, choose a current federal, state, or local issue that directly affects public policy pertaining to the criminal justice system.

Prepare a 700-1050-word paper in which you analyze the issue and related policy. Be sure to address to following points in your analysis:

·         Describe the issue.

·         Is this policy a regulatory or legislative-initiated policy?

·         Who initiated the issue or policy

·         Is there a constitutional issue

·         How will the issue or policy affect the community, the accused, and the victims

Cite your references properly consistent with APA guidelines.

Week 2 Individual

Federal vs. State Policy Comparison

Prepare a 1,050-1,750- word paper in which you compare and contrast the differences and similarities of federal and state government as it pertains to their role in the implementation of criminal justice policy. Be sure to address all aspects of policy development and implementation.

Cite your references properly consistent with APA guidelines.

Week 2 Learning Team

Policy Analysis II Paper

Prepare a 1,400-2,100-word paper in which you conduct secondary research on the policies of two components of the criminal justice system and describe how these policies affect the operations and decision-making process of the selected two components. Be sure to summarize the policies and analyze their implications for the criminal justice system, including potential effectiveness and limitations.

·         (For example, some prosecutor’s offices may have an unwritten policy of avoiding prosecution for possession of small amounts of drugs. How does this affect police operations, arrest rates, and public perceptions of the police?)

Properly cite your references consistent with APA guidelines.

Week 3 Individual

Policy Analysis III—Compare and Contrast Paper

With your instructor’s approval, select two policies to compare and contrast. Then, prepare a 1,050- to 1,750-word paper in which you summarize the conflict and crime control model versus the consensus and due process model. Analyze the two policies by addressing the following questions?

·         What role does law enforcement play in these policies?

·         What roles do the prosecutor and courts play in these policies?

·         What role does corrections play in these policies?

·         Is there a difference between federal application and state and local application of policies?

·         What is your opinion of the various policies? Explain in detail

·         How can we measure the effectiveness of these policies?

Cite your references properly consistent with APA guidelines.

Week 3 Learning Team

Historical Policy Comparison

Prepare a 1050-1400-word paper in which you conduct a comparative analysis of the evolution of criminal justice policy over the last 50 years for each of the three areas in criminal justice. In your comparative analysis address the areas of policing, the courts, and corrections and identify the various opportunities for cooperation between elements of the criminal justice system in the implementation of criminal justice policy?

Cite your references properly consistent with APA guidelines.

Week 4 Learning Team

Budget and Policy Paper

Select a policy issue from the following list:

·         DUI task forces

·         Plea bargaining

·         Offender reentry/integration

·         Victim assistance

·         Immigration

·         War on drugs

·         War on terrorism

Prepare a 1,400-1,750-word paper in which you summarize the goals in the criminal justice system that your selected policy attempts to achieve. Additionally, analyze the effective and ineffective initiatives associated with your selected policy, as well as any historical significance that may have impact.

Cite your references properly consistent with APA guidelines.

Week 5 Individual

Policy Development Paper

With your instructor’s approval, select one of the following topics for your paper:

·         Community-Oriented Policing

·         Terrorism–Security Policy for Large Events

·         Leave Policy for officers to work with governments in foreign countries

·         Domestic Violence and Elder Abuse Policy

·         Human Trafficking Policy

·         Organized Crime Policy

·         Cyberspace/Technology Policy

·         Educational and Training Policy for officers, mid-level managers and executives

·         Reducing prison overcrowding

Prepare a 2,100-2,800- word paper in which you research the relevant statistics, facts, resources, and public opinions to develop your own local, statewide, or federal policy related to your selected topic. Your policy paper should include statistical, factual, and public opinion history information which supports your policy claim. Be sure to identify all stakeholders (e.g., politicians, judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, correctional officers and administrators, law enforcement officers and administrators, victims, law-abiding citizens, etc.) and their opinions as it relates to your proposed policy and how politics may impact its implementation. Additionally, provide policy recommendations and the rationale for these recommendations and their impact on contemporary criminal justices issues and globalization.

Cite your references properly consistent with APA guidelines.

Note. In addition to the University Library, the National Criminal Justice Reference Service has many articles reflecting contemporary criminal justice policies. http://www.ncjrs.gov

Week 5 Learning Team

Budget and Policy Paper

Assess the globalization of the criminal justice system.

For this assignment, each team will pick a side, those who believe that the criminal justice system is becoming more globalized and those that do not. 

1.         The criminal justice is becoming more globalized, or;

2.         The criminal justice system is not becoming more globalized.

Each team will choose a side in this debate and provide a power point slide presentation of 5-10 slides to support their argument.