Due Thursday  Reflecting on the reactions to prior disasters can help leaders in emergency management learn from successes and failures to improve process and procedures. Watch the "When the Levees Broke: Part 1" video segments from the University Library. Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words: Based on the video segments, […]

 1. What types of risk assessment devices exist to evaluate the dangerousness of juvenile offenders? How do they differ from needs assessment instruments? 2. Define false positives and false negatives. How does such designation occur?   7. What is diversion? What are some of the eligibility requirements of prospective candidates for diversion? What are some of […]

 What is your critique of our society becoming less private as cameras are mounted everywhere? Justify your stance as to whether you feel this is a loss of privacy. 

This week, research different domestic violence treatment modalities. Look at both victim treatment and perpetrator treatment. In your journal, discuss what you have discovered. In your findings, were there any mentions of ethnicity-specific treatments? Was there analysis in your research of different types of abuse being treated in different ways? What do you think of […]

 Prosecutors are given great discretion on how to “charge out” a crime.  One often used approach is to issue multiple counts in the charging document also referred to as to encourage a guilty pleas and avoid trial.  Some would argue this puts an incredibly unfair burden on the defendant to accept a plea of reduced […]

 Points to include in the "assignment: 1. Historical background of the programs 2. The organizational or operational structure 3. Traditional practices 4. Innovations and use of technology 5. Analysis of data or critical examination of researches 6. Strengths and weaknesses 7. Evaluations, Theory, and Innovations, alternatives and impact 8. Conclusion 

 Overview: Using what you have learned so far in the course, you will complete the ethics and diversity section of your project. In Milestone Three, you will submit a three- to four-page paper. In this paper you will examine the role of ethics and the implications of diversity in the scenario you have chosen. You […]

 Moving forward, how will you apply what you have learned in this course?  Are there things you can apply to your personal life? Professional life?  Future courses?  What topics were most interesting to you? 

  For this week’s assignment, you will examine the global criminal perspective of two types of transnational crimes. Chapter 2 in the text discusses domestic crime, transnational crime, and justice. Find additional credible sources to assist in your evaluation of international policing and investigative agencies’ attempts to locate and arrest individuals that are engaged in […]

 Do you feel that specific restrictions placed on police officers unduly hamper their ability to fight crime? What restrictions do you believe hinder or influence law enforcement officer in the performance of their duties? Be specific as to which restrictions you consider necessary to protect individual liberties and which restrictions impede police