Jurors with mental illness

Jurors with mental illness

Jurors with mental illness

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Jurors with mental illness

? Write about jurors who have mental illness, the issues, effects and solutions you may have and have researched. You may include policies, laws and stories related to this topic. Just make it interesting and effective. Cite correctly.
Also please do not have sentences too long. Topic must be clear and run together smoothly so that the reader understands what you are talking about. Do not jump around from one topic to another please stay focused and on task. Please make this paper effective to the readers.

? Books that were used in class this semester.
Clark, John. (2012) A Juror?s Dilemma. Kendall Hunt. Dubuque IA.
ISBN: 978-1-4652-0548-3.
Clark, John. (2010) The American Jury: Issues and Commentary. Kendall Hunt. Dubuque IA. ISBN: 978-0-7575-6589-2.

A study of a contemporary problem in criminal justice.

Course Objectives:
Concerning the issues regarding jurors with mental illness:
1. Demonstrate an understanding of the American jury.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of the issues facing those who are summoned for jury duty.
3. Demonstrate an understanding of the issues during jury selection and deliberating juries.
4. Describe, analyze and evaluate the issues confronting the individual as well as the system.
5. Identify and create solutions to issues we discuss in class and from our readings.

? My personal feelings related to jurors with mental illness are a question I would have to know. To what extent of mental illness are we talking about?
If per say they are minor depressed or bi-polar but are on medication that is effective there really should be no problem with them serving. On the other hand if they are severely manic depressive, severely bi-polar or schizophrenic or etc. then we may have a problem. My point is many people in America have symptoms of depression that can be classified as a mental disorder/ condition yet it is very common and normal whereas more severe symptoms are not common and are not normal. You get my point? It really depends on what level we are talking about when considering mental disorders. Just a thought as to where I stand on the topic.
This is basically a research paper on jurors who have been diagnosed with a mental illness who serve or attempt to serve on a jury. There are many different feelings regarding this issue. Describe the issues and how these jurors are at times perceived by society and all who are involved? How is society and moreover how is the defendant affected?

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS

Discussion Questions (DQ)

Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.
One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.

Weekly Participation

Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.
Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).
Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.

APA Format and Writing Quality

Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).
Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.
I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.

Use of Direct Quotes

I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.
As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.

LopesWrite Policy

For assignments that need to be submitted to LopesWrite, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.
Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.
Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?
Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.

Late Policy

The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.
Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.
If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.
I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.
As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.

Communication

Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me:
Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.
Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.