Demonstrate your understanding of the history ofand roles and ?responsibilities inan evolving criminal justice system. Professional Skills: Written Communication is assessed in this C
Overview
For this Assessment, you will answer a series of questions to demonstrate your understanding of the history of—and roles and responsibilities in—an evolving criminal justice system.
Professional Skills: Written Communication is assessed in this Competency.
Instructions
Before submitting your Assessment, carefully review the rubric. This is the same rubric the assessor will use to evaluate your submission and it provides detailed criteria describing how to achieve or master the Competency. Many students find that understanding the requirements of the Assessment and the rubric criteria help them direct their focus and use their time most productively.
- Download the CJ1001 WR Written Response Submission Form and answer each question in the length indicated.
- Download the Writing Checklist to review prior to submitting your Assessment.
All submissions must follow the conventions of scholarly writing. Properly formatted APA citations and references must be provided where appropriate. Submissions that do not meet these expectations will be returned without scoring.
Written Response Submission Form
Your Name: First and last
Your E-Mail Address: Your email here
Instructions
Write your responses where it reads “Enter your response here.” Write as much, as needed, to satisfy the requirements indicated. Each item contains the Rubric, which will be used to evaluate your responses.
Item 1
Consider this scenario: You are the responding officer to a domestic disturbance at a home in your patrol area. A woman answers the door, face bloodied, and accuses her husband of abuse. The husband becomes violent and threatening, so you arrest him. He is arraigned the next day and denied bail due to previous arrests. The husband has not been convicted in the past, however, because the wife usually drops charges. This time, she has decided to press charges.
Respond to the following based on the above scenario:
A. Identify the criminal justice roles that are or will be present in the scenario.
B. Describe the responsibilities associated with each criminal justice role.
Your response should be 175–250 words in length.
Your Response
Enter your response here.
Rubric
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0 Not Present |
1 Needs Improvement |
2 Meets Expectations |
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Roles and Responsibilities in the Criminal Justice System |
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Identify the criminal justice roles that are or will be present in the scenario. LO1: Identify roles and responsibilities in the criminal justice system |
Response is not present. |
The roles present in the scenario are partially identified or incomplete. |
All the roles present in the scenario are correctly identified. |
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Describe the responsibilities associated with each criminal justice role. LO2: Describe criminal justice roles and responsibilities |
The responsibilities associated with each role are partially identified; or roles and responsibilities are present but not connected accurately. |
The responsibilities associated with each role are correct and connected to the role appropriately. |
Item 2
Respond to the following points:
A. Explain how the criminal justice system has responded to the rapid growth of the United States since colonial times.
B. Identify a contemporary crime. Explain why this crime may or may not have occurred at an earlier point in history.
Your response should be 250–500 words in length.
Your Response
Enter your response here.
Rubric
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0 Not Present |
1 Needs Improvement |
2 Meets Expectations |
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Societal Needs for a Criminal Justice System |
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Explain how the criminal justice system has responded to the rapid growth of the United States since colonial times. LO3: Analyze the growth of the criminal justice system in the United States |
Response is not present. |
The response identifies how the criminal justice system has responded to the rapid growth of the United States since colonial times but does not fully explain the reasons why. |
The response explains how the criminal justice system has responded to the rapid growth of the United States since colonial times. |
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Identify a contemporary crime. Explain why this crime may or may not have occurred at an earlier point in history. LO4: Analyze the probability of a contemporary crime occurring in history |
Response is not present. |
The response may take a position on whether or not the crime would have occurred during the specified point in history, but the rationale for the position on the historical occurrence of the crime scenario is incomplete, lacks cohesion, or is only partially based on information gathered from the learning resources. |
The response takes a position on whether or not the crime would have occurred during the specified point in history. The rationale for the position on the historical occurrence of the crime scenario is well organized and supported by information gathered from the learning resources. |
Item 3
Respond to the following points:
A. Describe conditions within a society that create the need for a criminal justice system. Explain how these needs may or may not have changed over time.
B. Explain what has changed in society to necessitate the creation of and reliance on the police.
Your response should be 250–500 words in length.
Your Response
Enter your response here.
Rubric
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0 Not Present |
1 Needs Improvement |
2 Meets Expectations |
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Evolving Law Enforcement Roles |
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Describe conditions within a society that create the need for a criminal justice system. Explain how these needs may or may not have changed over time. LO5: Analyze societal needs for a criminal justice system |
Response is not present. |
The response may describe a condition in society that created the need for a criminal justice system that is not as relevant as it could be, and/or it does not fully explain the named condition. |
The response describes relevant conditions in society that create the need for a criminal justice system and explains a relevant change. |
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Explain what has changed in society to necessitate the creation of and reliance on the police. LO6: Analyze evolving social conditions and law enforcement needs |
Response is not present. |
The rationale for the position on society’s need for police is incomplete, lacks cohesion, or is only partially based on information gathered from the learning resources. |
The rationale for the position on society’s need for police is complete, well organized, and is supported by information gathered from the learning resources. |
References
Provide a citation for each resource you used to write your response to this Assessment. The following citation has been provided as an example:
· Peak, K., & Madensen, T. (2019). Introduction to criminal justice: Practice and process (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Mastery Rubric
In order to achieve mastery of this Competency, you must achieve a “2” on every rubric row in addition to meeting the additional expectation indicated in the Mastery Rubric.
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Mastery Rubric |
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Yes |
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Exceeds Expectations: Connections to Experience |
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Compares life experiences and academic knowledge to infer differences, as well as similarities, to concepts/ theories/ frameworks of fields of study |
Responses do not integrate professional knowledge and experience from the criminal justice discipline when applied to contemporary processes and structures in the criminal justice system; and responses do not demonstrate an understanding of context, precedent, and history in the relationship between society and the field of criminal justice. |
Responses integrate professional knowledge and experience from the criminal justice discipline when applied to contemporary processes and structures in the criminal justice system; responses also demonstrate an understanding of context, precedent, and history in the relationship between society and the field of criminal justice. |
Professional Skills Building
It is highly recommended that you use this opportunity to practice these important skills in the context of this Competency Assessment in order to receive feedback about your current level of proficiency.
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Written Communication: Write with clarity, coherence, and purpose |
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0 Not Present |
1 Needs Improvement |
2 Meets Expectations |
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LO1: Develop clear introduction statements. |
Introduction statement is not present. |
Introduction statement is unclear and/or unfocused. |
Introduction statement is well defined and clearly describes the topic and focus of the response. |
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LO2: Use transitions to connect ideas. |
Transitions are not present. |
Transitions are used inconsistently or limit a reader’s access to ideas. |
Writing conveys a cohesive idea through the effective use of transitions. |
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LO3: Use appropriate tone and vocabulary for a given audience. |
Vocabulary and tone are inappropriate for the audience. |
Vocabulary and tone vary throughout the writing, limiting a reader’s access to ideas. |
Vocabulary and tone communicate key concepts that are appropriate for the audience. |
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LO4: Apply APA formatting and style guidelines. |
APA formatting and style are not present. |
Writing inconsistently uses in-text citations and references. Major errors in APA Style impede understanding and/or violate standards for academic integrity. |
Writing uses in-text citations appropriately, includes references when applicable, and is formatted according to APA Style. Minor errors in APA Style do not impede understanding or violate standards for academic integrity. |
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Academic Writing Expectations Checklist
The faculty Assessor will use this checklist to evaluate whether your written responses adhere to the conventions of scholarly writing. Review this checklist prior to submitting your Assessment to ensure your writing follows academic writing expectations. Click the links to access Writing Center resources:
Sentence-Level Skills
|_| Constructing complete and correct sentences Note: See an explanation of sentence components and how to avoid sentence fragments and run-ons.
|_| Using and spelling words correctly Note: See a list of commonly misused words and information on MS Word’s spell check.
|_| Using punctuation appropriately Note: See the different types of punctuation and their uses.
|_| Using grammar appropriately Note: See a Grammarly tutorial to catch further errors.
Paragraph-Level Skills
|_| Using paragraph breaks Note: See a description of paragraph basics.
|_| Focusing each paragraph on one central idea (rather than multiple ideas) Note: See an explanation of how topic sentences work.
Use of Evidence
|_| Using resources appropriately Note: See examples of integrating evidence in a paper.
|_| Citing and referencing resources accurately Note: See examples of citing and referencing resources in a paper.
|_| Paraphrasing (explaining in one’s own words) to avoid plagiarizing the source Note: See paraphrasing strategies.
Formatting Written Assignments
|_| Using appropriate APA formatting, including title page, margins, and font Note: See APA overview and APA template from the Writing Center.
Comments:
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