Week One: Assignment
Week One: Assignment
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Instructions
For this assignment, you are to research and author a paper regarding the uses and objectives of law enforcement intelligence to identify and/or prevent criminal and terrorism-related activity. As you generate your product, be sure to address the following prompts/questions:
How is law enforcement intelligence used to prevent crime and terrorism?
What are some of the specific tactics, tools, and products used in our attempts to identify criminals and terrorists?
What do you believe are the biggest challenges that must be considered as information is gathered and transformed into useable intelligence?
What are the risks of restricting the collection of law enforcement intelligence? What are the benefits?
For each writing assignment, students are tasked with authoring a college-level writing work meeting the following criteria:
The length of each paper shall be between four and six pages long, NOT including a Title page and a Reference page. NO abstract is needed for this assignment.
Use a minimum of four resources in the generation of the work.
The format of the paper will follow APA guidelines and include properly formatted in-text citations and end of work references.
Please find below the grading rubric to which all written assignments are graded.
CJA 401 Written Assignment Rubric – PDF Document (279 KB)
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Rubric Name: Written Assignment Rubric
Criteria Exemplary
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Acceptable
Unacceptable
Criterion Score
Purpose
20 points
The writer’s central purpose or argument is readily apparent to the reader; clear thesis sentence.
15 points
The writing has a clear purpose or argument but may sometimes digress from it.
10 points
The central purpose or argument is not consistently clear throughout the paper.
5 points
The purpose or argument is generally unclear.
Score of Purpose,
/ 20
Content
20 points
Balanced presentation of relevant and legitimate information that clearly supports a central purpose or argument and shows a thoughtful, in-depth analysis of a significant topic; content is specific, accurate, interesting and appropriate.
15 points
Information provides reasonable support for a central purpose or argument and displays evidence of a basic analysis of a significant topic.
10 points
Information supports a central purpose or argument at times but often strays from purpose. Analysis is basic or general.
5 points
Central purpose or argument is not clearly identified. Analysis is vague or not evident.
Score of Content,
/ 20
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20 points
The ideas are arranged logically to support the purpose or argument. Ideas flow smoothly from one to another and are clearly linked to each other. The reader can follow the line of reasoning.
15 points
The ideas are arranged logically to support the central purpose or argument. Ideas are usually clearly linked to each other. For the most part, the reader can follow the line of reasoning.
10 points
In general, the writing is arranged logically, although occasionally ideas fail to make sense together. The reader is fairly clear about what the writer intends.
5 points
The writing is not logically organized. Frequently, ideas fail to make sense together. The reader cannot identify a line of reasoning and loses interest.
Score of grid.row2.label,
/ 20
APA
20 points
APA format is used accurately and consistently in the paper and on the “References” section; follows APA guidelines with regard to mechanics, sentence structure, and word choice.
15 points
APA format is used with minor errors; follows APA guidelines with regard to mechanics, sentence structure, and word choice with few minor errors.
10 points
There are frequent errors in APA format.
5 points
Format of the document is not recognizable as APA.
Score of APA,
/ 20
Grammar and Spelling
20 points
All grammar and spelling are correct.
15 points
Only one or two errors in spelling/grammar.
10 points
A few grammar and/or spelling errors.
5 points
Very frequent grammar and/or spelling errors.
Score of Grammar and Spelling,
/ 20
TotalScore of Written Assignment Rubric,
/ 100
Overall Score
EXEMPLARY
87.5 points minimum
GOOD
62.5 points minimum
ACCEPTABLE
37.5 points minimum
UNACCEPTABLE
0 points minimum
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