Resources Readings:  Dresang, D. L. (2017). The public administration workbook (8th ed.). London, UK: Routledge. ISBN: 9781138682085.    Read: Dresang: Introduction, Preface – Exercise 1 After carefully reviewing the Read items assigned in this  Module: Week, explain which alternative you would support to address the  issues raised in the Preliminary Problem Analysis for East Wallingford. Be […]

Prior to beginning work on this assignment, read the required resources for the week, complete the Week 2 content in the PHI208: Ethics & Moral ReasoningLinks to an external site. interactive, watch the UtilitarianismLinks to an external site. video, and review the Reading PhilosophyLinks to an external site. video from the Week 1 discussion. Overview […]

  Overview In this assignment, you will explore the roles integrity, authority, and discretionary power play when addressing an adult defendant and a juvenile defendant. Prompt Now that you’ve reviewed the resources about integrity, authority, and discretionary power, you are familiar with the definition of each and the relationship among them. In this 350- to […]

Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum, read Chapter 3 of the How Should One Live? An Introduction to Ethics and Moral Reasoning, and Chapter 2 of John Stuart Mill’s Utilitarianism also in your textbook’s Primary Sources section. The first discussion this week will focus on explaining and evaluating the utilitarian ethical theory as […]

 What different kinds of law enforcement agencies exist in the United States today and what role does each agency have in enforcing the law? What problems, if any, do you think are created by such a diversity of agencies? 

 What are the five basic elements of the police mission? How do they complement or conflict with each other at various times?  Which element do you believe to be the "most important" in the police mission? 

  You have researched needs, rationale, and budgetary features of the policy you are analyzing.  After talking with your supervisor, you realize that your stakeholders need a comparison of the costs and consequences for maintaining the policy and for amending or replacing it to make the most informed decision.  Add an additional 15 to 20 slides […]

Read: T. Meares & B. Harcourt, Foreword: Transparent Adjudication and Social Science Research in Constitutional Criminal Procedure, pg. 42 in the text.  Question:  The authors identify three (3) criticisms to their proposal for increased use of social science in constitutional criminal decisions.  Identify and discuss those three criticisms.  Do you agree with the authors' conclusions […]

Instructions Many law enforcement agencies are facing an increasingly problematic shortage of police officers due to management difficulties that have been worsened by the existing police subculture, politics, power struggles, and organizational conflicts. Problems at the CVPD You are a recruitment officer at the Centervale Police Department (CVPD). There is a new problem being faced […]

Long-term employees may find themselves motivated by loyalty to their superiors rather than the mission of the organization. This phenomenon seems to be more likely in criminal justice organizations than in private organizations. What is the inherent factor that causes employees in criminal justice organizations to implement such levels of personal loyalty at the expense […]