Category: Criminology

need a 500 word essay on the following question.
APA citation
No AI
Based on course material, videos and lessons, analyze if the United States is prepared for a CBRN attack? Why or why not? Be sure to address civil defense preparedness measures or the lack there of for the civilian population and civilian/military response capabilities preparedness for a large scale WMD attack. You are encouraged to use the example of domestic and international response to the COVID-19 pandemic to compare and contrast with WMD preparedness.

If you choose social control theory, describe Hirschi’s Social Bond Theory and General Theory of Crime.
These papers should be a minimum of 4 pages (double-spaced) not including the title page and reference page, in APA 7th edition format and will likely be longer depending on the complexity of the theory. Please note, you will be graded on quality, not quantity. Your paper should be double spaced, margins should be one-inch, and your font should be 12pt times new roman. You need to include an introduction paragraph which briefly gives an overview of what will be discussed in the paper. Finally, your paper should include a conclusion paragraph which ties all of the key points together.

This week’s readings discuss labeling theory. Briefly describe labeling theory. You do not need to go into as much depth as I would expect for a longer theory summary paper but still make sure you define and explain all concepts you mention in your paper. After reviewing Dr. Keith’s (2022) article, discuss how identity and one’s self-view relates with the key concepts of labeling theory.

Critical Criminology is often seen as an alternative theory of the field. What is critical criminology? Provide an example in current day life of how this theory has real world implications. For instance, what are some laws or legislation that can be evaluated through the lens of critical criminology? Since you have two short papers due this week. You may provide one example and briefly make a strong argument.

What is Critical Criminology?
Three paragraphs for this assignment are fine. It does not have to be a page.

address the following in a 2-3 page report:
Provide a detailed and researched description of two juvenile delinquency reduction efforts or programs currently in operation in the community.
For example, Boys and Girls Clubs, Pace Center for Girls, and Outward Bound.
After choosing two juvenile reduction efforts within your community, describe, in detail, two ideas for improving the community’s juvenile delinquency prevention efforts, citing at least two examples.
We’ve examined many different schools of thought that could be used to explain juvenile delinquency (ex. Biological, Psychological, Sociological). In your own words, provide at least three detailed, researched descriptions of theories that you feel most accurately explain juvenile delinquency.
Accurately explain how the local programs that you have chosen will provide solutions for the problems that the theories identify.
For example, Strain, Conflict, and Labeling.
Support your writing with at least three credible, relevant, and appropriate sources.
Cite each source on your source list at least once within your assignment.
Format your citations in accordance with Strayer Writing Standards.

PLEASE CAREFULLY REVIEW ALL MATERIALS FOR ALL ASSIGNMENTS…..PLEASE
Study Materials – PLEASE read everything that is provided under this document.
Please use sources from the GCU Library only or from the Study Materials. He will deduct points from my assignments if references are NOT used from GCU library or the Study Materials.
Topic 4 DQ 1
Topic 4 DQ 2

Provide a critical summary of the excerpts of Mapping Community Capacity by John McKnight, John P. Kretzmann (1996). Discuss the concept of community assets and asset mapping, and how this is different from the community deficits model. Include an explanation of the different levels or building blocks of community assets. Discuss strengths and weaknesses of this concept and of McKnight and Kretzmann’s explanation. Compare with the Beaulieu reading. Discuss your efforts to create a community asset map. Summaries should include a basic summary plus a critical analysis and commentary of the strengths and weaknesses of the author’s arguments and research, as well as comparison with one other reading. Explain how the article relates to our topic of community justice or community-based approaches to justice. In writing summaries please remember to rephrase the author’s words without changing their meaning; restate the main idea and the supporting points accurately and in your own words. Cite any sources in text, and credit the author with original ideas and phrasing. Provide the author’s name and the name of the article in the first paragraph.

Getting Started
Workshop One pointed out that the Founding Fathers designed a judicial system that would tip the scales in favor of letting a guilty person go free in order to minimize the chances of sending an innocent person to prison. Yet, even with this system design, we frequently read about people who were found guilty and have spent years in prison only to be exonerated. Of course, as those who study our system would predict, there are cases in which the evidence seems overwhelming yet, the jury returns a not guilty verdict. While our Founding Fathers would prefer the latter, an apparently guilty person going free, both are really an affront to justice.
True justice would seem to demand two elements: (1) only the guilty are convicted, and (2) all those who are guilty are convicted. Knowing that mistakes would be made because fallible human beings would be in the roles of prosecutor, defense attorney, judge, and jurors, the Founding Fathers so valued liberty that they focused on the first element and “rigged” the system to force more errors of letting guilty people go free. While this system is widely believed to be one of the best designed by man, is it truly just?
Upon successful completion of the course material, you will be able to:
Describe your perspective of what constitutes acts of kindness and compassion as it relates to the Criminal Justice System.
Background Information
“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
Col 3:12-13
Instructions
Review the rubric to make sure you understand the criteria for earning your grade.
Navigate to the threaded discussion and respond to the following prompts:
What are the primary characteristics of compassion drawn from these verses?
What do these verses suggest about how important it is to develop a heart for, and actually undertake acts of compassion?
Your initial post should be at least one paragraph long and is due by the end of the fourth day of the workshop.
Read and respond to at least one of your classmates’ postings, as well as all follow-up instructor questions directed to you, by the end of the workshop.
Your response should be a minimum of one paragraph in length.

Getting Started
Policy making in cases of sex offenders has taken a circuitous route from being localized to being addressed at the State and finally at the Federal levels. In the same year that the
Violence Against Women Act was authored (1994) Congress introduced legislation that addressed sex offenses. These began with the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act that required states to register and track the location of sex offenders for ten years after their release. There have subsequently been a number of laws passed by Congress to encourage states to track offenders robustly or risk losing state funding. How this is done is left to the discretion of the states. On a federal level, The Pam Lyncher Sexual Offender Tracking and Identification Act of 1996 required the FBI to establish a database of offenders. Residency restrictions for sex offenders are not universal but they are very restrictive. Because finding a place to live can be so difficult if an offender registers, there is widespread non-compliance. Your text will cover this in Chapter Four as well as self-protective behavior of community members.
Upon successful completion of the course material, you will be able to:
Defend one rationale invoked to justify sex-offender policy.
Resources
Textbook: Criminal Justice Policy: Origins and Effectiveness
Instructions
Review the rubric to make sure you understand the criteria for earning your grade.
Read Chapter 4 of Criminal Justice Policy: Origins and Effectiveness
Navigate to the threaded discussion and respond to the prompts:
Select one of the following rationales as the most credible justification for a sex-offender policy.
Assumption that sex offenders are “sick”
Assumption that sex offenders will reoffend
Assumption that the sex offender label is accurate
Shaming and deterrence (SORN)
Geographic proximity (Residency Restrictions)
Treatment and incapacitation (Civil commitment)
Defend your selection by stating the merits of the rationale. Why is your rationale a better choice compared to the other rationales?
RESPONSE TO THE PROMPT:
Cite all sources and use proper APA formatting for all in-text citations and references.
Your response to the discussion prompt is due by the end of the fourth day of the workshop.
FOLLOW-UP POSTINGS:
Read all of the discussion postings and respond to at least two (2) of your classmates’ postings, as well as follow-up instructor questions directed to you, by the end of the workshop.
While students may agree with each other, each follow-up posting is expected to go beyond just agreeing. Each follow-up posting should add something original, substantive, and course-related to the discussion.
Your follow-up postings should engage classmates and move the discussion forward in intentionally scholarly ways. Some ways to do this include:
introducing related information from an appropriate source that is professional, reliable and valid
including a direct quote from the text along with your observations about the importance of the quote within the context of the discussion
including a paraphrase of the text/assigned reading (with an in-text citation that includes a page number)
challenging commonly-held thinking by introducing published research findings
examining a workshop concept from a scholarly perspective that is not addressed in the text
providing applicable illustrations from current events
pointing out connections/common ideas/themes discussed so far
OVERALL INVOLVEMENT:
The expectation is that students post their response to the prompt and follow-up postings on at least three (3) different days during the workshop to demonstrate full engagement.
Students are expected to cite all sources and use proper APA Style formatting for all in-text citations and references.
Students are expected to employ proper spelling, grammar, and punctuation.