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2. CJA 314 Entire Course • CJA 314 Week 1 Individual Assignment Crime Data Comparison Paper • CJA 314 Week 1 DQ 1 • CJA 314 Week 1 DQ 2 • CJA 314 Week 1 DQ 3 • CJA 314 Week 2 Individual Assignment Prison Term Policy Recommendation Paper • CJA 314 Week 2 DQ 1 • CJA 314 Week 2 DQ 2

3. CJA 314 Week 1 DQ 1 • Menninger (1968) says, “Society secretly wants crime, needs crime, and gains definite satisfactions from the present mishandling of it! We condemn crime; we punish offenders for it; but we need it. The crime and punishment ritual is part of our lives.” What does this quote mean? Do you agree?

4. CJA 314 Week 1 DQ 2 • Using legal, political, sociological, and psychological perspectives from your text, how would each view the link between crime and deviance?

5. CJA 314 Week 1 DQ 3 • Why is it important to understand research methods used by criminologists?

6. CJA 314 Week 1 Individual Assignment Crime Data Comparison Paper • Utilize the FBI Uniform Crime Report data and select one offense, such as burglary, in two metropolitan areas. Choose metropolitan areas with different data. • Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper, comparing the occurrence of that offense in the selected areas. Identify the number of occurrences of your crime known to the police for each area, and answer the

7. CJA 314 Week 2 DQ 1 • Could one version of right and wrong apply to all societies? Why or why not?

8. CJA 314 Week 2 DQ 2 • Given the difficulty in identifying potentially violent criminals, how much faith do you have in the ability of selective incapacitation as an effective strategy to reduce and control crime, particularly with career criminals

9. CJA 314 Week 2 DQ 3 • How would you respond to David Abrahamsen's statement, "The American dream, is, in part, responsible for a great deal of crime and violence because people feel that the country owes them not only a living but a good living"?

10. CJA 314 Week 2 Individual Assignment Prison Term Policy Recommendation Paper • Read the following: You are the criminologist advisor to a member of the state legislature. The legislature soon votes on a bill that would double the maximum prison term for anyone convicted of armed robbery. Your boss knows the bill is popular, but wonders if it will do much good. What recommendations do you make? What are the reasons for your recommendation? • Write a 1,400- to 2,100-word paper, addressing the scenario. • Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

11. CJA 314 Week 2 Team Assignment Biological Criminal Behavior • Choose a criminal offender who committed crimes due to a biological reason. Write a 1,400- to 2,100-word paper discussing the genetic or physiological evidence that supports the notion that biology played a key role in explaining the offender’s criminality. Research the behaviors that constitute psychopathy. Discuss in detail the specific behaviors demonstrated by the offender that align with behaviors indicative of a psychopathic individual. Case examples include the following: Andrea Yates and the documented evidence of psychiatric issues, including post-partum depression, prior to the murders of her five children Charles Whitman, known as the Texas Tower Sniper, and the presence of a tumor discovered post-mortem alleged to have played a role in his overt acts of aggression

12. CJA 314 Week 3 DQ 1 • What does the Henry Thomas Buckle quote, “Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it” mean?

13. CJA 314 Week 3 DQ 2 • What does William Faulkner quote, “It’s like it ain’t so much what a fellow does, but it’s the way the majority of folks is looking at him when he does it” mean? • Faulkner, W. (1987). As I lay dying: The corrected text. New York, NY: Vintage Books.

14. CJA 314 Week 3 DQ 3 • What is your initial response to the idea that criminal behavior is learned the same as anything else?

15. CJA 314 Week 3 Individual Assignment Examining Theory Paper • Resource: CJ Criminology: Theories of Crime videos. Social Structure Theories “Theory Explained” Social Process Theories “Theory Explained” Social Conflict Theories “Theory Explained” For this assignment, you will choose from the following options. Option 1: Social Structure Theory Paper Option 2: Social Process and Social Development Theory Paper Read the instructions in the University Material: Examining Theory and select one option to complete the assignment. Include at least two peer reviewed references.Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

16. CJA 314 Week 3 Team Assignment Criminology in the Future Paper (Outline) • Review the Week Five Learning Team writing assignment and discuss how the team will be organizing the work load and assignment sections of the assignment. The learning team must submit an outline showing which sections the learning team members will be responsoble for. NOTE: The outline should also include what topics or subject matter will be discussed.

17. CJA 314 Week 3 Team Assignment Neighborhood Watch Research Study Paper • Read the following: A small suburb of a large metropolitan area has implemented a neighborhood watch program. The mayor has asked you to determine if the program is having any effect on complaints received about suspicious behavior, deviant behavior, and crime. • Write a 1,750- to 2,800-word paper, addressing the scenario.

18. CJA 314 Week 4 DQ 1 • According to some sources, drug abuse is less of a problem now than in previous years. Why are drugs at the forefront of the crime policy agenda?

19. CJA 314 Week 4 DQ 2 • Which crime causation theory best explain organized crime?

20. CJA 314 Week 4 DQ 3 • To what extent are the typologies offered for serial killers useful for understanding these offenders and offenses? Why?

21. CJA 314 Week 4 Individual Assignment Personal Application of Criminology Pape • Read the following: You are the parent of a 16-year-old boy. You come home and find the door ajar. Inside, you discover your son’s friend looking in a kitchen drawer. He says he is trying to leave your son a note. On the counter next to him is a lock pick and some of your jewelry. The boy smells of marijuana. You tell the boy to leave immediately and he does. Do you call the police, call the boy’s parents, tell your son, or do something else? • Write a 1,400- to 2,100-word paper, explaining your response.

22. CJA 314 Week 4 Individual Assignment Policy Issues • Resource: Films on Demand videos located in this week's Electronic Reserve Readings: "Drug Control in Central Asia" "Crackdown on Corruption" "Child Exposure to Domestic Violence" Resource: University of Phoenix Material: Policy Issues For this assignment, you will choose from the following options. Option 1: Microsoft® PowerPoint® Presentation Option 2: Podcast Option 3: Paper Read the instructions in the University of Phoenix Material: Policy Issues and select one option to complete the assignment. Include at least two peer reviewed references.Format your work consistent with APA guidelines.Click the Assignment files tab to sumbit your assignment.

23. CJA 314 Week 4 Team Assignment Criminology in the Future (Scholarly Sources) • Preview Week the Week Five Learning Team assignment in preparation for this week's Learning Team assignment. Begin working on the Criminology in the Future Paper and Power Point Presentation assignment due in Week Five. Each learning team member will be required to research informational sources for the week five writing assignment. Each team member must find at least two scholarly sources that can be used for the week five writing assignment. NOTE: A scholarly source is information that has been peer reviewed or published in a recognized journal. Wikipedia and other general website data sources do not count as scholarly sources. The learning team

24. CJA 314 Week 5 DQ 1 • Should regulating practices on the Internet be the responsibility of parents or the government?

25. CJA 314 Week 5 Team Assignment Criminology in the Future Paper and Presentation • Resource: Victims’ compensation websites in your state. Resource: Criminology in the 21st Century: Criminology Interviews: Director and Chief of Victimization Stats Terrorism: A Study in Public Safety Resource: Films on Demand videos located in this week’s Electronic Reserve Readings: “Sleeper Cell Networks” “Advantages and Disadvantages of Surveillance” “What is Biometrics?” Resource: research the following U.S. Patriot Act The Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003 Homeland Security Act of 2002 Write a 2,100- to 2,400-word paper addressing the following: Future directions of crime fighting and it’s role in social policy implication The potential for specific crime-fighting methodologies, such as using biometrics, implementing cybercrime spyware, or mandating DNA collection programs Evolving law enforcement and forensic technologies used to detect criminal activities Possible civil liberty or ethical

26. CJA 314 Week 5 Team Assignment Future Crime Scenario Paper and Presentation • Read the following: A doctor has applied for a patent on new technology, involving the use of advanced computers to create a new type of organism. One goal is to genetically alter these organisms for use in human organ growth and transplant. The doctor says that, if she is not granted a patent, she will continue her research.

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