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Describe your own fear of crime. How often are you fearful of crime? What are some precautions you have taken, or why have you not taken some precautions? What do you believe causes or drives your current level of fear of crime?
Prompt 2: In your own words, compare and contrast primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention. Which do you believe is most important and why?
Discuss the fundamental intent of the investigative process and it’s value to the criminal justice system.
How are crimes charged/filed as either a felony or a misdemeanor? What determines how they will be charged/filed? What are some examples of these types of crimes?
Initial posts are due, while student responses are due no later than.
After Reading the Kelling and Wilson (1982) article, and listening to the NPR Podcast titled “How A Theory Of Crime And Policing Was Born, And Went Terribly Wrong”, answer any two of the following questions (300 words each section). Please use APA style citations when referring to information in the article (not the podcast). Lastly, please be sure to respond back to at least two other students in addition to the word count minimum (see syllabus for details).
1) What is broken windows theory? Why was it developed?
2) What communities did the implementation of broken windows effect the most? Why?
3) How do broken windows policies effect community police relations? Are there any positive outcomes through the use of broken windows policies? Please explain in detail.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1982/03/broken-windows/304465/Links to an external site.
https://www.npr.org/2016/11/01/500104506/broken-windows-policing-and-the-origins-of-stop-and-frisk-and-how-it-went-wrongLinks to an external site.
Which four international unions have historically been dominated by organized crime and what sorts of crime have they been involved in? What if you were in law enforcement and were investigating one of the “Big Four” for corruption, what would you be examining specifically? Give examples.
Drug courts are a relatively new phenomenon in the American judicial system. Focus your discussion on the following:
Discuss the philosophy and role as well as provide a short history of drug courts.
Does the state in which you reside utilize drug courts, and if so, how successful have they been in reducing recidivism rates?
Would you recommend that all of the states utilize these courts to assist in processing drug cases?
Conduct a quantitative analysis by preparing a survey questionnaire with 15 close-ended questions for determining respondents’ attitudes toward crime or the fear of crime.
In an appendix to the survey, explain the quantitative method selected for delivering your survey and defend your choice and wording of questions. In Week 5 you will use this information to describe your qualitative approach to continue your research topic in the future.
Survey Documentation
Be sure to include demographic questions (age, gender, race, employment status, geographical location, etc.) for your respondents. Demographic questions do not count towards the 15 required questions you will develop pertaining to fear of crime.
Tasks:
Document your quantitative analysis by completing the following steps:
Conduct your survey among five respondents for determining their attitudes toward crime or the fear of crime.
You do not need to select your respondents randomly; you can use a convenience sample comprised of family, friends, or coworkers.
You also need to submit your 15 questions as part of your assignment.
Enter your survey data into a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. Present your Microsoft Excel spreadsheet as a table in a Microsoft Word document. Click here for instructions on creating a datafile and entering data into Microsoft Excel.
Write your findings for the data gathered through the survey in an appendix to the survey.
Identify where the fear of crime is the highest and where it is the lowest in your survey.
Explain to what do you attribute the variation (or lack of variation) in the fear of crime exhibited in your sample.
Explain the limitations of your research.
Discuss the applicability of your findings outside of your 5 person sample.
Conduct a quantitative analysis by preparing a survey questionnaire with 15 close-ended questions for determining respondents’ attitudes toward crime or the fear of crime.
In an appendix to the survey, explain the quantitative method selected for delivering your survey and defend your choice and wording of questions. In Week 5 you will use this information to describe your qualitative approach to continue your research topic in the future.
Survey Documentation
Be sure to include demographic questions (age, gender, race, employment status, geographical location, etc.) for your respondents. Demographic questions do not count towards the 15 required questions you will develop pertaining to fear of crime.
Tasks:
Document your quantitative analysis by completing the following steps:
Conduct your survey among five respondents for determining their attitudes toward crime or the fear of crime.
You do not need to select your respondents randomly; you can use a convenience sample comprised of family, friends, or coworkers.
You also need to submit your 15 questions as part of your assignment.
Enter your survey data into a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. Present your Microsoft Excel spreadsheet as a table in a Microsoft Word document. Click here for instructions on creating a datafile and entering data into Microsoft Excel.
Write your findings for the data gathered through the survey in an appendix to the survey.
Identify where the fear of crime is the highest and where it is the lowest in your survey.
Explain to what do you attribute the variation (or lack of variation) in the fear of crime exhibited in your sample.
Explain the limitations of your research.
Discuss the applicability of your findings outside of your 5 person sample.
Find a real case (not mentioned in the book) in the media of a person who has experienced this
phenomenon of being negatively impacted through being charged with a misdemeanor in the
United States. Make sure the case is current (last 5-10 years). Discuss how the topics outlined
in Punishment Without Crime apply to this person’s case. How can this case be connected to
larger issues of inequality in the criminal justice system?
write an essay analyzing a specific crime and/or social harm of the powerful, following the logic and categories presented in the Rothe and Kauzlarich textbook