2.2 Use of Discretion by Dallas and Baltimore Prosecutors Prosecutors have a great deal of discretion in the courtroom. District Attorneys in Baltimore, Dallas, and other places across the U.S. are

Download this Excel spreadsheet to identify the small number of offenders responsible for the bulk of the crime problem:  click here. Use the format from the 80/20 tutorial to create your Excel table. Put the table in a Word document, and make it look like a professional bulletin. (Remember, the numbers

For your original post, find a recent (i.e., no older than 2000) online news article in which the reduction of crime is discussed and attributed to the work of the local police department. In this initial post, complete the following five tasks:  Provide a working link to the article. Summarize

Use the Impact Assessment dataset (click here or see below). We’re going to do some data drills involving hypothetical situations where a crime analyst would be asked to analyze temporal trends in data to see if the evidence is consistent with an argument that a crime reduction intervention was successful. You

Frequency and Trend Analysis Exercisecheck attachments 

see below) to view an Excel data matrix representing an initial crime pattern. This file contains 12 cases that resulted from an initial pattern identification. However, not all of these cases are part of the final pattern. So, your assignment is to use the three-step process for pattern finalization presented

The purpose of this assignment is for you to construct a repeat incident location report.Open the calls-for-service dataset: click here or see below.  Use this dataset to construct a repeat incident report of a particular type of activity (e.g., alarm calls, disturbances, drug calls, or domestic calls) for either Zone 1 or

One of the topics we look at this week is how best to present results. We read that text is not the best method; instead, visual methods—like charts and maps—are most effective. We’ll still interpret our results in text form, but that will be in addition to using an appropriate

this is 3 different people opinion on criminal justice hypothesis that has practical value and is of direct relevance to crime control. Respond back to all 3 answers with your opinion on their answers and feedback    1. Assessing License Plate Reader Technology’s Effect on Vehicle-Related CrimeVehicle-related crimes—including car thefts

Open the Police Report Data Entry Tutorial (below this dropbox). Follow along with the steps, and then complete the Excel spreadsheet for all 10 of the police reports on our textbook website.  Here are the variables you need: Incident report number Beat Offense Street Number, Street Name Occurred From Date

Summarize the constitutional basis for criminal procedure. Explain the exclusionary rule and the exceptions to it. Likewise, summarize the fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine and the exceptions to it. Explain the defense of qualified immunity. What is reasonable suspicion and when is it used? Define probable cause and identify

Preventive detention is the temporary incarceration of an individual who has not yet been convicted of a criminal offense. The U.S. Supreme Court has reviewed numerous cases dealing with preventive detention. The landmark case is United States v. Salerno, 481 U.S. 739 (1987). Two cases specifically dealt with the preventive detention

State a criminal justice hypothesis that has practical value and is of direct relevance to crime control. Then, describe the research design you would use to test that hypothesis. Remember, a research design has at least three components: Data collection process Instrument development process Sampling process Be specific, thorough, and

The article “Dumbing Down Juries” raises concerns about how attorneys often remove jurors with specialized knowledge or professional expertise during jury selection—favoring those perceived as more easily influenced. While this strategy may serve legal tactics, it raises important questions about fairness, competence, and transparency in the judicial process. In the

Digital literacy assignment  News, and news sources, are critical to the way we see the world. How do we determine if a news source is credible and the information is both thorough and accurate? This assignment challenges students to compare online articles about the same criminal justice-related or ethics-related issue

3.3 The Plea  The criminal justice system relies heavily on the plea bargaining process to work through the sheer volumes of cases.  Over 95% of all felony cases end with a negotiated plea.  Please watch the PBS documentary called “The Plea” using the link provided, which traces several storylines of

This week, we learned about the foundations of criminal procedure, some remedies available to criminal defendants, as well as the concepts of probable cause and reasonable suspicion. For your Unit 1 Complete assignment, write a narrative essay (minimum 1200 words) in which you address and discuss the questions and statements

For one of the problems below, describe one crime prevention technique from each of the five general situational crime prevention categories. To complete this exercise, label each discussion of the five techniques with the general category (e.g., increase the effort) and which technique under the general category (e.g., harden targets).

 complete the Hypothesis Construction Exercise, using the Excel datasets below