Defending Jacob
Listen to or read the book “Defending Jacob” (available on amazon or audible.com).  Write a paragraph on your thoughts after each chapter.  Specifically consider the physical evidence and “propensity evidence”.  For this purpose, “propensity evidence” is evidence that suggests that someone is prone to crime.  Specifically, consider whether it is appropriate to use the “murder gene” as evidence to establish guilt.

Historically, police executives have sought to distance themselves from police misconduct as a form of political survival. Rather than addressing the true causes, they seek quick fixes. Quick fixes serve as a catalyst for police misconduct and encourage only a narrow investigative focus, as opposed to exploring systemic problems.

As the supervisor of the internal affairs division within your police department, the chief has charged you with the responsibility of reviewing the department’s procedures regarding the investigation, determination, and recommended strategies that are related to officer misconduct.

Assignment Guidelines

Complete the following:
Address the following in 1,2501,750 words:
What do you see as the major challenges facing police executives in the 21st century? Explain in detail.
What suggestions do you recommend for overcoming the “code of silence” that permeates all levels of the department? Explain.
What role, if any, does organizational culture play? Explain.
Who establishes the culture within the organization? Explain.
Be sure to reference all of your sources using APA style.

Our nation’s focus on crime has made a gradual shift away from drugs to what many perceive to be the major problem facing our criminal justice system today: juvenile crime, especially violent crime. Terms such as “superpredator” have been used to describe a class of violent juvenile offenders who prey on society. Depending on the severity of the crime and the age of the juvenile, many states allow prosecutors the flexibility of transferring juveniles to the adult court system. Respond to the following questions, and support your positions using credible research:

Assignment Guidelines

Research 3 state- or federal-level court cases regarding the transfer of juveniles to the adult court system.
Address the following in 1,2501,750 words:
For each case, briefly describe the details of the case and the court’s decision.
Generally speaking, how do courts and their decisions impact criminal justice policy decisions? Explain.
How have your selected court cases (and similar cases) and their rulings impacted public policy decisions regarding juveniles in the criminal justice system? Explain in detail.
What significant challenges do correctional officials face in housing juveniles who have been tried and convicted as adults? Explain.
What selection criteria are used in making a determination as to whether to transfer a juvenile case to the criminal court? Explain.
Do you believe that waiver of 13- and 14-year-olds from juvenile to adult court, in general, is a good idea? Why or why not? Explain.
Be sure to reference all of your sources using APA style.

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Considering what you have learned via your Week 4 Key Assignment, you have a specific situation that has presented itself. It has been brought to your attention that a suspect that has just been arrested has indicated that he is in the process of undergoing surgery to change his gender. Because this is the first time that the staff has had to deal with this issue, they want to know what special precautions or procedures need to be implemented for handling and transporting this individual. Utilizing credible research and recent court cases, respond to the following questions:

Assignment Guidelines

Complete the following:
Identify how you would amend your new sexual harassment policy to address the following:
Add your responses to the final draft of your Key Assignment:
What are some of the significant problems that transgender suspects face in the criminal justice system?
How have the courts responded to this issue? Research current case law on how courts have categorized and placed transgendered inmates in correctional settings.
Identify and describe any special needs of transgendered inmates.
Are there any misconceptions or prejudices against this population within the criminal justice system? Provide specific information to support your position.
Be sure to use only academic or scholarly resources, and reference all of your sources using APA style.

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Address the following in 1,5002,000 words:
Provide a draft sexual harassment policy that is in compliance with the latest Supreme Court decisions.
How you would implement a training program for all of the employees related to the revised sexual harassment policy?
What challenges exist to this policy-making process and training implementation? Explain.
Contrast and compare at least 2 established sexual harassment policies.
Choose 1 from your local police department and 1 from your state law enforcement agency.
How are they similar?
How are they different?
Explain in detail.
Do you think that sexual harassment is a common experience among women in law enforcement? Why or why not? Use external research to fully justify your argument.
Be sure to reference all of your sources using APA style.
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Intellectual and technology law in the US
Agreements between US and CHINA
Policy within the country (US)
Taxation

The players :  in US
Who is in control of law
Institutional Jurisdiction
Competitive environment
Consumer rights

Our text states Sociologists define social institutions as relatively stable social patterns that serve a broad range of crucial functions in society. Examples include the economy, family, religion, state, education, and media. Compare and contrast these social institutions. Which of the institutions has the greatest effect on crime and why? Be sure to support your responses with specific sources and examples (specific paper guidelines are listed below).

Guidelines (please see the grading rubric link in the course menu for further details):
2-3 pages, APA format (12 point, Times New Roman or similar font, double-spaced, 1″ margins, running head)
Include a separate title page, abstract page, and reference page
Refer to the Sample Paper _OWL_.pdf for specific requirements of each of these pages
Utilize a minimum of two (2) additional, academically appropriate, outside resources in addition to the course text

course text:
Hagan, F. E. (2016). Introduction to criminology: Theories, methods, and criminal behavior (10th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.                                               

Listen to or read the book “Defending Jacob” (available on amazon or audible.com).  Write a paragraph on your thoughts after each chapter.  Specifically consider the physical evidence and “propensity evidence”.  For this purpose, “propensity evidence” is evidence that suggests that someone is prone to crime.  Specifically, consider whether it is appropriate to use the “murder gene” as evidence to establish guilt.

ANALYTICAL WRITING ASSIGNMENT

Carefully review the scenario set forth below.  Unless otherwise stated, assume the precedents and laws to be utilized are for the present day. Your analysis may be no longer than three pages, double spaced, 12 font, Times New Roman.

            Officer B. D. Mann received an anonymous tip that a known fugitive wanted for a felony, I. Dunn Flew, was hiding at the home of Rita Conceala.  Acting on the tip, Officer Mann did a background check on Rita and learned that she was on probation for Solicitation.  Mann then contacted Ritas probation officer, Woody, and told Woody about the tip he had received.  Woody then tried to contact Rita but was unable to reach her.  Woody told Officer Mann about the fact that Rita had given a general consent to all searches by a Probation Officer of her person, house papers and effects as a condition of probation.

            The police went to Ritas room, and found what appeared to be contraband white powder in her toiletries case.  Flew was not there.  The police went into the room next to Ritas and found evidence that Rita had been conducting an extensive call girl operation out of the boarding house.  Rita was charged and sentenced to jail for violating her probation.  Rita was also charged with a new charge of Solicitation.

            Based on the evidence obtained in the room next door to Ritas, the police obtained a warrant to search the home of Irma Hooker.  The police, on the authority of the warrant, searched the home of Irma Hooker, and found evidence: ledgers, bank deposits, records and receipts of the solicitation business.  Among the records were the names of some prominent citizens, including the judge, Royal Hammerdem, who issued the search warrant, and who, it was later learned, did not know Irmas real name or address.  At a subsequent hearing, the court found that the warrant for Hookers home was defective because of a technicality in the form filed: Hookers name was actually an alias and not her proper name.

            The men who were named as Johns were charged with petty offense charges carrying less than 6 months in jail as punishment.  All of these Johns demanded trial by jury and that lawyers be appointed for them.  The court refuses to appoint lawyers for the Johns, and after a trial sentences them to a fine and a 30 day suspended sentence.  The Johns demand a lawyer for appeal, and after denial of their appeal at the intermediary appeals court, the Johns demand appointment of a lawyer for the discretionary appeal to the State Supreme Court.

            Officer Mann also convinced Irma to make contact with the Judge involved, and Irma agreed to wear a wire when she spoke with the judge.  During the conversation with Irma, the judge made incriminating statements about a cover up and obstruction of justice, which Mann recorded from the radio transmissions.

            Acting on other information obtained from Irma, Officer Mann, from the department helicopter flying at 400 feet, observed in a partially covered green house located in the back yard of Mayor, Bob N. Weave, several green, leafy plants believed to be cannabis sativa.  Based on this information, a warrant was obtained and the Mayors property was searched and evidence of drug production was seized.  Police also seized the trash from the street in front of the Mayors house, and in that trash they found records of drug sales and receipts.  The warrant did not include the trash located on the street in front of the Mayors house.

            Mann, acting on further evidence obtained from Irma, placed a radio transmitter on the outside of the telephone booth located outside the police station.  The conversations coming from the telephone booth were recorded by Mann.  One of these recordings was that of the Chief of Police, I.M. Crank, trying to arrange a cover up for the judge involved.  The defendants all wanted to know how a person in their own, other states and the federal government got their jobs and could do practically whatever they wanted to do.  The defendants also wanted to be informed about the various avenues of appeals and what types of things can be appealed should that become necessary, as well as what role that the media coverage and current political climate might play in the judicial decisions.

            After the arrests, the local paper ran a picture of Crank talking to Irma at a time three weeks prior to the arrests.  Based on this picture, the police had probable cause to obtain a warrant to search the local papers files for other pictures implicating Crank with Irma.  Assume the probable cause was valid, and that the police obtained a warrant based on the probable cause to search the newspaper.

            Officer Mann is driving in an unmarked police vehicle, and he sees Hammerdem fail to signal the right turn that Hammerdem made.  Mann really wants to search Hammerdem and his car for evidence, but does not have probable cause.  Mann makes a traffic stop, and after speaking with the judge Mann arrests Hammerdem for the failure to use the turn signal.  Before applying handcuffs to Hammerdem and while Hammerdem is standing beside the car, Mann then searches all of Hammerdems pockets and he finds a check ledger with notations about payments for Irma.  Further, in the car right nex to where Hammerdem is standing, there is a gift-wrapped package appearing to be a present on the floor of the judges car.  Mann opens the present and finds $10,000 cash with a note saying, You know what to do.     

            Based on another anonymous tip, Mann drives by the home of the mayors associate, Richard Bum Osculator.  Mann with the assistance of a geologist friend uses an infrared heat detector to try to learn if an excess amount of heat is emanating from the roof of Osculators condo.  Mann believes that if Osculator is raising marijuana then the heat lamps employed in this plant growing process will cause a significantly higher amount of heat to be lost through the roof of the condo, as compared to the roof of the neighboring homes.  The heat detector indeed does demonstrate that a disproportionate amount of heat is escaping from Osculators roof.  Assume (for the sake for this examination) that, Mann, therefore, has probable cause that Osculator is growing marijuana.  Because Mann has probable cause of a felony being committed, Mann goes to Osculators home and after knocking and announcing his presence, with no response thereto, Mann enters the home to arrest Osculator, who happens to be in the shower.  Prior to the arrest the officer makes a quick sweep through the home to ensure his own safety, and on the bedroom table there is an ashtray with partially smoked marijuana cigarettes, which Mann seizes and keeps for evidence.  Mann also, subsequent to the arrest, finds extensive drug sales paraphernalia in the basement closest of Osculators home.