CJA 416 Wk 1 Discussion – Criminal Justice Budget Issue

Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member.

Due Thursday

Criminal justice is a wide-ranging industry that has many levels of budgets and budgeting concerns.

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

• Share an example from your community of a budget issue that involves criminal justice.
• Describe the challenges that criminal justice professionals face in relation to the budget issue.
• Is your example from the private or public sector? How does the sector impact the budgeting challenges?
• Suggest strategies to address the budget issue and predict some possible outcomes.

Due Monday

Post 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member. Be constructive and professional.

CJA 416 Wk 2 Discussion – Budget Analysis

Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member.

Due Thursday

Considering the number of areas that a budget impacts, it’s typical for there to be strengths and weakness in any budget. In this discussion, you locate and analyze 2–3 examples of budgets from state or local criminal justice entities. (These should be available on the state or city websites.)

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

• Share 2–3 examples of budgets from state or local criminal justice entities and discuss the strengths and weaknesses of each budget.
• If possible, determine the preparer of the budget and identify whether they are from within the department or outside. Discuss if that has any impact on your analysis of the budget.

Due Monday

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CJA 416 Wk 3 Discussion – Debt and Operating Costs

Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member.

Due Thursday

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

• Locate and share a link to an article that discusses the issues of debt and operating costs in a business.
• Describe your takeaways on how debt and operating costs were addressed.
• Detail any of the following types of debt mentioned in the article:
• General obligations and revenue bonds
• Certificates of obligation
• Contractual obligations
• Commercial paper
• Capital leases
• Notes payable
• What recommendations would you have for this business to improve their budgeting situation?

Due Monday

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CJA 416 Wk 4 Discussion – Police vs. Civilian Budgeting

Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member.

Due Thursday

There is a debate on which role should create a police department’s budget. Should it be someone in uniform with experience of the job, or should it be a civilian that may be outside of the day-to-day activity?

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

• Choose one side of the debate and provide arguments supporting that side.
• Do you think centralized budgeting would solve or worsen common police department budget issues? Explain.

Due Monday

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CJA 416 Wk 5 Discussion – Budgeting and Public Perception

Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member.

Due Thursday

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

• What types of funding can affect public perception of an agency and why?
• What is an example of an agency you know or have seen in the news whose funding suffered due to public perception? Do you agree with the treatment? Explain.
• What consequence should a government agency face if they are not accountable to their published budget?
• What are the risks and benefits of both internal and external budget preparation?

Due Monday

Post 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member. Be constructive and professional.