CJA/484

CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION CAPSTONE

CJA484 Week 1 Criminal Justice Trends Paper

Select one of the components of the criminal justice system (law enforcement, courts, or corrections).

Write a 1,400- to 1750-word paper in which you evaluate past, present, and future trends of the criminal justice component you select. Discuss the budgetary and managerial impact that future trends will likely have not only on the component you select, but also on the other components of the criminal justice system. Be sure to include current research data (qualitative and quantitative) in your analysis.

Include at least four peer reviewed references.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

CJA484 Week 2 Ethics in Criminal Justice Administration Analysis

Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper in which you analyze the relationship between ethics and professional behavior in the administration of criminal justice. Explain the role of critical thinking with regard to the relationship of ethics and professional behavior. Include in your paper a proposal for a seminar in ethics training for law enforcement officers. In your proposal choose five areas of ethical conduct and that will be stressed in the seminar. Explain why you chose those areas and what the expected benefits of the training will be for both officers and the community.

Include at least four peer reviewed references.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

CJA484 Week 2 Managerial Practices Executive Summary

Research previous course work and learned concepts.

Write a 350- to 700-word executive summary in which you analyze organizational behavior concepts associated with common managerial practices involved in day-to-day operations within criminal justice settings. Be sure to identify professional standards and values that apply across various components of the criminal justice system on a national level.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

CJA484 Week 3 Organizational Management and Operations Paper

Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper in which you identify, compare, and contrast the policing function at the local, state, and federal organizational levels. Analyze how the organizational, management, administration, and operational functions at these three organizational levels are similar or different and why. Be sure to identify the leadership characteristics and responsibilities pertaining to each organizational level.

Include at least four peer reviewed references.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

CJA484 Week 4 Criminal Law Foundations Evaluation

Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper identifying and evaluating the constitutional safeguards provided by the 4th, 5th, and 6th Amendments to the United States Constitution as they apply to both adult and juvenile court proceedings. Discuss the impact that these safeguards (e.g., Right to Counsel, Miranda Warnings, speedy trial, the exclusionary rule, etc.) have on the day-to- day operation of adult and juvenile courts.

Include at least four peer reviewed references.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

CJA484 Week 4 Courtroom Standards Analysis

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you discuss and evaluate the diverse roles of judges, prosecutors, defense counsel, and other courtroom personnel. Discuss how they are both independent and mutually interdependent as well as the benefits and pitfalls of such relationships. Be sure to include a discussion of ethical and legal standards applicable to the various participants and how they impact our criminal justice system and affect in shaping both substantive law and procedural law.

Include at least four peer reviewed references.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

CJA484 Week 5 Global Perspectives Assessment

Write a 1,400- to 2,100-word paper in which you assess criminal justice from a global perspective. In your paper be sure to analyze the following:

• Assess the impact of globalization on the U.S. criminal justice system.
• Compare and contrast international criminal justice systems (Civil Law, Common law, and Islamic Law and Socialist Law traditions).
• Discuss the impact that cyber crime and technology have had on worldwide justice systems.
• Differentiate the policing systems on a worldwide scale.
• Identify major crimes and criminal issues that have a global impact on justice systems and processes (e.g., Somalia, Rwanda, Bosnia, Darfur, Congo, etc.).

Include at least four peer reviewed references.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

CJA484 Week 5 Corrections Research Paper and Evaluation

Write a 1,400- to 2,100-word research project in which you outline the various processes of jails, prisons, probation, parole, juvenile and community corrections. In your research paper, be sure to address the following as it pertains to correctional systems:

• Evaluate past, present, and future trends pertaining to the development and operation of institutional and community based corrections.
• Examine correctional organization and administration functions that reflect operations and fiscal demands.
• Assess the Security, technology, management and control functions within correctional environments.
• Explain the various Educational and treatment programs used in rehabilitation efforts for institutional and community corrections.

Include at least four peer reviewed references.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.