Quantitative research consists of testing and understanding relationships between variables. Researchers construct these variables as measureable expressions of social phenomena. Modern statistics provides you with a host of resources to answer questions, but each statistical test has a set of
week5
Week 5 Project: Prisoners’ Rights You work in the administrative office of a correctional facility and handle complaints about violations of prisoners’ rights. A conference on prisoners’ rights is being held in the near future. Your supervisor asks you to
Frisk
4 paragraphs Stop-and-frisk is a controversial tactic in which police approach persons on the street who appear to act suspiciously, “frisk” them for weapons or contraband, then ask some questions. Reseach in New York City has shown that young males
Criminal justice
4 paragraphs Crime hot spots are areas where crime reports, calls for police service, or other measures of crime are especially common. Police in departments with a good analytic capability routinely identify hot spots and launch special tactics to reduce
Criminal justice
The textbook authors describe three specific criteria for causality. For this writing assignment, describe the cause/effect of drinking alcohol and driving and vehicle accidents. You are to describe the relationship to meet all three criteria and support each. 2
Discussion Q&A
using this video: https://www.police1.com/use-of-force/videos/excessive-force-officers-must-intercede-and-report-DpMuUvOu6PuAVHXm/ Review the scenario below and respond to the questions: You are a rookie police officer who responds to a call for officer assistance. Arriving at the scene, you see a ring of officers surrounding a suspect
A question of policy
Week 9 Assignment – Case Study #2: A Question of PolicyWrite a 1/2 to one page (150275 words) response in which you answer the three questions that follow the case study below:As a female correctional officer, you have been working
Article/Data Analysis Exercise Assignment
Article/Data Analysis Exercise Assignment Instructions Overview This purpose of this project is twofold: 1. To help you become more familiar with interpreting academic journal articles in the library database. 2. To become more familiar with reviewing empirical (research-based) literature
Decisions, Discretion, and Accountability
A decision tree is a great way to determine a course of action and possible outcomes associated with an officers decision. Today everyone has a camera and decisions are reviewed, questioned, and judged by those who have no idea what
Discussion Board # 5
Discussion Assignment Instructions # 5 The student will post one thread of at least 750850 words by 10:59 a.m. (ET) on Friday, September 24, 2021. For each thread, students must support their assertions with at least 4 scholarly citations