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Assignment 3: Philosophical and Practical Approach for Balancing Issues
Before writing your position statement on Philosophical and Practical Approach for Balancing Issues, you should read Chapters 1 through11 in your textbook. Then, research at least three (3) peer-reviewed articles about individual rights, morality, ethics, individual rights, duty, or codes of conduct for criminal justice professionals. Write a three to five (3-5) page paper in which you: 1. Create a philosophy and approach for balancing the issues of individual rights and the public’s protection. Provide one to two (1 to 2) examples illustrating how you will balance the two issues in your own career in law enforcement. 2. Determine a philosophy and approach for balancing the use of reward and punishment in criminal justice. Provide one to two (1-2) examples illustrating how you will use this philosophy in your own career. 3. Select a philosophy and approach that addresses the use of immoral means (e.g., torture or lying in interrogation) to accomplish desirable ends. Provide one to two (1-2) examples illustrating how you will use this philosophy in your own career. 4. Explain what you believe the Ethics of Care and Peacemaking Criminology presented in your textbook should mean for law enforcement professionals. 5. Support your position statement with three (3) relevant and credible references, documented according to latest edition of APA. (Note: Do not use open source sites such as Ask.com, eHow.com, Answers.com, and Wikipedia.) Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:- Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA format (latest edition). Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
- Include a cover page developed in accordance with the latest edition of APA, including a running head, page number, the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page, revision of the previous assignment, and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
- Analyze the issues pertinent to codes of conduct and / or the ethics of duty.
- Recommend ways to use ethics to improve decision making in the criminal justice system.
- Analyze various philosophical approaches for ethical decision making, and the effectiveness and limits of each approach for making ethical choices.
- Analyze the ethical issues involved with balancing means and ends in the criminal justice field.
- Examine the key elements of virtue and character.
- Examine reasons for and effective ways to apply critical ethical thinking to criminal justice issues.
- Use technology and information resources to research issues in ethics and leadership in criminal justice.
- Write clearly and concisely about ethics and leadership in criminal justice using proper writing mechanics.
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| Criteria | Unacceptable Below 60% F | Meets Minimum Expectations 60-69% D | Fair 70-79% C | Proficient 80-89% B | Exemplary 90-100% A |
| 1. Create a philosophy and approach for balancing the issues of individual rights and the public’s protection. Provide one to two (1 to 2) examples illustrating how you will use this philosophy in your own career. Weight: 25% | Did not submit or incompletely created a philosophy and approach for balancing the issues of individual rights and the public’s protection. Did not submit or incompletely provided one to two (1 to 2) examples illustrating how you will use this philosophy in your own career. | Insufficiently created a philosophy and approach for balancing the issues of individual rights and the public’s protection. Insufficiently provided one to two (1 to 2) examples illustrating how you will use this philosophy in your own career. | Partially created a philosophy and approach for balancing the issues of individual rights and the public’s protection. Partially provided one to two (1 to 2) examples illustrating how you will use this philosophy in your own career. | Satisfactorily created a philosophy and approach for balancing the issues of individual rights and the public’s protection. Satisfactorily provided one to two (1 to 2) examples illustrating how you will use this philosophy in your own career. | Thoroughly created a philosophy and approach for balancing the issues of individual rights and the public’s protection. Thoroughly provided one to two (1 to 2) examples illustrating how you will use this philosophy in your own career. |
| 2. Determine a philosophy and approach for balancing the use of reward and punishment in criminal justice. Provide one to two (1 to 2) examples illustrating how you will use this philosophy in your own career. Weight: 20% | Did not submit or incompletely determined a philosophy and approach for balancing the use of reward and punishment in criminal justice. Did not complete or incompletely provided one to two (1 to 2) examples illustrating how you will use this philosophy in your own career. | Insufficiently determined a philosophy and approach for balancing the use of reward and punishment in criminal justice. Insufficiently provided one to two (1 to 2) examples illustrating how you will use this philosophy in your own career. | Partially determined a philosophy and approach for balancing the use of reward and punishment in criminal justice. Partially provided one to two (1 to 2) examples illustrating how you will use this philosophy in your own career. | Satisfactorily determined a philosophy and approach for balancing the use of reward and punishment in criminal justice. Satisfactorily provided one to two (1 to 2) examples illustrating how you will use this philosophy in your own career. | Thoroughly determined a philosophy and approach for balancing the use of reward and punishment in criminal justice. Thoroughly provided one to two (1 to 2) examples illustrating how you will use this philosophy in your own career. |
| 3. Select a philosophy and approach that addresses the use of immoral means (e.g., torture or lying in interrogation) to accomplish desirable ends. Provide one to two (1 to 2) examples illustrating how you will use this philosophy in your own career. Weight: 20% | Did not submit or incompletely selected a philosophy and approach that addresses the use of immoral means (e.g., torture or lying in interrogation) to accomplish desirable ends. Did not submit or incompletely provided one to two (1 to 2) examples illustrating how you will use this philosophy in your own career. | Insufficiently selected a philosophy and approach that addresses the use of immoral means (e.g., torture or lying in interrogation) to accomplish desirable ends. Insufficiently provided one to two (1 to 2) examples illustrating how you will use this philosophy in your own career. | Partially selected a philosophy and approach that addresses the use of immoral means (e.g., torture or lying in interrogation) to accomplish desirable ends. Partially provided one to two (1 to 2) examples illustrating how you will use this philosophy in your own career. | Satisfactorily selected a philosophy and approach that addresses the use of immoral means (e.g., torture or lying in interrogation) to accomplish desirable ends. Satisfactorily provided one to two (1 to 2) examples illustrating how you will use this philosophy in your own career. | Thoroughly selected a philosophy and approach that addresses the use of immoral means (e.g., torture or lying in interrogation) to accomplish desirable ends. Thoroughly provided one to two (1 to 2) examples illustrating how you will use this philosophy in your own career. |
| 4. Explain what you believe the Ethics of Care and Peacemaking Criminology presented in your textbook should mean for law enforcement professionals. Weight: 20% | Did not submit or incompletely explained what you believe the Ethics of Care and Peacemaking Criminology presented in your textbook should mean for law enforcement professionals. | Insufficiently explained what you believe the Ethics of Care and Peacemaking Criminology presented in your textbook should mean for law enforcement professionals. | Partially explained what you believe the Ethics of Care and Peacemaking Criminology presented in your textbook should mean for law enforcement professionals. | Satisfactorily explained what you believe the Ethics of Care and Peacemaking Criminology presented in your textbook should mean for law enforcement professionals. | Thoroughly explained what you believe the Ethics of Care and Peacemaking Criminology presented in your textbook should mean for law enforcement professionals. |
| 5. 3 references Weight: 5% | No references provided | Does not meet the required number of references; all references poor quality choices. | Does not meet the required number of references; some references poor quality choices. | Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices. | Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices. |
| 6. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements Weight: 10% | More than 8 errors present | 7-8 errors present | 5-6 errors present | 3-4 errors present | 0-2 errors present |
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA format (latest edition). Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page developed in accordance with the latest edition of APA, including a running head, page number, the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page, revision of the previous assignment, and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.
Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.
Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.
The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.
ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS
Discussion Questions (DQ)
Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words. Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source. One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words. I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.Weekly Participation
Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately. In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies. Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work). Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.APA Format and Writing Quality
Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required). Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation. I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.Use of Direct Quotes
I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly. As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content. It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.LopesWrite Policy
For assignments that need to be submitted to LopesWrite, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me. Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes. Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own? Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score. Get NUR588: Educational Mission Statement Assignment Help Now!!Late Policy
The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies. Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances. If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect. I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension. As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading. Assignment 3: Philosophical and Practical Approach.Communication
Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me: Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class. Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours. Assignment 3: Philosophical and Practical Approach.