Law

Patrol is often called the “backbone” of policing as it is the primary means by which the police fulfill their mission. A large number of studies of patrol have been conducted over time.   What are some of the major findings of studies of the patrol function?  (Include in your answer findings of the Kansas City Preventive Patrol Experiment.)

What factors might a court consider in determining what is “reasonable” or unduly burdensome (a “hardship?”) Are these factors the same in every situation, or must they adapt to the particulars of a situation?

Writing Assignment #1: Risk Factors for Female Juvenile Delinquency DUE: Sunday, September 20, 2020 by 12pm EST Chapter 7 discusses the most significant risk factors for female juvenile delinquency. For this writing assignment, please address the following questions: 1.    Provide a summary of these significant risk factors for female juvenile delinquency according to existing research. 2.    Explain how at least three of these risk factors can be interrelated. 3.    What should gender-specific programming look like? What challenges do states face in implementing these programs? Writing Assignment Guidelines: ·       Your work should be 4-5 pages, double-spaced in Times New Roman font and should be submitted to the Writing Assignment #1 drop box as an attachment in Microsoft Word. ·       It should be in full, proper APA format, including a title page, a running head, page numbers, parenthetical citations and full citations in your references list. For assistance with APA format, please visit the Purdue OWL website. Here is a link to the site: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ (Links to an external site.) REQUIRED TEXTBOOK:Mallicoat, S. (2019). Women, gender and crime: Core concepts. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publishing.

Choose one country/region and one particular crime issue that is relevant for that country/region(e.g., drug trafficking in Venezuela, human trafficking in Thailand, genocide in Congo, wildlife trafficking in Central Africa, etc). Then, seek to analyzethis issue by using a specific criminological theory (or theories), addressing: why the crime is relevant for the particular country/region (context), why it has occurred in the first place (causal factors), and why it has increased/decreased over the recent years (change and statistics). Refer to criminological/critical theoriesto explain the causes of the crime and the crime trends. Then, in the discussion, addressthe key strengths and weaknessesof the theory you selected (limitations of the theory).The paper should be approximately 2,500 words (around8 double spaced pages), excluding references and title page. You must use academic/scholarlysources to support your argument(s).Basic elements of the paper (this is not a rigid structure that you must follow, so feel free to adjust according to the topic you select):oIntroduction to your topic: what you will study and why“it matters”.oNature, trends, and definition of the selectedinternational/transnationalcrimeissue: This will likelyinvolve tracking scholarly sources, newspaper stories, statistics from governmental and non-governmental sources, etc. Define the crime, explain the trends (increases/decreases in recent years), and why this crime is relevantfor criminologists, the country/regionyou selected, and the international community as a whole. oTheoretical explanation(s): Briefly summarize the theory (or theories) youhave chosen and then apply it to the crime you have selected in order to explain why itoccurs. This will also likelyinvolve gatheringinformation from a variety of sources including scholarly articles and studies, books, and international agency reports. Provide concrete examples to explain how the theory helps explain/understandthe crime.oDiscussion: Discuss both the strengths and the weaknesses of the theory you selected. How well does the theory explain the crime (provide examples)? What are some limitations and weaknesses?oConclusionoReferences/Bibliography (APA style

Briefly summarize the three types of drug-related violence discussed in Chapter 4, and give one example of each that is not mentioned in the book. 2) Discuss the relationship between drugs and crime, including both the material in Chapter 4 and your own personal opinion at this point in the semester. 3) Briefly summarize the three types of crime (psychopharmacological, economically-compulsive, and systemic) discussed in Chapter 4. 4) What thoughts do you have concerning gangs, organized crime, and money laundering? 5) What interested you the most is slides 1-13 in this week’s powerpoint and the accompanying lecture? What potential complications would you predict, or be worried about if you were running a controlled buy? 6) Video #6 is our introduction to the world of confidential informants, which we will discuss in much greater detail next week.  While this is mostly cop banter, with a lot of LEO jargon, it sets the tone for a complex practice – that of managing informants.  What interested you, what surprised you, and what potential complications do you see in this part of the drug cop’s world? https://blackboard.indstate.edu/webapps/login/ that’s the website to get into the class username is: tstone12 password is: Antitigga12345! Crim 416 Drugs and crime is the class. Click on that and you will see the video in the video section.,

What are the milestones in the development of firearms identification? What is the most fundamental purpose of investigation? What is ‘dactylography’ and why is it significant? What is an example of a “plain view” seizure by a police officer?

Pretty straightforward, must answer the following questions about the Controlled Substance Act of 1970:   What was/is the intended purpose of the Controlled Substances Act 1970? How and who enforces Controlled Substance Act regulations? How and why are drugs classified/scheduled?  What are the medical and legal issues surrounding rescheduling marijuana?

According to Berman, Bowman, West, & Van Wart (2020), although fewer people are working as federal civilian employees today, “68% of the civilian workforce is devoted to defense- and security-related agencies,” many of which are government-related. How familiar are you with U.S. government agencies and their functions and responsibilities? Berman, E. M., Bowman, J. S., West, J. P., & Van Wart, M. R. (2020). Human resource management in public service: Paradoxes, processes, and problems (6th ed.). Los Angeles, CA: Sage Publishing. __________ Instructions Visit three U.S. government agency websites and research their functions and organizational structures. By Saturday, 11:59 p.m. ET: Submit a 350-word paper that includes the following: Analyze any insights about the human resource management practices you gained from reviewing the three government agency websites.  Summarize each agency’s organization.

Should a woman who uses illicit drugs, or abuses licit drugs, during pregnancy be criminally held responsible for child abuse? What action (if any) do you believe should be taken with such a person?

Compare and contrast the facts in both cases. How was the Anti Cyber-squatting Consumer Protection Act applied in these cases? Present an argument to support a person who purchased a domain name years before the name became famous. Should they be found guilty of cyber-squatting? Present an ethical argument for both parties in these cases. *The instructions as a whole are attached via word doc*