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CJS 240 Entire Course

• CJS 240 Week 1 checkpoint Statistics Checkpoint
• CJS 240 Week 1 DQ 1 and DQ 2
• CJS 240 Week 2 Checkpoint Delinquency Deterrence
  Response
• CJS 240 Week 2 Assignment Individual Theories
  Assignment
• CJS 240 Week 3 Checkpoint Sociological Theories
  Response
• CJS 240 Week 3 DQ 1 and DQ 2
• CJS 240 Week 4 Checkpoint Case Study Critique
  Checkpoint (Appendix C)
• CJS 240 Week 4 Assignment Gender and Family
  Assignment
• CJS 240 Week 5 Checkpoint The Justice Systems
  (Appendix

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CJS 240 Week 1 Checkpoint Statistics Checkpoint

• Week One Discussion Questions
• What are the various forms of punishment
  exercised prior to the 20th century? Which
  criminal activities or events lead to these types
  of punishments? Compare the criteria in various
  societies for criminal sentencing prior to the
  20th century.

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CJS 240 Week 1 DQ 1 and DQ 2

• . Discussion Questions
• Are juveniles truly capable of understanding
  the seriousness and consequences of their
  actions? If so, at what age are they capable of
  understanding? At what age should juveniles be
  tried as adults? Explain your answers.
• Is the participationin delinquent activities a
  normal part of maturing or are there specific
  factors that initiate this behavior? If taking
  part in delinquent activities is part of
  maturing, what contributes to the progression
  from normal adolescent behavior to chronic
  offending? Explain your answers.

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CJS 240 Week 2 Assignment Individual Theories
Assignment

• Assignment Individual Theories
• Resource pp. 47-80 of Juvenile Delinquency
  The Core.
• Write a 500- to 750-word paper explaining why
  some adolescents are motivated to commit crimes
  while others in similar circumstances are not.
  Support your explanation by applying at least two
  of the following individual theories of
  delinquency
• o Routine activities theory
• o General deterrence theory

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CJS 230 Week 3 DQ 1 and DQ 2

• Week Three Discussion Questions
• How would you define jail? What is the
  historical role of jails as it applies to
  corrections? How can criminal justice
  professionals improve the function of jails in
  the correctional system?

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CJS 240 Week 3 Checkpoint Sociological Theories
Response

• CheckPoint Sociological Theories Response
• Resource pp. 101-105 of Juvenile Delinquency
  The Core.
• Locateby searching the Internetfederal,
  state, or local programs with elements that
  exemplify the application of each of the
  sociological theories listed below

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CJS 240 Week 3 DQ 1 and DQ 2

• Discussion Questions
• Describe a community in your city or state that
  currently exemplifies the concept of social
  disorganization. What solutions might you
  implement to revitalize that community?

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CJS 240 Week 4 Assignment Gender and Family
Assignment

• . Assignment Gender and Family
• Ch. 6 7 discuss the influence gender and family
  have on delinquency. In addition, you have read
  briefly about gender and the juvenile justice
  system.

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CJS 240 Week 4 Checkpoint Case Study Critique
Checkpoint

• Week Five Discussion Questions
• What is sentencing? How does sentencing
  influence corrections? How can corrections
  professionals improve sentencing so that it
  improves the correctional system overall?
• How would you define the role of a warden? How
  does the wardens role affect the correctional
  system? What might happen if the wardens role
  did not exist within the correctional system?

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CJS 240 Week 5 Checkpoint The Justice Systems
(Appendix D)

• . CheckPoint The Justice Systems
• Complete the System Comparison Matrix, the 200-
  to 300-word response on controversial issues in
  the juvenile court system, and the selection of
  your final project position in Appendix D.

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CJS 240 Week 5 DQ 1 and DQ 2

• Prepare a 200- to 300-word response to the
  following questions
• How would you define the prison environment?
  How does the prison environment influence
  institutional management and custody? What
  changes to prison environments would improve
  institutional management?
• What are secure custody methods? How does the
  prison environment affect issues of secure
  custody? How can secure custody within prisons be
  improved?
• Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
• Post your paper as an attachment.
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CJS 240 Week 5 DQ 1 and DQ 2

• Discussion Questions (Students will be placed in
  small groups to answer DQ 1 this week)
• What is more importantfreedom of press to
  publish pictures and names of juvenile offenders
  or juveniles rights to private court
  proceedings? Explain your answer.
• Should certain juvenile offenders be waived to
  adult courts? Why or why not?
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CJS 240 Week 6 Assignment Corrections and
Treatment

• . Assignment Corrections and Treatment
• Write a 350- to 700-word paper summarizing
  information on juvenile corrections and
  community-based treatment programs. Include the
  following in your paper

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CJS 240 Week 6 Checkpoint Probation

• Create an informative 5- to 7-slide Microsoft
  PowerPoint presentation about probation and the
  roles and responsibilities of probation officers.
  Assume the role of a juvenile probation officer
  recruiter and address the presentation as if to
  an audience of individuals interested in applying
  for the position of a juvenile probation officer.
  Your presentation must include

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CJS 240 Week 7 Checkpoint Gang Development and
Control Check

• Read the following A small suburb of a large
  metropolitan area has implemented a neighborhood
  watch program. The mayor has asked you to
  determine if the program is having any effect on
  complaints received about suspicious behavior,
  deviant behavior, and crime.
• Write a 1,750- to 2,800-word paper, addressing
  the scenario.
• Structure your paper as a research study to
  answer the mayors concerns. Address the
  following elements

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CJS 240 Week 7 DQ 1 and DQ 2

• Respond to the capstone discussion question.
• Prepare a 200- to 300-word response to the
  following questions
• o What is your opinion of probation?
• o What should happen with probation programs in
  the future?

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CJS 240 Week 8 Assignment Drug Czar Presentation

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• Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you
  identify options available under community
  corrections and describe how other nations view
  the use of imprisonment. Address the following in
  your paper

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CJS 240 Week 8 Checkpoint Drug Use and
Delinquency Response

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• Research the University Library for two current,
  scholarly journal articles that highlight the
  reasons of youth drug use and the link between
  drug use and delinquency.
• Write a 200- to 350-word response answering the
  following questions according to the journal
  articles

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CJS 240 Week 9 Capstone DQ

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• The future of the juvenile justice system under
  debate. There has been a movement supporting
  aggressive measures on juvenile crime while
  researchers see more public support for
  prevention and intervention methods. Consider the
  future of the juvenile justice system. Should
  there be a juvenile justice system? Why or why
  not? Should there be a comprehensive juvenile
  justice strategy or should the juvenile justice
  system focus on one particular strategy? Explain
  your answers.

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CJS 240 Week 9 Final Punishment versus
Rehabilitation

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• Throughout this course you have become acquainted
  with explanations of juvenile delinquency,
  correlates of juvenile delinquency, and the
  intricacies of the juvenile justice system. For
  your final project, assess one of the
  controversial issues regarding the juvenile
  justice system.

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