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CRJ 422 Entire Course FOR MORE CLASSES
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Final Capstone Project Preparation (New) CRJ 422
Week 1 DQ 2 Criminal Justice Effectiveness (New)
CRJ 422 Week 1 Journal Article Critical Analysis
(New) CRJ 422 Week 2 DQ 1 Final Capstone Project
Outline (New) CRJ 422 Week 2 DQ 2 Social Justice
Through Criminal Justice (New) CRJ 422 Week 2
Resource Review and Synopsis (New) CRJ 422 Week 3
DQ 1 Criminal Theories (New) CRJ 422 Week 3 DQ 2
Landmark Federal Decisions (New) CRJ 422 Week 3
Recent Federal Acts and Social Justice (New) CRJ
422 Week 4 DQ 1 Criminal Justice Careers (New)
CRJ 422 Week 4
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CRJ 422 Week 1 DQ 1 Final Capstone Project
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Project Preparation. Review the Final Capstone
Project in Week Five and select the issue in
social and criminal justice that you will
address. Identify and develop your thesis
statement and your resolution for your chosen
issue. This will be your initial version of the
thesis statement for the Final Capstone Project,
but expect that it will evolve after receiving
feedback from your instructor and classmates. At
the end of the learning week, reflect back on the
feedback your classmates and instructor have
provided. Reference your textbook, Chapter 1.2,
or the Writing Center for help with constructing
your thesis statement.
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CRJ 422 Week 1 DQ 2 Criminal Justice
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Effectiveness. The U.S. criminal justice system
is in a constant balancing act between the rights
of individuals and the need to protect citizens
from harm. Most individual rights are found in
the Bill of Rights of the U.S. Constitution, as
listed in Chapter 8.1 of your textbook. Review
these individual rights and provide your opinion
on whether or not the effectiveness of the
criminal justice system is hindered by individual
liberties. Provide at least two specific details
or examples to support your opinion. You may
choose to draw these examples from your life and
work experiences or from the Ashford University
Librarys Westlaw database (contains documents
and reviews of court cases).
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CRJ 422 Week 1 Journal Article Critical Analysis
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Journal Article Critical Analysis. Utilizing the
information gained from your reading of Chapters
4 and 5 of the text critically analyze one of the
five scholarly articles found in Chapter 10 of
the text. Choose an article that best relates to
your thesis or could potentially be used to
support your position in the Final Capstone
Project. In a critical analysis of the article,
complete the following Provide the formal APA
citation of the source. Summarize the articles
thesis and main points in one or two paragraphs,
at maximum. Critically evaluate the relevance
of the data used to support the thesis of the
article. Evaluate the significance of the
sources, including whether they are primary or
secondary sources. Provide examples of either
the presence of bias or lack of bias evidenced by
the authors. Critique (as
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CRJ 422 Week 2 DQ 1 Final Capstone Project
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Outline. Looking ahead at your Final Capstone
Project in Week Five, provide an outline
highlighting the major points of your project for
review and discussion among your classmates and
instructor. In your outline, include at least
five major ideas your Final Capstone Project will
address, with brief (one to two sentence)
explanations for each. At the end of this week,
reflect back on the feedback your classmates and
instructor have provided. Your outline content
should be entered directly into the body of the
discussion. Do not attach a Word document. As
with all well-researched and organized writing,
your topic (first) sentences of your paragraphs
contain the major ideas of your paper. Therefore,
this outline can be used in the construction of
the body of your Final Capstone Project in Week
Five.  
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CRJ 422 Week 2 DQ 2 Social Justice Through
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Through Criminal Justice. Examine the laws
discussed in Chapter 9, which protect individual
freedoms and the implementation of criminal
justice policies. Provide at least three examples
of how the U.S. criminal justice system
simultaneously advances notions of social
justice, while also protecting the rights of the
accused. Can the criminal justice system be more
effective in advancing notions of social justice?
How?
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CRJ 422 Week 2 Resource Review and Synopsis
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Resource Review and Synopsis. In this paper,
present a synopsis of five scholarly articles you
intend to use in your Final Capstone Project. In
your synopsis, provide the formal APA citation
for each source, along with a brief (one to two
paragraph) critical analysis of the relevance and
worth of each article for use in your Final
Capstone Project. This list will serve as a start
to your resource compilation for the Final
Capstone Project.
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CRJ 422 Week 3 DQ 1 Criminal Theories (New) FOR
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Theories. Drawing upon course readings, your
prior course work, and your personal experiences,
which theory of criminal justice from the
Criminological Theory Summaries do you believe
best reflects how the U.S. criminal justice
system functions? Point out the strengths and
weakness of this theory and provide
recommendations to improve the current system to
fit the theory in its purest form.
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CRJ 422 Week 3 DQ 2 Landmark Federal Decisions
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Landmark Federal Decisions. Explain which of
the landmark federal criminal justice cases below
is the most significant for promoting social
justice in our present day. You may use
historical examples of wrongs righted to
supplement your positions. Be sure to explain the
basis of your position and why you find the
opinion or case to be most significant. Reference
the Landmark Supreme Court Cases website for
summaries of each case. Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) c. Miranda v. Arizona
(1966) Terry v. Ohio (1968) Texas v. Johnson
(1989)
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CRJ 422 Week 3 Recent Federal Acts and Social
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and Social Justice. The Patriot Act and the
Homeland Security Act of the 21st Century form
the foundation of the United States domestic
response to the terrorist attacks of September
11, 2001. Many legal and political voices have
advocated that these acts have resulted in a
reduction in the rights of citizens and a loss of
civil liberties. Many other legal and political
voices argue that in this new world of terror
we must have more effective ways of preventing
terror attacks. With these differing perspectives
in mind and after watching the required ABC
Nightly News video segments, construct a paper
that critically evaluates whether or not The
Patriot Act and the Homeland Security Act
unjustly and unreasonably inhibit individual
rights, and how they impact notions of social
justice in the United States.
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CRJ 422 Week 4 DQ 1 Criminal Justice Careers
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Criminal Justice Careers. There are many
careers available to people with criminal justice
degrees. These career options extend beyond the
commonly recognized police officer or social
worker roles. After reading the required
resources for this week, explain your plans for
utilizing your Social and Criminal Justice degree
from Ashford University. Consider this discussion
board an opportunity for you to network with your
classmates and help each other locate
opportunities for future employment.  
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CRJ 422 Week 4 DQ 2 Changing Views (New) FOR
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Views. Reflect on your preparations for your
Final Capstone Project. Detail at least one area
of your research that either made you change a
pre-existing position you held on a major
criminal or social justice issue, or share
something that surprised you in the course of
your research. Explain why your viewpoints have
changed and how you expect to use this new
perspective in your career going forward. To help
guide your reflection, consider how your
perspective has changed on the following topics
the effectiveness of the criminal justice system,
your understanding of criminal theory, landmark
federal court decisions, criminal justice issues,
anti-terrorism laws, creation of a socially just
society, and potential career opportunities.
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CRJ 422 Week 5 DQ 1 Assessing Your Program of
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s.com Assessing Your Program of Study. Provide a
detailed assessment of your program of study,
correlated to the six learning outcomes in the
Social and Criminal Justice program. Explain, in
two to three sentences (at minimum) for each
outcome, how your course of study developed your
skills in accomplishing each of these program
learning outcomes Analyze criminal justice
issues within the systems of law enforcement, the
judiciary, and corrections. Evaluate the
application of the social justice principles of
equality, solidarity, and human rights toward
building a just society. Apply knowledge of
cultural sensitivity and diversity awareness to
social and criminal justice. Deconstruct the
relationship between law enforcement, the
judiciary, and corrections. Interpret the
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CRJ 422 Week 5 DQ 2 Resources and
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Recommendations. Provide your overall assessment
of the content and quality of your program of
study at Ashford University. How do you plan to
apply what you have learned to your future
profession? If you have already used information
gained from your course of study in your
profession, share specific examples of the
application of knowledge and skills. What
suggestions do you have to improve the Social and
Criminal Justice program? In addition to this
reflection, review the current event resources in
the Required Resources section of this week.
Which of these resources do you plan to use in
the future? What are some additional news feeds
or current event resources that will help you
stay informed on current trends and news in the
field?  
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CRJ 422 Week 5 Final Paper (New) FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.crj422genius.com The focus of
the capstone project is to solve a contemporary
social and criminal justice issue through the
application of information from a variety of
related fields, which may include sociology, law,
psychology, and ethics. In developing a proposed
solution to a modern social and criminal justice
issue, you are encouraged to use scholarly and
primary sources, multimedia, and interviews with
professionals in the field (if possible) to
identify and devise a workable plan. Within the
Final Capstone Project, complete the following
Identify a clear thesis statement to address your
chosen criminal and social justice issue.
Summarize your chosen social and criminal justice
issue. Propose the resolution to the social and
criminal justice issue. Examine the operations of
the criminal justice system as it relates to
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