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Explain why understanding offender behaviors and criminology theories are important for the CJ profession you want to go into or dream of going into? Summarize in paragraph or bullet-point style
One page max.

Address the following questions and/or statements in regards to the American Revolution.
Discuss the significance of the following battles of the American Revolution: the Battles of Lexington and Concord, Battles of Saratoga, and the Battle of Yorktown.
Please follow the instructions and review the grading rubric prior to preparing your essay.
MLA Format, 2 Full Pages of Text, Double Spaced, 12 Size Font, etc..
Please submit your Works Cited/Bibliography along with your essay.
Full Citations Only & Credible Sources

Readings: please apply the following reading to the
questions provided as well as other sources
Number the questions being answered

Addicted to Incarceration: Corrections Policy and Politics
of Misinformation in the United States (2009). Travis Pratt

Pratt
Chapter 1: Introduction:
The Politics and Consequences of Incarceration
Chapter 2: The Politics of
“Punishment” in the United States
Pratt
Chapter 3: Misinformation
about the Crime Problem
Chapter 4: Misinformation
About Public Opinion

Please address both questions below, bringing in the
texts as well as your own professional experiences to support your
writing.
In Chapter 3, Pratt examines the misconceptions about the nature
of crime in the United States has served as political fodder for advocates of
mass incarceration. He outlines three main misconceptions. What are those misconceptions?
Explain why he believes each is actually a “misconception” and not actually
reflective of the crime problems in the United States.
In Chapter 4, Pratt discusses the “global” and
“specific” attitudes of Americans towards punishment. What are the
differences between these two perspectives? Which perspective has been
guiding American penal philosophy since the 1970s and why has that
perspective been predominate? Why?

Pratt
Chapter 5: Misinformation
about Prisons and Crime Control
Chapter 6: The Social
Costs and Consequences of Incarceration
Chapter 7: Conclusions and
Recommendations

Discuss at least two of the questions below and
engage with your classmates on their input.
In Chapter 5, Pratt discusses the effectiveness
of prisons in reducing crime. He says that policy makers’ claims of massive
reductions in crime that can be attributed to the expansion of the prison
population are patently false. Why? Does your own experience support Pratt’s
position? Explain why or why not.
2.
Why should the “graying”
of the prison population play a role in developing incarceration policy?
Does the privatization of prisons cause any concerns
for social justice in the United States?
Pratt argues that drug use should be viewed as a public
health concern rather than criminal concern. Provide an argument against
that shift in perspective.

The Punishment Imperative: The Rise and Failure
of Mass Incarceration in America (2014). Todd Clear and
Natasha Frost.

Clear
and Frost
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Clear
and Frost
Chapter 3: The Punishment
Imperative as a Grand Social Experiment
Chapter 4: The policies of
the Punishment Imperative

Please address two of the
questions below, bringing in the texts as well as your own
professional experiences. Work to keep the conversation alive this week.
5.
In chapter 1, Clear and
Frost offer some reasons why the incarcerated population appears to be shrinking
at the time of publication. Explain their rational and whether you agree with
their conclusions.
In chapter 2, Clear and Frost provide evidence that
scholars prior to the 1970s believed that prisons were quickly becoming
obsolete. What are the factors that led to these predictions being so
wrong?
This chapter suggests that “crime might be conceived as
both an input of prison and an output of
prison. What does this mean?
In chapter 3, Clear and Frost suggest that the
“Punishment Imperative” is a “grand social experiment”. What do they mean
by this?

Assignment:
Part 1. Think about a text/letter critically and post your answers:
1. What is the main concept of English Colonization that you are to take away from this historical document/ letter?
2. What is the moral of the story from A Letter from an Indentured Servant in Virginia?
3. What aspects, facts/events of the Module4 reading (Chapter2. ETextbook) are being used to analyze this document? Post your references and in-text citations from American Perspectives: Readings in American History Vol. 1 Chapter 2
Part 2. “Create/post Your three (3) Historical Questions and Your Answers”, related to this topic.
Important: Before the submission, please read my Announcement #28. How to Design Historical Questions.
WHY?
– It is a great way to get students thinking about the source inquisitively and end the reading of the source by thinking about where to go from here.
This is the starting point for further research projects using the source, and when combined with “evaluate usefulness” will put students well on their way to finding and evaluating a large number of sources for the purpose of formulating their own historical argument.

Topic: Forensic Profiling

REFERENCING MUST BE DONE AS JFS ( JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCE)

2 pages double-spaced introduction of the topic: FORENSIC PROFILING
— Why have you chosen this topic?
— Briefly introduce the topic, its importance, and
recent advances in the field.

references

https://books.google.ca/books?hl=en&lr=&id=DsI5DQAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=criminal+profiling&ots=EwC-H1LHRz&sig=jGtvsKdrcVG6yu4AqHkEwY44z1c&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=criminal%20profiling&f=false

http://faculty.fortlewis.edu/burke_b/Forensic/Class%20Readings/APA%20MONITOR%20-%20Profiling.pdf

https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/fbileb55&div=105&g_sent=1&casa_token=9FIOaKpTNlcAAAAA:iwIORS1dDboF66-7HLoOxwQ1UtDWtM6FP5BdHWfGgn_ITg2xpLcelASWwvgzNaBhWKdrdN9ZeiJ6&collection=journals

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1088767900004003003?casa_token=w1gL3ddijqoAAAAA%3AmlV3wRR-nNXMcNGnk05d-yIk2jzql3HR-OT0fHhRc1_8bFk-GsndVcTdh4optQUTP5PbFfY0og-EhCo&journalCode=hsxa

https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/Digitization/196709NCJRS.pdf#page=583

Part 1: Personal Reading Experience
Answer the following questions. Remember the point is not to be right
or wrong, but to look at your current reading habits so you can figure
out what’s working, what isn’t, and what you can do to improve your
habits and strategies. Each bullet point should be addressed in its own
paragraph:
Describe your experience learning to read.
Do you remember when you first learned to read? What was that
experience like? As you’ve gotten older, has reading been easy or
difficult for you?
Develop examples of how you prepare to read.
Do you take any special steps or do you dive in? Does it depend on what or why you are reading?
Discuss your college-level reading experience thus far.
Do you embrace it or avoid it? Do you skim or skip sections? Do you skip reading altogether?
Part 2: Reading on Screens
Prior to beginning work on this section, review the following articles:
The Reading Brain in the Digital Age: The Science of Paper Versus Screens (Links to an external site.)
Is Google Making Us Stupid? What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains (Links to an external site.)
Consider the information in the two articles, and address the following, addressing each bullet point in its own paragraph:
Describe your reaction to the articles.
What do you agree with and why? What do you disagree with and why?
Compare your experience with ereaders or reading online to the information shared in the articles.
How have your experiences been similar or different?
Explain the impact you think the information in these articles will have on your reading in college.

Write an essay describe the polyvagal theory and why can knowing about the brain and trauma’s impact on brain development help a person heal and recover from trauma.
Please refer to the General Guidelines for Written Assignments and the APA guide for proper citing of references. You may need to use other resources besides the weekly reading to support your work and remember to cite resources with APA format.
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Course Content:
Read Chapters 5 – 6 in Van der Kolk, B. (2014). The body keeps the score: Brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma.
Read Chapter 4 of Turow, R. G. (2017). Mindfulness skills for trauma and PTSD: Practices for recovery and resilience.

Hello Dear Class,
Here are some thoughts as we enter Week 4:
Porges’ polyvagal theory is one that is you will focus your learning on for this week’s assignment. The polyvagal theory is one that is valuable in understanding for how trauma impacts the body and explains van der Kolk’s idea of the body keeping the score of trauma. It also explains the “mind-body connection” which are often treated as separate entities.
In addition, you will focus your learning on the “alert” system – what happens to the body when there is an actual or perceived threat – the body reacts to survive. This is called the fight/flight/freeze response and in your research this week, you may learn that there is also the “fawn” response as well as the “annihilate”.
In Dr Bruce Perry’s neurosequential model, the parts of the brain takes turns being in charge of functioning, so when the brain is on “alert” and focused on survival, it is not able to process thinking skills or articulate/comprehend language. This concept can be a life changer for those working with those who have been impacted by trauma – when you are vigilant to safety, you are not going to be able to focus on anything else, so the first goal of healing is to work on the felt sense of safety.
Dr Bruce Perry comes to Vermont to provide continuing education workshops about once a year (although during the pandemic, he was unable to and now that he has a new book out, he may be too busy to come here often). He developed the Neurosequential Model for understanding what happens in the brain as a result of trauma. His theory is the guiding star behind the work that I do with early childhood trauma. Bruce Perry/ Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D. (bdperry.com) (Links to an external site.)
Here are two of his books that I recommend:
Perry, B.D. & Winfrey, O. (2021). What happened to you? Conversations on trauma, resilience, and healing. Flat Iron Books. ISBN: 978-1-250-22318-0
Perry, B.D. & Szalavitz, M (2017). The boy who was raised as a dog and other stories from a child psychiatrist’s notebook: What traumatized children can teach us about loss, love and healing. Basic books. ISBN: 978-0-465-09445-5
How does the polyvagal theory translate into your world or work and leisure? Why is this theory an impactful one when considering the origins and impacts of trauma on a human being? Let’s carry these thoughts with us into Week 4 and beyond!

Discuss which biometrics method provides the best security while minimizing the potential of violating the user’s privacy rights.

The Learning Activity titled “Decision Making to Achieve Operational Excellence” describes information systems and technology as important components for making decisions. Explain the typical cycle showing how master data is used as described in the Learning Activity. What steps would you need to consider with regard to utilizing and employing all aspects of information technology? How can you use information systems to help make informed decisions? What steps would you take to ensure this process is completed successfully?

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Exam Content

Psychometrics is a broad term used to define the theory behind the use and practice of psychological assessments. Psychological assessments comprise the measurement of psychological constructs and how that information is used in a clinical setting to help formulate the clinical case and make treatment decisions. Psychometrics is also used in a forensic setting to answer questions about a person involved in the legal system, such as criminal prosecution or for a civil matter (e.g., custody dispute). Data from psychological assessments is also used to improve efficiency and overall functioning in an organizational setting.
Construct Development and Test Creation Paper
Throughout Weeks 3 and 4, we explored the properties of psychometric assessments. For this assignment, you will apply those principles to develop your own test to measure a psychological construct.
Imagine you are working as a research assistant and have been asked to develop a measurement construct to solve a problem or collect data.
Choose a construct you would like to measure (depression, anxiety, etc.).
Create an operational definition of your construct using at least 3 peer-reviewed journal articles as references (you can use the DSM as a scholarly source to define your construct, but please do not use websites).
Create a 10-question test to measure the construct.
Describe the methods you used for item selection and how item selection was evaluated.
Describe how you would norm this instrument. For your description, you should:
Discuss how many people you would give it to.
Describe the characteristics that your respondents would have (gender, age, SES, etc.).
Explain to whom the instrument would be generalized.
Describe how you would establish reliability.
Describe how you would establish validity.
Submit your assignment.
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