criminolgy 340

Consider best practices in police response to calls related to persons with mental health issues.

Summarize (between 150-300 words) at least three scholarly articles on the subject of the proper response to calls for service involving emotionally disturbed persons.
All articles must have been published no more than three years before the due date of the assignment.
At least one of the articles must have been published no more that one year from the due date of the assignment.
Summarize (between 150-300 words) at least one United States Government publication (Department of Justice, Congressional Research Forum, etc) on the subject of the proper response to calls for service involving emotionally disturbed persons. This source(s) must be: a document (electronic or otherwise—not a website), at least five pages long and, published no more than five years from the due date of the assignment.
Conclude by considering what you’ve learned from your sources and what you’ve learned about the administration of a police organization to explain how a police organization may adopt some or all the best practices you’ve discovered. You should address at least:
Two recommendations
What are the benefits of adopting the recommendations?
benefits to the public
Benefits to the organization
What are the challenges of adopting the recommendations?
Resources (budgetary and human resources)
Administrative
Morale
The sections MUST be formatted like this:

Cover page

Scholarly article #1 (from the link provided) 150-300 word summary

Scholarly article #2 (from the link provided) 150-300 word summary

Scholarly article #3 (from the link provided) 150-300 word summary

1. Benefits to public: significant paragraph(s)-other outside research suggested and encouraged

2. Benefits to the organization: significant paragraph(s)-other outside research suggested and encouraged

3. Resources: significant paragraph(s)-other outside research suggested and encouraged

4. Administration: significant paragraph(s)-other outside research suggested and encouraged

5. Morale: significant paragraph(s)-other outside research suggested and encouraged

Conclusion

References

Do not forget to use in text citations and follow APA guidelines.

Format Requirements

Paper must be double spaced, 11 or 12 pt font and 1” margins all around.
All APA 7th edition format requirements must be followed (cover page, in text citations, reference page). Refer to APA/UMGC – learning resources found in the content page of this course.
You must have resources to support your thoughts/opinions/information. These must be cited both in text as well as at the end of the document. Your paper should not contain direct quotes, sourced material must be paraphrased.

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