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2. CRJ 422 Week 1 DQ 1 Final Capstone Project Preparation (New) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.crj422genius.com Final Capstone 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.

3. CRJ 422 Week 1 DQ 2 Criminal Justice Effectiveness (New) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.crj422genius.com Criminal Justice 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.

4. CRJ 422 Week 1 Journal Article Critical Analysis (New) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.crj422genius.com 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.

5. CRJ 422 Week 2 DQ 1 Final Capstone Project Outline (New) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.crj422genius.com Final Capstone Project 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

6. CRJ 422 Week 2 DQ 2 Social Justice Through Criminal Justice (New) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.crj422genius.com Social Justice 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?

7. CRJ 422 Week 2 Resource Review and Synopsis (New) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.crj422genius.com 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

8. CRJ 422 Week 3 DQ 1 Criminal Theories (New) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.crj422genius.com Criminal 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.

9. CRJ 422 Week 3 DQ 2 Landmark Federal Decisions (New) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.crj422genius.com 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.

10. CRJ 422 Week 3 Recent Federal Acts and Social Justice (New) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.crj422genius.com Recent Federal Acts 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

11. CRJ 422 Week 4 DQ 1 Criminal Justice Careers (New) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.crj422genius.com 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.

12. CRJ 422 Week 4 DQ 2 Changing Views (New) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.crj422genius.com Changing 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.

13. CRJ 422 Week 5 DQ 1 Assessing Your Program of Study (New) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.crj422genius.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

14. CRJ 422 Week 5 DQ 2 Resources and Recommendations (New FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.crj422genius.com Resources and 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

15. 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

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