Community Problem-Solving Paper CJA/454

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper on successful community problem solving.

Identify a specific problem in your community that has been solved through a law enforcement initiative. If possible, base your paper on an interview you conduct with the person or persons responsible for creating and administering the program.

Include at least four peer reviewed references.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines

Generational Differences in the Criminal Justice Workforce Paper

Choose a criminal justice agency: police, courts, or corrections.

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper describing the different generations in the workforce, focusing on approaches for managing and leading criminal justice agencies. Be sure to include the following:  

• Define management, organization, and leadership within criminal justice.
• Explain the role of a manager and a leader.
• Describe and analyze the different generations in today's changing criminal justice organization.
• What aspects of leadership and management would be successful with the different generations?
• Include management and leadership approaches for each different generation.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Leadership and Management of Generations in Law Enforcement

Police Legitimacy and Procedural Justice Paper

Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper based on this week's Police Legitimacy and Procedural Justice podcast, and any other research related to the topic. Include the following in your paper:

• Discuss the history of policing as it relates to communication with the public.
• Discuss how police legitimacy and procedural justice affect the public's perception of public safety.
• Describe the role of police managers in terms of interagency collaboration and community relations.
• Explain potential problems in the current structure and design of police departments as it relates to building trust with the community.
• Compare the background, policy, and integration of intelligence-led policing with other policing models.
• Describe some areas where your local public safety can improve, related to legitimacy and procedural justice.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. 

Court Management Trends Paper

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper related to trends in the management of courts. Explain how the following issues impact the way courts complete their function:

• The implementation of specialized or alternative courts
• The impact of court consolidation and restructuring on victim rights laws
• The changes the court agencies have made (at the local, state, and federal level) in response to the above issues and analyze the effectiveness of the changes

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Court Management Trends: Specialized Courts and Victim’s Right

Organizational Behavior Paper

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper describing the forces of change and approaches to managing organizational change in criminal justice agencies, including identifying observable aspects of organizational cultures.

Answer the following questions:

• What social, political, and organizational behavior can influence change in criminal justice agencies?
• What is the relationship between organizational behavior and organizational systems?
• How can the perceptions of organizational stakeholders be managed? What techniques might we use?
• What are some observable aspects of the organizational culture of criminal justice agencies?
• How can change management strategies benefit criminal justice agencies and the criminal justice system?

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Criminal Justice Motivational Theories Matrix

Complete the University of Phoenix Material: Criminal Justice Motivational Theories Matrix.

Communication and Ethical Issues Summary

Read the article, "Cold Case Collections: Eager to Close Investigations, Police get Creative in Collecting Suspects' DNA" in this week's Electronic Reserve Readings.

Write a 350 to 700 word summary describing if the collection of DNA without consent unreasonably intrudes on an arrestees' expectation of privacy.  How long can police keep your DNA on file after an arrest or conviction?  Can law enforcement use a person's DNA to match against other crimes unrelated to the one they initially obtained it for?  Provide examples and or reasons.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

CJA/444   The Collection of DNA and Its Use in Crimes

Criminal Justice Organizational Trends Paper

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper on criminal justice organizational trends.

Include the following information:

• Compare the use of privatization, e-corporation, and militarization of criminal justice organizations with current organizational structures.
• Compare historical and traditional organizational behavior theories, and the effect of societal and organizational diversity in criminal justice organizations.
• Using the Criminal Justice Motivational Theories Matrix, explain how one or more theories of motivation affect criminal justice organizations.

Include at least three peer-reviewed articles from the University Library.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Adjusting to Terrorism

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper on an administrative change you would propose to make in a criminal justice agency in an effort to combat terrorism more effectively. 

Describe the prior situation, the reasons for the proposed change, and the anticipated positive results or potential negative consequences of the change.

Identify the resources the change would require or make available–financial resources, human resources, and training dollars–and the management support the change would need.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

A Review of a stndoff at a Texas Hospital

Grant Proposal Summary Page

Each team member should submit his/her grant proposal topics for Week 5's Team Assignment. The one-page proposal should summarize how the team member suggests the team should utilize the funds proposed in Week 5's assignment and include sources/references from which the information is derived from.

This summary page will be graded as an Individual assignment and will be submitted for grading accordingly. The summary should also be posted under a Team thread for discussion and selection for the team's final proposal for Week 5's Team assignment.