Unit II Article Review Changing Demographics

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Unit II Article Review

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Changing Demographics

Chapter 2 examines the demographic changes in law enforcement. Search the CSU Online Library and locate a recent article (within the last four years) that discusses the changing American law enforcement agency. The Academic Search Complete, and Academic OneFile databases are good places to start your search. Try using a variety of search terms, such as police; police department; lesbian; female; transgender; gay; bisexual hiring; recruiting; recruitment. Search terms can also be derived from the information in Chapter 2 of the course textbook. The article should be at least four pages in length and may be from an academic journal (in the CSU Online Library) or a professional journal online. Newspaper articles are not appropriate for this assignment.

If you would like more information on how to use the Online Library, please watch the Success Center’s webinar located here.

The review should include a discussion of the article’s main point as well as important details related to the demographic changes in law enforcement. Additionally, please discuss the article’s weaknesses, its strengths, and its contribution to the topic. Are the author’s presuppositions, research method, and approach valid and appropriate? Your assignment should be at least two pages in length, not including a cover page and reference list. The assignment should follow APA guidelines for formatting of all resources, both in-text citations and references.

Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.

Unit V Case Study

As a police officer, you have been asked to visit an Arab/Middle Eastern American family to gather information for a current case. Before you visit, you must first learn about their culture. For this case study, you will prepare information about the Arab/Middle Eastern culture to aid you in the discussion with the family.

The following should be included in your case study:

1. Introduction: Provide a brief summary of Arab Americans. Include a discussion about who Arab Americans are and why they came to the United States.
2. Considerations: Provide details about the following considerations:
• family structure (head of household, children, and female dress and manner); • language;
• personal space/touching;
• communications (gestures, insults);
• hospitality; and
• possible prior discrimination due to the events of 9/11.

3. Summary: How does the knowledge of these considerations assist the officer in gaining information?

Please use the textbook and one additional resource from a professional or academic journal, and document this source within your cited resources. Newspaper articles are not appropriate for this assignment.

If you would like more information on how to use the CSU Online Library, please watch the Success Center’s webinar located here.

The completed assignment should be at least three pages in length, not including the title page and references. It should be properly formatted to follow APA guidelines for all resources, including in-text citations, paraphrasing, and references.

Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.

Unit VI Research Paper

As part of a class research project, you will prepare a four to five-page report on the global perspective of terrorism in countries such as in Iraq, Pakistan, Israel, Afghanistan, or Syria. You will use relevant examples of how ethnic or racial conflicts in other countries impact the United States, both on a national, international, and local level. Your discussion should include the following:

• Explain the need for local law enforcement to monitor such world events.
• Give examples of how monitoring can be accomplished or compile a list of ways to formally monitor world events. • Discuss how this information can be disseminated to law enforcement agencies.

The assignment is designed to engage the student in scholarly research by articulating the main ideas, findings, claims, position, and the reasoning that supports these ideas.

The research paper should be properly formatted to include a title page, running head, page numbers, abstract, appropriate headings, introduction, analysis/critique, and conclusion. The paper should follow APA guidelines for all resources for in-text citations, paraphrasing, and references. The paper should include at least three references from the CSU library.

Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.

Unit VIII PowerPoint Presentation

Community Policing

Throughout this class, we have learned about various topics and subjects pertaining to how race and ethnic relations affect law enforcement and the community. This final assignment provides you with the opportunity to further explore the topic of community oriented policing (COP) by creating a PowerPoint Presentation.

Community oriented policing (COP) is dependent on having a strong partnership with the various communities that make up a city or jurisdiction. You will create a PowerPoint presentation to provide a demographic picture of the city in which you either serve and/or want to study. Identify the agency and community policing approach within the selected jurisdiction. What groups would law enforcement need to depend on for a strong partnership? What specific organizations would need to be involved (or have been involved) in community policing efforts? You need to be comprehensive when identifying and listing these groups.

The completed PowerPoint presentation should be at least ten (10) slides in length. You will be graded on being unique, interesting, dynamic, and detailed. You should pay close attention to the background and font style that you use. You also should include graphics and relevant pictures that would be associated with your presentation. Think about this
PowerPoint Presentation being that something you might show to an audience. You want to keep the audience interested, engaged, and intrigued.

The completed PowerPoint presentation may be filmed, with you as the presenter, and the link provided with the PowerPoint presentation submission. Click here to learn more about creating videos.

If you are unable to record your presentation, you may instead use the slide notes function to explain the content as you would in a presentation.

Your PowerPoint presentation must include proper in-text citations and a reference slide with proper APA formatting. The cover and reference slides do not contribute to the minimum slide count.

Please review the Academic Integrity Policy available through the myCSU portal. Students are encouraged to contact the Success Center at teamsucceed@columbiasouthern.edu, which is a valuable resource to assist with academic writing and APA formatting.

Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.

APA Guidelines

The application of the APA writing style shall be practical, functional, and appropriate to each academic level, with the primary purpose being the documentation (citation) of sources. CSU requires that students use APA style for certain papers and projects. Students should always carefully read and follow assignment directions and review the associated grading rubric when available. Students can find CSU’s Citation Guide by clicking here. This document includes examples and sample papers and provides information on how to contact the CSU Success Center.

Grading Rubrics

This course utilizes analytic grading rubrics as tools for your professor in assigning grades for all learning activities. Each rubric serves as a guide that communicates the expectations of the learning activity and describes the criteria for each level of achievement. In addition, a rubric is a reference tool that lists evaluation criteria and can help you organize your efforts to meet the requirements of that learning activity. It is imperative for you to familiarize yourself with these rubrics because these are the primary tools your professor uses for assessing learning activities.

Rubric categories include: (1) Assessment (Written Response) and (2) Assignment. However, it is possible that not all of the listed rubric types will be used in a single course (e.g., some courses may not have Assessments).

The Assessment (Written Response) rubric can be found embedded in a link within the directions for each Unit
Assessment. However, these rubrics will only be used when written-response questions appear within the Assessment.

Each Assignment type (e.g., article critique, case study, research paper) will have its own rubric. The Assignment rubrics are built into Blackboard, allowing students to review them prior to beginning the Assignment and again once the
Assignment has been scored. This rubric can be accessed via the Assignment link located within the unit where it is to be submitted. Students may also access the rubric through the course menu by selecting “Tools” and then “My Grades.”

Again, it is vitally important for you to become familiar
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