Forum Assignment for the Week:
500 Words minimum
Textbooks: Stojkovic, Kalinich, & Klofas. (2015). Criminal justice organizations: Administration and management – Custom (6th ed.). Florence, KY: Wadsworth
Overview
Organizations have formal and informal structures. All organizations must have a mission, policies, procedures, and practices. The formal organizational structure creates the official roles and relationships, divides labor, allocates responsibility and promotes rules and the hierarchy of authority to coordinate activities.
For this week’s Forum, respond to all of the following:
Topic: Chapter 1 Case Study – The Department of Homeland Security
- How does the creation of the Department of Homeland Security affect resources traditionally designated for local criminal justice organizations?
- Are there too few resources to fight both terrorists and traditional criminals?
- Who should pay the burden for investigating, apprehending, prosecuting, convicting, sentencing, and incarcerating terrorists?
- Should Osama Bin Laden have been taken alive?
- What are the due process protection questions in light of the creation of the Department of Homeland Security?
- Should these due process protections matter in the fight against terrorism?
Sources & citations required (APA)
Specifics:
- All assertions in your thread and replies must be supported by Reading & Study materials, good examples, thoughtful analysis, and additional research needed to substantively address the assigned topic. There must also be an appropriate incorporation of Judeo-Christian worldview/analysis and biblical principles. All sources must be cited in current APA format.
- Biblical integration must be included in a thoughtful manner as articulated in the required reading and presentations.
- Citations from the required reading and presentation must be included in answering the assigned questions.
General Instructions
Applicable to All Forums:
To receive 100% as a grade (the exemplary level) for the weekly forums, you should ensure that your responses meet the following criterion:
Critical Analysis – Discussion postings display an excellent
understanding of the required readings and underlying concepts including
correct use of terminology. Postings are made in time for others to read and
respond as well as deliver information that is full of thought, insight, and
analysis. The information presented makes connection to previous or current
content or to real-life situations, and must contain rich and fully developed
new ideas, connections, or applications. (It is important that you
integrate the weekly readings in your response. One way to do that is to make
position statements, then discuss supporting evidence (i.e. research and/or
personal experience).
Professional Communication and Etiquette – Written interactions in the Forum show respect and sensitivity to peers’ background and beliefs (Regardless of the position you are taking, please ensure that your participation comments are respectful to your peers’ background and beliefs).
Writing Skills – Written responses are free of grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors. The style of writing facilitates communication. (Make sure your work is free of errors. If there are any errors as outlined above, you will not receive 100% for the forum).
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