Assignment
3: International Crime Witness, Part 2
Due Week 8 and worth 250
points
After providing your report to
the professor in Assignment 2, the country’s governing body asks you to return
to the country and testify in the court proceedings. While you are abroad, your
professor asks you to report on the court proceedings and correctional system.
Use the Internet or Strayer
databases to research court proceedings and the correctional system in the same
country you selected in Assignment 2.
Write a three to five (3-5)
page paper in which you:
1.
Analyze both the court
system’s likely view on the accused’s rights, as well as the court system’s
likely treatment of the defendant during trial proceedings. Provide support for
the analysis.
2.
Assuming the accused is
ultimately sentenced to a term of imprisonment, depict the most likely
experience the defendant will have within the country’s prison system. Provide
justification for your view of the country’s prison system.
3.
Expose two (2) ethical
concerns you witnessed regarding the country’s court and correctional systems.
4.
Provide one (1) recommendation
for change within each of the systems (court and correctional). Provide
justification for the recommendations.
5.
Use at least four (4) quality
references.Note: Wikipedia and other
Websites do not qualify as academic resources.
Your assignment must follow
these formatting requirements:
·
Be typed, double spaced, using
Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations
and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your
professor for any additional instructions.
·
Include a cover page
containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s
name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are
not included in the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning
outcomes associated with this assignment are:
·
Evaluate and explain ethical
issues inherent in criminal justice systems.
·
Differentiate the role of
courts in various societies and in international context.
·
Compare international
perspectives on corrections and criminal punishment, including comparative
sentencing typologies.
·
Use technology and information
resources to research comparative perspectives in criminal justice.
·
Write clearly and concisely
about criminal justice topics using proper writing mechanics and APA style
conventions.
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rubric for this assignment.
