CJA 315 CJA315 CJA/315 ENTIRE COURSE HELP – ARGOSY UNIVERSITY

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CJA 315 CJA315 CJA/315 ENTIRE COURSE HELP – ARGOSY UNIVERSITY

CJA 315 Module 1 Assignment 2 Bivens and You

CJA 315 Module 1 Assignment 3 Theories of Crime

CJA 315 Module 2 Assignment 2 Stop, Search, and Seizure

CJA 315 Module 4 Assignment 2 Miranda Rights

CJA 315 Module 5 Assignment 1 Violence and Drugs in Centervale Defending Abby

CJA 315 CJA315 CJA/315 ENTIRE COURSE HELP – ARGOSY UNIVERSITY

CJA 315 Module 1 Assignment 2 Bivens and You

Assignment 2: Bivens and You

In this module, you are required to read the article on Bivens from Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology. The purpose of this article is to understand that a law enforcement officer is not immune from civil lawsuits.

Where once police and law enforcement agencies thought themselves immune, civil lawsuits against law enforcement officers are quite common nowadays. These lawsuits are based on whether the law enforcement officers correctly followed the guidelines meant to protect the citizens, guaranteed by the Constitution.

The purpose behind Bivens is to some extent protect private citizens from police misconduct. The other side of the coin is that if we so circumscribe the actions of officers, citizens may not be protected from the criminal acts of others. The point of the assignment is for you to begin to recognize this balancing act.

Suggested Links:

http://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/403/388/case.html

http://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1188&context=facultyworkingpapers

What You Are Required to Do . . .

Research on the Internet or the Argosy University Online Library and find some cases where officers have been sued in civil court for failing to follow the guidelines meant to protect the citizens from police misconduct.

Submission Details

in a minimum of 250 words, post your responses to the following topics in the Discussion Area.

Describe a lawsuit, the issues involved in the trial, and the verdict. Do you think public safety in terms of the safety of the public was improved? Why or why not?

As a law enforcement officer, what would your reaction be to being sued by a suspect in a case? How do you think that lawsuit would impact your personal life? How would you handle the pressure of being accused of violating the Constitution?

Do you think you might change the way you would act as a law enforcement official if you were aware that you could be sued by a suspect you apprehended? In what way would it impact your duties as a law enforcement official?

Discussion Grading Criteria and Rubric

All discussion assignments in this course will be graded using a rubric. This assignment is worth 40 points. Download the discussion rubric and carefully read it to understand the expectations

CJA 315 CJA315 CJA/315 ENTIRE COURSE HELP – ARGOSY UNIVERSITY

CJA 315 Module 1 Assignment 3 Theories of Crime

Is justice just? Sometimes, what is legal is not always perceived by the public as “justice.” Many laws define criminal acts and the punishment that will be meted out in the event of a criminal offense. However, there sometimes seems to be a disconnect between what actions are considered criminal in nature and who gets charged for it. Sometimes, people committing the same criminal acts receive different treatments even though they are tried under the same courts of law.

Based on the premise that people committing the same criminal acts receive different treatments, read the articles below and answer the questions that follow.

Miller, N. P. (2006). “What kind of liberty? Competing visions of freedom . . .” Liberty:
           Magazine of Religious Freedom, 101(2). SIRS Researcher.

From the Argosy University online library resources:

• Assessing criminal justice practice using social justice theory
• Racial disparities in sentencing: Implications for the criminal justice system and the African American community

Consider your readings so far and answer the following questions.

• How do you balance the ideals and principles set forth in the Constitution with the realities discussed in the articles presented to you?
• What role does the crime control perspective play in your thinking regarding the application of the Constitution?
• Is justice applied fairly when crime control is taken into perspective? Why or why not?

This assignment should be at least five pages long, but no longer than ten pages, and double spaced.