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Assignment Guidelines

Address the following in 3 pages:

• How do theory, ideology, and ethics play a part in the creation of criminal justice policy?
  • Identify a specific public policy and discuss the theory and criteria behind its creation.
  • What are the complications in criminological theory of explaining causation?
  • How does ideology impact the construction of criminal justice policy?
  • People expect criminal justice policies to be morally principled. Describe how ethics frame or are incorporated into criminal justice policy.
  • How is translational criminology seen as an effective way to bridge the gap between practitioners and researchers in creating policy?

Use at least 2 peer-reviewed reference sources, and be sure to use APA style for the references and the corresponding in-text citations.