communication

CJ 675 Module Ei ght Short Paper Guidelines and Rubric

Overview: Imagine you are a supervisor at a criminal justice agency. Administration has just approved your proposal to adopt the usage of body cameras. Administration has further tasked you with the responsibility of relaying this information to the department. Lastly, you have to publicly announce the change to the surrounding community.

Prompt: First complete the assigned textbook reading. Then prepare a detailed short paper that thoroughly answers the following questions:

● What is the best approach to relaying this information to employees and civilians? ● Will you choose a different technique for the two groups?

Guidelines for Submission: Your short paper must be a submitted as a 2- to 3-page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and sources cited in APA format.

Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (90%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Approach Meets “Proficient” criteria, and communication approach is thorough and clearly outlined for both employees and civilians

Identifies communication approach for both employees and civilians

Communication approach is not outlined for either employees or civilians

Communication approach is not outlined for either employees or civilians

50

Technique Meets “Proficient” criteria, and reasoning why the same, or different, communication approaches for employees and civilians is well-defined and articulated

Provides sound reasoning why the same, or different, communication approaches were identified for employees and civilians

Employee or civilian communication approaches are not provided

Both employee and civilian communication approaches are not provided

30

Articulation of Response

Submission is free of errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, and organization, and it is presented in a professional and easy to read format

Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization

Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas

Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas

20

Total 100%