Assignment 5

Part I:

Critical Thinking in Criminal Justice

Assignment # 5:

Worth 100 Points

Visit the following web site: https://nccs.net/online-resources/us-constitution/amendments-to-the-us-constitution/the-bill-of-rights-amendments-1-10 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Answer the following questions:

5.1: What is the Bill of Rights?

5.2: List and define the 10 Amendments that comprise the Bill of Rights.

5.3: Which of the amendments within the Bill of Rights do you think are the most protective of the rights of the accused? Why?

5.4: Why is the Bill of Rights subject to interpretation by the Supreme Court?

Part 2:

Assignment # 5:

Applying Critical Thinking

Question 5.3:

Go through the 8 elements, does your paragraph answer each element? If so state the answer next to each element, if not, state what you could have said to comply with answering the elements.

Identify the Eight Elements:

Purpose:

Questions:

Points of View:

Information:

Inferences:

Concepts:

Implications:

Assumptions:

Apply the Standards to the Elements: Use your handout to answer the questions related to the elements:

Go through the 10 standards, does your paragraph answer each element? If so state the answer next to each element, if not, state what you could have said to comply with answering the elements.

Clarity

Accuracy

Relevance

Logicalness

Breadth

Precision

Significance

Completeness

Fairness

Depth