CCJS 100 – Criminal Act Assignment - DUE FRIDAY

Assignment 3

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Instructions

A little background:  You have learned about many aspects of the criminal justice system that have an affect on cases going to court and court proceedings. It is important that the CJ system is viewed in its totality in an effort to see how different factors affect the outcome and ultimately the quest for justice.

 

Directions:  Based off of what you have learned in weeks 5 & 6 (and keeping in mind what you learned in weeks 1-4) you are to answer the following questions:

 

1.  Make up with a synopsis of a criminal act.  This should be no longer than a paragraph.  It should include the elements needed to answer the following questions.

2. Identify the crime(s) committed and the response by the police (this should detail the probable cause element for an arrest), suggest the charges for this individual (refer to the revised statutes in the state that you live to identify what crime(s) they may be charge with).  You may have to do some additional outside research (besides the revised statutes in your state) using sources through the UMGC library to obtain some of this information.

3. Pretend that you are the District Attorney for this case.  Explain your role in the prosecution of this case. Detail the information and steps that will be taken to take this case to trial. Explain the elements that must be necessary in order for the suspect to be convicted in the U.S. court system.

Format Directions:

Paper must be double spaced, 11 or 12 pt font and 1”margins all around. All APA 7th edition format requirements must be followed (cover page, in text citations, reference page). Refer to APA/UMGC - learning resources found in the content page of this course. You must have resources to support your thoughts/opinions/information.  These must be cited both in text as well as at the end of the document. Your paper should not contain direct quotes, sourced material must be paraphrased.

Answered in 1., 2., 3 format

 

100 Assignment #3 Rubric Course: CCJS 100 6980 Introduction to Criminal Justice (2215)

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Criteria Exceeds Expectations

Meets Expectations

Approaching Expectations

Failure to Meet Expectations

Criterion Score

Content 20 points

Student

presented an

exemplary crime

scenario which

contained all

elements of a

crime necessary

to answer the

additional

assignment

questions

Student

accurately chose

the correct crime

charges based

off of their state

statute and cited

it correctly

Student fully

and clearly

articulated

probable cause

for the arrest

Student did an

exemplary job

detailing the role

of the DA

Student fully,

clearly and

without error

detailed each

step taken to get

the case to trial

and conviction

Student used a

minimum of 3

resources in this

17.9 points

Student

presented a good

crime scenario

with the

elements of a

crime necessary

to answer the

additional

questions

Student mostly

chose the

correct and

most accurate

crime charges

based off of their

state statute and

cited it correctly

Student clearly

articulated

probable cause

for arrest

Student clearly

detailed the role

of the DA

Student clearly

detailed the

steps taken to

get the case to

trial and to be

convicted,

although some

steps may be

missing

Student used a

minimum of 2

resources in this

15.9 points

Student

presented a

crime scenario,

but it has

errors/doesn’t

make

sense/doesn’t

enable them to

answer the rest

of the questions

Student did not

adequately/or

incorrectly list

the crime(s) to be

charged

Student did not

adequately/or

incorrectly

identified

probable cause

for arrest..

Student did not

clearly/or

incorrectly

detailed the role

of the DA

Student did not

clearly/or

incorrectly

detailed the

steps to the get

the case to trial

and conviction

Student used 1

or fewer

resources in this

13.9 points

Student did not

fulfill one more

more

requirement for

this assignment

Points available

D: 12-13.9

Points available

F: 0 -11.9

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Criteria Exceeds Expectations

Meets Expectations

Approaching Expectations

Failure to Meet Expectations

Criterion Score

Format

assignment (1 of

which is required

state statute)

Points

available: 18-20

assignment (1 of

which is required

state statute)

Points

available: 16-

17.9

assignment

and/or did not

use the required

state statute

Points

available: 14-

15.9

10 points

Student followed

APA format

correctly (Cover

page, in text

citations,

reference page)

Student followed

all format

directions for

this assignment

Student had no

more than 1

grammar or

spelling error

Student

submitted

assignment on

time

Points available:

9-10

8.9 points

Student mostly

used APA format

correctly, but

does have one or

more errors

(Cover page, in

text citations,

reference page)

Student mostly

followed all

format directions

for this

assignment but

has 1 or more

errors

Student

submitted

assignment on

time

Points available:

8-8.9

7.9 points

Student did not

follow APA

format correctly

and has two or

more errors

(Cover page, in

text citations,

reference page)

Student mostly

followed the

format directions

for this

assignment but

has more than 2

errors

Student

submitted

assignment on

time or within 2

days of deadline

passing

Points available:

7-7.9

6.9 points

Student did not

fulfill

format/grammar/

spelling/timeline

ss expectations

for this

assignment.

Assignment was

5 or more days

past due

Points available

D: 6-6.9

Points available

F: 0-5.9

Overall Score

Exceeds

Expectations -

Equivalent to an A 27 points minimum

Meets

Expectations -

Equivalent to an

B 24 points minimum

Approaching

Expectations -

Equivalent to an C 21 points minimum

Failure to Meet

Expectations -

Equivalent to a D or an F 0 points minimum