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CRJ402 – Comparative Criminal Justice

Unit 5 Assignment Forum: Create a Safety Guide

Due Dates:

• By Friday of Unit 5, 11:59 p.m. EST – Post assignment to the forum. • By Sunday of Unit 5, 11:59 p.m. EST – Respond to a classmate.

Points: 100 Overview: In this assignment forum, you will work with your class to create a safety guide for colleagues traveling to Russia. Instructions: To prepare a group of your colleagues working in Russia for a short time, you are asked to put together a report centered on safety. Your information should give the traveler a baseline knowledge of security conditions in Russia. The topics for the safety guide are divided up and sorted out by your group’s last names. Each member of the class will add their piece of the safety guide to the assignment forum. Use the first letter of your last name to determine which two safety topics you will report on:

A-E:

• Topic #1: General Crime Threats • Topic #2: Cybersecurity Issues

F-J: • Topic #1: Road Safety and Road Conditions • Topic #2: Public Transportation

K-O: • Topic #1: Terrorism Threat • Topic #2: Political, Economic, Religious, and Ethnic Violence

P-T: • Topic #1: Civil Unrest • Topic #2: Religious/Ethnic Violence

U-Z: • Topic #1: Privacy Concerns • Topic #2: Personal Identity Concerns

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• You may share your information however you choose. Feel free to include images, as well!

• Be sure to use course concepts in your work.

Respond to at least one (1) classmate’s assignment with the following:

• Discuss something new you have learned from their presentation. • Be sure to elaborate on your classmate’s ideas with further comment or observation, present a

relevant new idea or viewpoint for consideration, and raise a question or politely offer an alternative perspective.

Requirements:

• Use at least two (2) scholarly resources and include appropriate APA formatting.

• Post the assignment and your response by the due dates listed above.

Be sure to read the criteria below by which your work will be evaluated before you write and again after you write.

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Evaluation Rubric for Create a Safety Guide Assignment Forum

CRITERIA Deficient Development Needed Satisfactory Proficient

Topic #1 (0-14 Points) (15-19 Points) (20-22 Points) (23-25 Points)

Component is minimally or not addressed.

Component is somewhat addressed.

Component is fairly well addressed.

Component is thoroughly addressed.

Topic #2 (0-14 Points) (15-19 Points) (20-22 Points) (23-25 Points)

Component is minimally or not addressed.

Component is somewhat addressed.

Component is fairly well addressed.

Component is thoroughly addressed.

Course Concepts

(0-14 Points) (15-19 Points) (20-22 Points) (23-25 Points)

Work does not reflect the content of the course.

Course concepts are somewhat evident.

Course concepts are generally apparent but may show inconsistencies or minor gaps in understanding.

Course concepts are thoroughly reflected in the work.

References and APA Formatting

(0-2 Points) (3 Points) (4 Points) (5 Points)

Reference citations were not present, or APA style formatting had significant errors.

Some citations were missing, and/or citations have some issues with APA style formatting.

All references were cited, but citations have minor errors in APA style formatting.

Reference citations were included and correctly formatted in APA style.

Peer Response

(0 Points) (5 Points) (8 Points) (10 Points)

No response post made to a classmate’s presentation.

Peer response provided though minimal and lacking depth by restating or summarizing what was already expressed; details and new ideas missing or lacking.

Peer response elaborates on classmate’s ideas with further comment including discussion of the topics but does not raise a question or offer an alternative perspective.

Peer response elaborates on classmate’s ideas with further comment including discussion of the topics; presents a relevant new idea or viewpoint for consideration; raises a question or politely offers an alternative perspective.

Posting Due Dates

(0 Points) (5 Points) (10 Points)

The assignment and response were not posted by the due dates of the unit.

Either the assignment or the response was not posted by the due date of the unit.

Both the assignment and response were posted by the due dates of the unit.