Communication in Criminal Law

CJ 140 Module Seven Practice Activity Guidelines and Rubric

Prompt

Setting can have a significant impact on the outcome of an interview. It can drive the behavior of both the interviewer and the interviewee. This assignment will help you practice identifying the type of setting in which an interview is taking place and how that setting affects both the interviewer and the interviewee. It also will help prepare you to address setting questions in your Project Three assignment. To complete this activity, read the three scenarios contained in the template and respond to the accompanying questions.

For this assignment, you will respond to three different scenarios and will be graded on your responses to the three scenarios in one set of rubric criteria, as shown in the rubric below.

Specifically, the following rubric criteria must be addressed in the Module Seven Practice Activity Template Word Document:

• Scenario 1
  • Identify the setting of the interview as formal or informal.
  • Describe how the setting is formal or informal.
  • Describe how the setting affects the interviewee.
  • Describe how the setting affects the interviewer.
• Scenario 2
  • Identify the setting of the interview as formal or informal.
  • Describe how the setting is formal or informal.
  • Describe how the setting affects the interviewee.
  • Describe how the setting affects the interviewer.
• Scenario 3
  • Identify the setting of the interview as formal or informal.
  • Describe how the setting is formal or informal.
  • Describe how the setting affects the interviewee.
  • Describe how the setting affects the interviewer.

What to Submit

This assignment must be completed using the Module Seven Practice Activity Template. Please use complete sentences when filling out your template. Any references must be cited in APA format.

Shapiro Library APA Style Guide

Module Seven Practice Activity Rubric

Criteria	Complete (100%)	Not Complete (0%)	Value
Articulation of Response	Clearly conveys meaning with correct grammar, sentence structure, and spelling	Submission has critical errors in grammar, sentence structure, and spelling	15
Formal or Informal	Identifies the setting as formal or informal in various situations	Does not identify the setting as formal or informal in various situations	20
How Setting Is Formal or Informal	Describes how the setting is formal or informal in various situations	Does not describe how the setting is formal or informal in various situations	20
How Setting Affects Interviewee	Describes how the setting affects the interviewee in various situations	Does not describe how the setting affects the interviewee in various situations	20
How Setting Affects Interviewer	Describes how the setting affects the interviewer in various situations	Does not describe how the setting affects the interviewer in various situations	20
Citations and Attributes	Uses citations for ideas requiring attribution	Does not use citations for ideas requiring attribution	5
Total:	100%