Law - Criminal CJ 140 Module Six Assignment
Module Six Assignment Guidelines and Rubric.html
CJ 140 Module Six Assignment Guidelines and Rubric
Overview
In Module Five, you learned about interviewing purposes, context, techniques, and strategies. In your Module Six Practice Activity, you looked at different types of interview questions and how they are written with the goal of getting specific information. In this assignment, you will draft your own interview questions for a specific purpose. This will help you complete your interview strategy for Project Three, due in Module Eight, where you will apply what you have learned in order to develop interview questions to get specific information from an interviewee.
Prompt
In this assignment, you will identify the overall purpose of the interview and then draft at least three questions that will help you achieve your purpose or desired goal.
First, review the Project Three Guidelines and Rubric and Project Three Scenario PDF to identify what will be required in your interview strategy.
Next, using the provided template Word Document, describe the purpose of the interview. Draft 3–5 interview questions that use at least 3 different question types. For each question you create, identify the type of question. Then, in 25–50 words, explain how that question will help you achieve your goal.
Finally, at the bottom of the template, in 50–100 words, explain how using a variety of question types may improve your interview strategy.
Specifically, the following rubric criteria must be addressed in the Module Six Assignment template:
- Identify the purpose of the interview.
- Question 1
- Determine the type of question you will use.
- Develop a question that aligns with the identified question type.
- Explain the relevance of the question to the purpose or goal of the interview.
- Question 2
- Determine the type of question you will use.
- Develop a question that aligns with the identified question type.
- Explain the relevance of the question to the purpose or goal of the interview.
- Question 3
- Determine the type of question you will use.
- Develop a question that aligns with the identified question type.
- Explain the relevance of the question to the purpose or goal of the interview.
Explain how using a variety of question types may improve your interview strategy.
What to Submit
This assignment must be completed using the Module Six assignment template. Any references must be cited in APA format.
Shapiro Library APA Style Guide
AI Usage
If you use gen AI tools to support your work on this assignment, be sure to follow these AI usage guidelines. You must acknowledge your use of these tools in your work. Guidelines on how to cite AI tools can be found in this Shapiro Library guide.
Module Six Assignment Rubric
| Criteria | Exceeds Expectations (100%) | Meets Expectations (85%) | Partially Meets Expectations (55%) | Does Not Meet Expectations (0%) | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clear Communication | Exceeds expectations with an intentional use of language that promotes a thorough understanding | Consistently and effectively communicates in an organized way to a specific audience | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but communication is inconsistent or ineffective in a way that negatively impacts understanding | Shows no evidence of consistent, effective, or organized communication | 5 |
| Interview Purpose | Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner | Identifies the purpose of the interview | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include identifying the purpose of the interview | Does not attempt criterion | 10 |
| Question Type | Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner | Identifies the type of question being used | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include identifying an appropriate question type, identifying a variety of question types, or identifying a question type for the minimum required number of questions | Does not attempt criterion | 10 |
| Question Development | Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner | Develops a question that aligns with the identified question type | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include developing all identified question types, developing a question that accurately reflects the identified question type, or developing the minimum required number of questions | Does not attempt criterion | 25 |
| Relevance of Question to Interview Purpose | Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner | Explains how the question will support the purpose or desired goal of the interview | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include making connections between the question and the purpose of the interview, making connections that are accurate, or making connections to the required minimum number of questions | Does not attempt criterion | 25 |
| Question Variety | Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner | Explains how using a variety of question types may improve an interview strategy | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include accurately explaining the connection between a variety of question types and an interview strategy | Does not attempt criterion | 20 |
| Citations and Attributions | Uses citations for ideas requiring attribution, with few or no minor errors | Uses citations for ideas requiring attribution | Uses citations for ideas requiring attribution, with major errors | Does not use citations for ideas requiring attribution | 5 |
| Total: | 100% |
course_documents/CJ 140 Project Three Scenario.pdf
CJ 140 Project Three Scenario Victim Witness Advocate
You are a victim witness advocate assigned to the district attorney’s office at the local court. As part of your responsibilities, you meet with witnesses and victims before criminal hearings and trials. Part of your job is to explain the criminal proceedings and prepare the witness/victim for what he or she may expect to see and hear during the proceedings. You are preparing to meet with and interview a victim at the courthouse in the days before trial. Your meeting will take place in a meeting room inside the courthouse. The meeting rooms are small. Usually, the only furniture in these meeting rooms is a rectangular table with four hard, wooden chairs. All of these meeting rooms also have a small, tilt-in window with bars on the wall opposite the door; a picture of the current president of the United States and a picture of your state’s supreme court justices on one side of the room; and a copy of the U.S. Constitution on the wall opposite these pictures. Victim: John Smith Suspect: Jane Smith Alleged Facts A male victim and female suspect have been married for over twenty years. The female arrived home, intoxicated, at approximately 1:00 a.m. She entered the marital bedroom and violently attacked the victim. The victim was beaten with closed fists, and his face was stomped and kicked with bare feet. The victim’s screams alerted a neighbor, who dialed 911. Police arrived, conducted their investigation, and arrested Jane Smith. They charged her with domestic assault and battery as well as domestic assault and battery with serious bodily injury. The victim was transported to the hospital, where it was determined he sustained bruising on his torso, a broken rib, a broken nose, and dental injury (a broken tooth). He applied for and was granted a domestic violence protection order. The victim provided and signed a written statement. Jane Smith was arraigned and ordered held in custody pending criminal proceedings due to the risk of danger to the victim. Family History Police have responded to the victim’s residence frequently for disturbances between the couple. None of the previous responses resulted in criminal charges. However, after reviewing those police reports, you note that the husband is identified as the victim and the wife is identified as the aggressor. It is clear based on your case assessment that the husband experiences regular verbal and emotional abuse from his wife. There are no children in the home. Prior to your meeting, you are told the victim “has cold feet” and may no longer want to testify against his wife.
course_documents/CJ 140 Module Six Assignment Template.docx
CJ 140 Module Six Assignment Template
To complete this template, replace the bracketed text with the relevant information. An example has been provided.
Interview Purpose
[In 25–50 words, describe the purpose of the interview.]
Questions
Additional spaces are provided in the table for question development. You are not required to create more than three questions, but you may wish to develop additional questions now to receive instructor feedback you can apply to future question development.
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Item |
Question Type |
Develop Question |
Relevance of Question to Interview Purpose |
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Example |
Diversion |
How long have you lived in the area? |
This question type can help the person being interviewed feel more relaxed. Because it seems like a question that is not related to the problem at hand, they may feel less guarded. It can also serve to provide needed background for the interview subject. |
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Question Type 1 (Required) |
[Insert the question type.] |
[Insert the question.] |
[Explain how your question relates to your purpose or goal of the interview.] |
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Question Type 2 (Required) |
[Insert the question type.] |
[Insert the question.] |
[Explain how your question relates to your purpose or goal of the interview.] |
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Question Type 3 (Required) |
[Insert the question type.] |
[Insert the question.] |
[Explain how your question relates to your purpose or goal of the interview.] |
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Question Type 4 (Optional) |
[Insert the question type.] |
[Insert the question.] |
[Explain how your question relates to your purpose or goal of the interview.] |
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Question Type 5 (Optional) |
[Insert the question type.] |
[Insert the question.] |
[Explain how your question relates to your purpose or goal of the interview.] |
Question Variety
[In 50–100 words, explain how using a variety of question types may improve your interview strategy.]
References
[Insert references.]
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