Law - Criminal 3-1 Module Three Assignment

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CJ 485 Module Three Assignment Guidelines and Rubric

Overview

In this assignment, you will create a problem statement based on your scholarly evidence and data review.

Prompt

In Module Two, you learned how a particular problem in criminal justice affects both the general public and the criminal justice system. You also identified a factor that contributes to a criminal justice problem by conducting a review of the literature. You will now apply this knowledge to create a problem statement. This is the first draft of your problem statement. You will have the chance to apply feedback and improve your problem statement to include in your project submission in Module Seven.

Specifically, the following rubric criteria must be addressed in your problem statement:

• Identify the nature of a criminal justice problem.
• Explain the significance of a criminal justice problem.
• Describe the impact of a criminal justice problem. Be sure to address the following questions in your description:
  • Who is affected by the problem?
  • How are they affected?

What to Submit

Submit your assignment as a Microsoft Word document. This assignment should be 200 to 300 words in length. Any references must be cited in APA style. See the Shapiro Library APA Style Guide for more information on citations.

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 Three 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	15
Nature of Criminal Justice Problem	Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner	Identifies the nature of a criminal justice problem	Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include additional details or clarification, identifying the nature of a criminal justice problem	Does not attempt criterion	25
Significance of Criminal Justice Problem	Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner	Explains the significance of a criminal justice problem	Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include additional details or clarification, explaining the significance of a criminal justice problem	Does not attempt criterion	25
Impact of Criminal Justice Problem	Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner	Describes the impact of a criminal justice problem, including who is affected and how they are affected by the problem	Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include additional details about who is affected or how they are affected by the criminal justice problem	Does not attempt criterion	25
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	10
Total:	100%