CJ 485 Module One Practice Activity

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CJ 485 Module One Practice Activity Guidelines and Rubric

Overview

In this practice activity, you will search federal, state, and local websites for data (typically in the form of statistics) that relate to the research question you identified. You will then explain the relevance of the data sets you discovered and how the data will assist you with your review of the literature (ROL).

Prompt

In this module, you have learned about the importance of finding data that reveal significant information about criminal justice problems. These data can be used to better understand a topic and reveal information about that topic that might require further research. Using the Module One Practice Activity Template Word Document, complete the following:

• Identify federal, state, and/or local websites that contain data related to your chosen research topic.
  • Identify a minimum of two websites. These must be websites of an official government entity. (If you are unsure if the website is of an official government entity, reach out to your instructor.)
• Next, analyze the relevance of the data set in relation to your chosen research topic in 50 to 100 words for each website.
• Then, in 50 to 100 words for each website, describe how the data from that website will assist you with your ROL.

Specifically, the following rubric criteria must be addressed:

• Identify at least two federal, state, and/or local websites for data related to a criminal justice research topic.
• Analyze the relevance of data sets for each website in relation to a specific criminal justice problem.
• Describe how specific data will assist in an ROL.

What to Submit

This assignment must be completed in written format using the provided template. Any references should be cited according to APA style. Consult 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 One Practice Activity Rubric

Criteria	Meets Expectations (100%)	Does Not Meet Expectations (0%)	Value
Clear Communication	Consistently and effectively communicates in an organized way to a specific audience	Shows no evidence of consistent, effective, or organized communication	15
Identify Websites	Identifies at least two federal, state, and/or local websites for data related to a criminal justice research topic	Does not identify at least two federal, state, and/or local websites for data related to a criminal justice research topic	25
Relevance of Data	Analyzes the relevance of data sets for each website in relation to a specific criminal justice problem	Does not analyze the relevance of data sets for each website in relation to a specific criminal justice problem	25
How Data Will Assist an ROL	Describes how specific data will assist in a review of the literature (ROL)	Does not describe how specific data will assist in a review of the literature (ROL)	25
Citations and Attributions	Uses citations for ideas requiring attribution, with few or no minor errors	Does not use citations for ideas requiring attribution	10
Total:	100%