criminal justice communication

CJ 112 Module Three Assignment Guidelines and Rubric

Overview

In this assignment, you will explain how the Fourth, Sixth, or Eighth Amendment influences professional practice in the criminal justice profession.

Prompt

In Module One, you learned how the Constitution influences professional practice in criminal justice. In your Module Two discussion, you considered how the Constitution specifically relates to searching people’s cell phones. These activities will assist you as you begin to construct materials for a local initiative related to citizenship for Project One. In this activity, you will choose the Fourth, Sixth, or Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and explain how this amendment impacts criminal justice professionals. Specifically, you will consider one issue related to the amendment.

First, review the Fourth, Sixth, and Eighth Amendments. Choose one to focus on.

Next, for the Fourth Amendment, review the following resource:

• The 4th Amendment Explained

For the Sixth Amendment, review the following resource:

• Due Process of Law: Crash Course Government and Politics #28 (8:29)

For the Eighth Amendment, review the following resource:

• The Eighth Amendment Explained (Watch from 4:05–7:38)

Reflect on specific ways these rights granted to citizens may be important to you as a professional in the criminal justice system (or to professionals in the system in general). Then, in the provided organizer, complete the following essential elements:

Summary

• In 100–150 words, summarize the amendment you chose. Be sure your summary includes the following:
  • All rights given to citizens in the particular amendment

Citizens’ Rights

• Identify a real-world example of where citizens’ rights under the Bill of Rights may not be guaranteed.
  • Clearly explain where citizens’ rights could conflict with the intention of criminal justice professionals to ensure safety.

Professionals

• Identify three to five examples of how the specific rights given to citizens in your chosen amendment might potentially restrict the actions of professionals in the criminal justice system.

Specifically, the following rubric criteria must be addressed:

• Summarize the Fourth, Sixth, or Eighth Amendment.
• Explain a real-world example of where citizens’ rights could conflict with the intention of criminal justice professionals to ensure safety.
• Describe three to five examples of how the rights given to citizens might restrict the actions of professionals in the criminal justice system.

What to Submit

This assignment should be completed in the provided Module Three Assignment Template Word Document. Any references must be cited in APA format. Consult the Shapiro Library APA Style Guide for more information on citations.

Module Three Assignment Rubric

Criteria	Exemplary (100%)	Proficient (85%)	Needs Improvement (55%)	Not Evident (0%)	Value
Articulation of Response	Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner	Clearly conveys meaning with correct grammar, sentence structure, and spelling	Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors in grammar, sentence structure, and spelling	Submission has critical errors in grammar, sentence structure, and spelling	20
Summary	Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner	Summarizes the Fourth, Sixth, or Eighth Amendment	Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include misinformation about the amendment	Does not attempt criterion	25
Citizen's Rights	Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner	Explains a real-world example of where citizens’ rights could conflict with the intention of criminal justice professionals to ensure safety	Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include not clearly explaining how the rights could conflict	Does not attempt criterion	25
Professionals	Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner	Describes examples of how the rights given to citizens might restrict the actions of professionals in the criminal justice system	Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include not including the correct number of examples, or giving erroneous examples	Does not attempt criterion	25
Citations and Attributions	Attributes sources where applicable using citation methods with very few minor errors	Uses citation for ideas requiring attribution	Attributes sources where applicable, but with major errors	Does not attribute sources where applicable	5
Total:	100%