Week 4 Assignment: Communicating to an Audience – Part 1

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Criminal justice professionals are tasked with communicating information to the public. This communication is most often verbal, but is its purpose to explain, teach, and/or convey? For example, a police officer may be interviewed to discuss the high rate of assaults in a neighborhood park after dark. The officer might want to explain why the increase in assaults is on the rise, teach the public how to avoid being assaulted, or convey the importance of knowing where assault rates are 

higher. The message may have one goal or multiple goals. It is important to keep in mind what the message is attempting to communicate so it can be communicated in a clear and concise manner.

For this Assignment, imagine you are the police chief in your town. You are attempting to make your community aware of a criminal justice policy that you think is important.

To Prepare (Community policy that would benefit a rural community)

• Research and find a criminal justice policy that you would like to communicate to your town. You’ll use this policy to look at several projects that are interrelated throughout the course.
• Consider how you might inform the community of the policy you selected.
• Consider how your selected policy might be beneficial for your specific community