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2. CJA 383 Entire Course (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.cja383aid.com CJA 383 Week 1 Individual Assignment The Sentence CJA 383 Week 1 DQ 1 CJA 383 Week 1 DQ 2 CJA 383 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment The Corrections Task Force Project CJA 383 Week 2 DQ 1 CJA 383 Week 2 DQ 2 CJA 383 Week 3 Individual Assignment Life in Prison CJA 383 Week 3 Team Assignment The Corrections Task Force Project Press Release

3. CJA 383 Week 1 DQ 1 (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.cja383aid.com What does being "corrected" mean in corrections. Is this term applied incorrectly? Please explain your answer.

4. CJA 383 Week 1 DQ 2 (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.cja383aid.com What kinds of personal motivations work for an individual's rehabilitation? Can a person be rehabilitated against his/her will?b

5. CJA 383 Week 1 Individual Assignment The Sentence (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.cja383aid.com You are a judge and an individual appears before you convicted of stealing others’ identities for monetary gain. What specific information would be important to know before imposing a sentence? How would you incorporate the sentencing goals of retribution, incapacitation, deterrence, rehabilitation, and restitution in your sentence of this individual for this particular crime?

6. CJA 383 Week 2 DQ 1 (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.cja383aid.com DQ1 What considerations might motivate a county administrator to want to privatize the local jail? Please discuss

7. CJA 383 Week 2 DQ 2 (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.cja383aid.com What prison-based programs do you think hold the most promise for helping inmates "turn their lives around?" Which ones do you think are a waste of time and money? What are prisons not doing for (or to) inmates that they should consider doing. Explain your answer.

8. CJA 383 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment The Corrections Task Force Project (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.cja383aid.com For the next four weeks, your Learning Team plays the role of a task force formed by the County Board of Supervisors in the County of Utopia. Due to overcrowding, your county must build a new jail. The task force must initially decide on the following:

9. CJA 383 Week 3 DQ 1 (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.cja383aid.com What is the primary purpose of community corrections? Do programs such as work release, education release and furloughs pose a risk to public safety? Why or why not? Please discuss.

10. CJA 383 Week 3 DQ 2 (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.cja383aid.com Week 3 DQ2 Why do you suppose a lesser burden of proof than that required at trial applies in probation and parole revocation proceedings? Do you agree with that practice? Why or why not?

11. CJA 383 Week 3 Individual Assignment Life in Prison(UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.cja383aid.com Write a 1,750- to 2,450-word paper answering the following: o In what way, if any, has your understanding of prison life changed since reading the course’s assigned readings and ERR articles? o From your readings, describe what policies you would enforce which might aid in an inmate’s adjustment to prison.

12. CJA 383 Week 3 Team Assignment The Corrections Task Force Project Press Release (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.cja383aid.com 1. Learning Team Assignment: The Corrections Task Force Project—Press Release Read the following scenario: Your task force is responsible for developing both the conceptual model and physical design for your proposed jail.

13. CJA 383 Week 4 DQ 1 (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.cja383aid.com Are there actions corrections employees can take to minimize successful lawsuits by inmates and others against

14. CJA 383 Week 4 DQ 2 (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.cja383aid.com Week 4 DQ2 What approach makes the most sense in managing inmates: a firm hand or substantial inmate participation? Can all inmates (or prisons) be managed the same way? Explain why or why not?

15. CJA 383 Week 4 Individual Assignment Job Announcement (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.cja383aid.com www.cja383aid.com Locate a website or other resource containing job announcements in the corrections field. Find at least one job announcement in the corrections field and prepare a memorandum stating the following: o Hiring agency o Job title o Job description o Education or background requirements

16. CJA 383 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment The Corrections Task Force Project Program Summary (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.cja383aid.com 1. Learning Team Assignment: The Corrections Task Force Project—Program Summary To help reduce jail overcrowding, your task force has been asked to identify the following:

17. CJA 383 Week 5 DQ 1 (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.cja383aid.com DQ1 Do inmates have a right to privacy? What does this mean in terms of correctional officers of one gender guarding prisoners of another gender?

18. CJA 383 Week 5 DQ 2 (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.cja383aid.com Week 5 DQ2 Should inmates’ rights groups, such as the ACLU’s National Prison Project, be permitted to file lawsuits on behalf of inmates? Explain why or why not.

19. CJA 383 Week 5 Learning Team Instructions The Corrections Task Force Project Program Presentation FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.cja383aid.com Prepare a 10- to 15-slide PowerPoint® presentation including detailed speaker’s notes for the County Board of Supervisors to showcase your work on this project. Your presentation must include and incorporate the following: o A press release o A program summary

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