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Grammatical Rules

Grammatical Rules

Provide 2-3 pages, not including title page and reference page (do not go by word count). Use proper APA throughout. Use the references provided. Use subheadings between sections.

Application: Grammatical Rules and APA Format

Credibility in the criminal justice field depends on language competence. Learning, and then internalizing, grammatical rules and the appropriate formats and styles to follow when creating a document such as a police report, is a worthwhile challenge. Recurring errors are often the result of not internalizing the rules that govern communication. Identifying grammatical errors and attempting to correct them is one of the most effective ways to eliminate those same errors in the future. With conscientious practice, you might be able to eliminate these errors from your communications.

For this Assignment, take the Grammar and APA Assessment in this week’s Learning Resources. Review correct grammar use and APA formatting to identify challenges you face in applying correct grammatical rules and APA formatting in your writing.

The Assignment (2–3 pages)

  • Take the Grammar and APA Assessment in this week’s Learning Resources. Review correct grammar use and APA formatting to identify challenges you face in applying correct grammatical rules and APA formatting in your writing.
  • Describe 3–5 challenges you face in applying proper grammatical rules and APA formatting in your writing
  • Describe strategies you might use to address these challenges and explain why each might be effective
  • Include appropriate resources you may use to address these challenges

READINGS

  • Johnson, W. A., Rettig, R. P., Scott, G. M., & Garrison, S. M. (2015). The criminal justice student writer’s manual (6th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.
    • Chapter 2 “Writing Competently”
    • Chapter 3 “Student Paper Formats”
    • Chapter 5 “Citing Sources in APA Style”

    Media

    • Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2011). Grammar Assessment. Baltimore: Author.

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Impact on Community

Impact on Community

 

For this discussion, you will examine the effects on the community that result from a mass murder, or when a serial killer is active.

Since we are looking at the reaction that the killer generates, choose from one of the following killers:

  • David Berkowitz (New York)
  • Wayne Williams (Atlanta)
  • Danny Rolling (Gainesville, Florida)

Use popular news magazines like Time and US News, or newspapers from the local area, so that you can put yourself in the position of someone in the community who was living through that time period. For instance, for the Rolling case, look at the Gainesville Sun from that time period; if you choose David Berkowitz, check out the New York Times or NY Post. This will give you a connection to the case you won’t get from a website created long after the fact. Based on your review, discuss the following questions.

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Should officers with body-worn cameras be required to announce they are wearing the devices?

Should officers with body-worn cameras be required to announce they are wearing the devices?

First, compose a minimum of 100 words in response to the questions. Second, save the work to your hard drive, and then, post your response here in Canvas. Next, read the responses provided by your classmates and compose a 100-word minimum critical response to 1 classmate’s post. ( I will provide you the response of one of the classmates after you are done with my answer because it would be visible right after I post my answer)

Several police departments across the US are requiring that police officers utilize body-worn cameras. In-car cameras came into regular use and are now fairly common in modern law enforcement agencies. Thus, body cameras are the next logical step because officers routinely step out of view of their in-car cameras.

The purpose of the body-worn camera is to record and document police-citizen encounters. At first glance, this may seem advantageous for both parties, but with closer inspection, there is much more to this story. The disadvantages could outweigh the advantages.

First, provide 2 advantages and 2 disadvantages of police body-worn cameras. Then answer: Should officers with body-worn cameras be required to announce they are wearing the devices? Under what circumstances should body-worn cameras be on and off?

Finally, if you pull additional information from a source (internet, book, article, journal article) to develop your response, please be sure to cite it appropriately in APA format. Below is an example to follow for a journal article. This includes the authors’ names, year of publication, title of the article, the name of the journal in italics, the volume number of the journal in italics, and the issue number in parentheses, followed by the page number range:

Journal article example:

Sampson, R. J., & Laub, J. H. (2005). A life-course view of the development of crime. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 602(1), 12-45.

Web Document or Report example:

Kaste, M. (January, 2016). California cops frustrated with “Catch-and-Release” crime fighting. Retrieved from: https://www.npr.org/2016/01/22/463210910/california-cops-frustrated-with-catch-and-release-crime-fighting (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

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