Topic for Paper: The Criminal Justice System and it’s implications to police, courts, and corrections with the slow legalization of marijuana in the United States
Your topic sounds great, just make SURE you can expand on this topic so that you meet all the criteria of the assignment instructions AND the criteria from the rubric instructions (also below).
SUMMARY OF ASSIGNMENT–(USE THE WHOLE ASSIGNMENT, THIS SUMMARY IS JUST TO HELP YOU PICK A TOPIC.):
As a part of the evaluation of this assignment the student is required to address the social, political, global, and relevant cultural perspectives as it relates to the approved topic for this assignment as well as how their chosen topic melds with the notions of a consensus system of three distinct but intertwined facets of the justice system. Use the rubric for the term paper to guide you in this process.
RUBRIC sections:
1. Provides a detailed discussion of their topic of choice to include its place/role in the criminal justice system as a whole, its relationship to other disciplines of the system that it is not explicitly a part of (policing, courts, corrections), and addresses the place/role of this topic in balancing maintenance of public order with protection of individual rights.
2. Addresses social factors that impact, shape, and guide all three facets of the American Criminal Justice System as is relevant to the topic of choice.
3. Addresses the impact the American Criminal Justice System has on social interactions in communities as is relevant to the topic of choice.
4. Addresses cultural factors that impact, shape, and guide all three facets of the American Criminal Justice System as is relevant to the topic of choice.
5. Addresses the impact the American Criminal Justice System has on cultural norms, values, and interactions in communities as is relevant to the topic of choice.
6. Addresses political factors that impact, shape, and guide all three facets of the American Criminal Justice System as is relevant to the topic of choice.
7. Addresses the impact the American Criminal Justice System has on politics and political agendas in the United States as is relevant to the topic of choice.
8. Addresses global factors that impact, shape, and guide all three facets of the American Criminal Justice System as is relevant to the topic of choice.
9. Addresses the impact the American Criminal Justice System has on the international community as is relevant to the topic of choice.
10. Approaches the texts analyticallyprovides internal/parenthetical citations.
11. This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Details and logically supports a coherent thesis with competent evidence/sources