Week 3 Journal

 Moving forward, how will you apply what you have learned in this course? Are there things you can apply to your personal life? Professional life? Future courses? What topics were most interesting to you? 

Select a topic for your paper and discuss why you are interested in writing a paper on this topic.  Your brief assignment should be double-spaced/ 1 inch margins all around/ use 12 pt. font.  Use library and internet research to help you decide on a research topic.  Start collecting journal articles on your chosen topic

Topic for your initial post: Several types of victim compensation were discussed in this module’s resources. There were also several examples of cases resulting in compensation in the videos and readings. Your task is to pick one case where victim compensation could be or has been given (think one of the thousands of exonerations, eugenics, etc.). Share a link to the case…

Select a real homicide case in which a firearm was used to commit the crime and forensic examinations of  evidence related to firearms (cartridge casings, bullets, GSR, etc.) were utilized to assist in determining “what” happened. First, summarize the case, then explain in detail the role forensic firearm examinations had in the case. What did…

 Crisis Management has become a norm or an expectation within organizations. Utilizing one of the theories discussed in chapter 5 explores the response that would occur based on the theory. Select a theory to explore LMX Contingency Path-goal theory Write a 2-3 page paper describing your response based on the theory selected 

Go to the following website: https://trends.vera.org/ Select two counties from anywhere in the United States and compare incarceration trends over time. Compare the county information with state and national data, as well. Watch the video below for more instructions and a visual walk through of how to use the data on this site! You can…