You are to find 3-4 events that involve policing and the criminal justice system in some way. You can choose a story that deals with the current events dealing with the criminal justice system. There will be a set of questions to answer about each event; you will need to answer them completely for each story AND include either a copy of the story or the link to it, if it is an online story. The grade will be based on how well the answers link back to the CJ system. The paper has to be 3 pages.
Current Events Assignment
If you are doing 3-4 articles over 3-4 different event:
- Give me a brief summary of the event (I will be reviewing the article as well, so keep it brief)
- How is this related to the criminal justice system? Which component(s) are involved?
- How is it related to something we have discussed in class? Or is it related to something we haven't discussed yet (in which case do your best to relate it back to class)?
- What, if any, bias or opinions are influencing this article?
- Why did you pick this article?
If you are doing 3-4 article over 1 event:
- Give me a brief summary of the event (I will be reviewing the article as well, so keep it brief)
- How is this related to the criminal justice system? Which component(s) are involved?
- How is it related to something we have discussed in class? Or is it related to something we haven't discussed yet (in which case do your best to relate it back to class)?
- How are the different articles portraying the event? What, if any, bias or opinions are influencing the different articles?
- Why did you pick this event?