Women and the Criminal Justice System

Neubauer, David W. (2001) Debating crime: Rhetoric and reality. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning. • Resources: The National Organization for Women Legislators Web site, Debating Crime, and the Internet. • Imagine you are a member of the National Organization for Women Legislators (http://www.womenlegislators.org/ ), and you have been asked to present at the upcoming annual conference. • Create a Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation of 10 slides, with speaker notes, about current issues facing women who participate in, or are affected by, the criminal justice system. Your goal is to educate fellow legislators about the issues and their causes by fairly presenting all arguments ... click for more

Equality of Justice, Jury Nullification

• Resources: The Department of Justice Fact Sheet on Racial Profiling, and Debating Crime. Neubauer, David W. (2001) Debating crime: Rhetoric and reality. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning. Answer the questions listed below for each of the four articles appearing in Issues 8 and 11 in Debating Crime. Provide a 100-word minimum response to each question. o Issue 8: “Black Jurors: Right to Acquit? (Jury Nullification)” by Paul Butler, p. 108 • Under what circumstances does the author believe jurors should vote according to conscience rather than law? Does the Supreme Court approve or disapprove of this practice? Why? o Issue 8: “Jury Nullification: A Perversion of Justice?”... click for more

Movie Review - Legal Dilemma

Watch a movie that presents a legal dilemma (e.g., Criminal Law, Penalty Phase, Presumed Innocent,The Witness) and analyze the dilemmas of using one of the ethical frameworks. Suggested Movies: 1. Criminal Law 2. Penalty Phase 3. Presumed Innocent 4. Erin Brockovich 5. A Time to Kill 6. Runaway Jury 7. The Firm 8. A Few Good Men 9. The Rainmaker * Summarize the movie plot briefly. * Describe the ethical dilemma from the perspective of each of the main characters involved. * Describe how the dilemma was resolved. * Explain the kind of ethical framework that best describes how the dilemma was analyzed and resolved by the characters involved. * Consider whether the ethical fr... click for more

Should prisons be privatized?

Neubauer, David W. (2001) Debating crime: Rhetoric and reality. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning. White, Jonathan R. (2004) Defending the homeland: Domestic intelligence, law enforcement, and security. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning. Read Issues 13, 14 and 17 (Parts VIII and X) in Debating Crime, and Ch. 1 and 2 in Defending the Homeland. Review these Web sites: Federal Bureau of Prisons at http://www.bop.gov/ especially the About and News/Information pages. *The Corrections Corporation of America Web site at http://www.correctioncorp.com/ * Prisons should be privatized: 1. Prisons should be privatized because... 2. Private prisons are merely enforcing, an... click for more

War on Drugs

Neubauer, David W. (2001) Debating crime: Rhetoric and reality. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning. White, Jonathan R. (2004) Defending the homeland: Domestic intelligence, law enforcement, and security. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning. Read Issues 13, 14 and 17 (Parts VIII and X) in Debating Crime, and Ch. 1 and 2 in Defending the Homeland. Review these Web sites: Federal Bureau of Prisons at http://www.bop.gov/ especially the About and News/Information pages. *The Corrections Corporation of America Web site at http://www.correctioncorp.com/ • Debate: Should the U.S. end the War on Drugs? Continue the War on Drugs? o Continue the War on Drugs: • The War on ... click for more