Assignment 1: Reflective Journal
There are times in every career when you will have to follow a rule that you disagree with. For criminal justice professionals, these times can be more intense than other fields because lives lay on the line.

For this Journal:

current criminal justice professional:
Choose a recent policy that you have had to implement but that you personally do not agree with.

Describe the policy you selected.
Explain your personal disagreement with the policy, including why you disagree and whether you disagree ethically or practically.
Describe how you can/could reconcile or dismiss your own opinions and beliefs regarding policies you do not agree with and continue to perform your job.


Learning Resources
Andresen, M. A. (2012). International immigration, internal migration, and homicide in Canadian provinces. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 54(5), 632–657.

Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

Burscher, B., van Spanje, J. de Vreese, C. H. (2015). Owning the issues of crime and immigration: The relation between immigration and crime news and anti-immigrant voting in 11 countries. Electoral Studies, 38, 59–69.

Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

 Edelman, G. (2017, January/February). All criminal justice reform is local. Retrieved from https://washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/januaryfebruary-2017/all-criminal-justice-reform-is-local/

 Garduque, L. (2017, February 1). Local fixes key to criminal justice reform. USA Today. Retrieved from https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/policing/2017/02/01/criminal-justice-reform-jails-incarceration-policing-the-usa/97251208/

 International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP). (n.d.). Law Enforcement Code of ethics. Retrieved November 14, 2018, from https://www.theiacp.org/resources/law-enforcement-code-of-ethics

 International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP). (n.d.). Oath of honor. Retrieved November 14, 2018, from https://www.theiacp.org/resources/the-oath-of-honor

Book Excerpt
Controversial Topics

 Mallicoat, S. L. (2016). Crime and criminal justice: Concepts and controversies. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.

“Current Controversy 8.1: Should Police Agencies Require Officers to Wear Body Cameras?” (pp. 196–198)
 Mallicoat, S. L. (2016). Crime and criminal justice: Concepts and controversies. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.

“Current Controversy 8.2: Does Police Discretion Help or Harm Our Criminal Justice System?” (pp. 198–200)
 Mallicoat, S. L. (2016). Crime and criminal justice: Concepts and controversies. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.

“Current Controversy 14.2: Does Immigration Impact Crime?” (pp. 375–376)
Crime and Criminal Justice: Concepts and Controversies, 1st Edition by Mallicoat, S. L. Copyright 2016 by Sage College. Reprinted by permission of Sage College via the Copyright Clearance Center.

 City of Berkeley. (n.d.). Response to civil unrest: A review of Berkeley Police Department’s actions and events on December 6 and 7, 2014. Retrieved March 26, 2018, from https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Police/Response-To-Civil-Unrest/lessons-learned.html

 Jacobs, B., & Lyons, C. (2017, June 3). Police policies guide offers’ choices in chasing suspects. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved from http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/news/ct-ptb-police-pursuit-policies-st-0604-20170602-story.html

 Police Executive Research Forum. (2014). Critical issues in policing series: The police response to active shooter incidents. Retrieved from http://www.policeforum.org/assets/docs/Critical_Issues_Series/the%20police%20response%20to%20active%20shooter%20incidents%202014.pdf

 Police Executive Research Forum. (2015). Gun violence: Regional problems, partnerships, and solutions. Retrieved from http://www.policeforum.org/assets/gunpolicyreport2015.pdf

 Police Executive Research Forum. (2015). Lessons learned from the 2015 civil unrest in Baltimore. Retrieved from http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/2514212/independent-report-on-baltimore-police-response.pdf

 Queally, J. (2017, April 12). Police departments say they don’t enforce immigration laws. But their manuals say something different. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved from http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-california-police-immigration-enforcement-20170412-story.html

Media
Laureate Education (Producer). (2018). Prosecutors face challenges convicting police offers involved in shootings [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.

 

©2017 National Public Radio, Inc. News report “Prosecutors Face Challenges Convicting Police Officers Involved In Shootings” as originally broadcast on NPR’s All Things Considered on June 29, 2017, and is used with the permission of NPR. Any unauthorized duplication is strictly prohibited.

Note:  The approximate length of this media piece is 4 minutes.


Accessible player 
 DukeSanfordSchool. (2016, June 17). Using community policing strategies to prevent violent extremism [Video file]. Retrieved from