Assignment: Essays Instructions and Essay Questions
Both the Midterm and Final Essays will require you to respond to one broad based question about criminal justice administration. In essence, you will be asked to demonstrate critical thinking about controversial issues in criminal justice administration and take a position on which course of action would be the best approach for criminal justice administrators. You must format your essays as you would a formal paper, following the guidelines set forth for papers in this course. To adequately respond to the question, you will need to write at least 3 pages (not including the title, abstract, and resource pages.) The essays are open book/open notes.
Midterm Essay Question:
As a student of human resource management in criminal justice organizations, you have studied the potential effects and cost associations of section 1983 Liability lawsuits arising out of the violation of certain protected Civil Rights. Many times such civil liability risks can be handled with confidence gained through well-informed personnel who have been well trained in the topic. The author of the article you are to read for this essay provides a well-versed paper on the basics of Section 1983 Liability. This article is 8 pages with 29 additional informational pages. Please use accordingly to properly prepare a full and adequate response. This is a policy issue that will have long-term effects on your department.
As you write your essay, keep these questions in mind:
· How much training is enough?
· Do I need an attorney to teach this to my personnel?
· How often should it be taught?
· Should a department policy be updated with each new case?
· What policy will you recommend to your chief executive (police), your warden (corrections), your commissioner (state police), your sheriff, and/or any executive role with which you must deal?
SUGGESTED TOPICS FOR TRAINING POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN SECTION 1983 LIABILITY PRESENTED AT THE TEXAS CITY ATTORNEY'S ASSOCIATION SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING JUNE 13 - 15, 2007.