For this assignment, you will provide a 3 to 5 pages long paper (excluding the references pages) discussing one of the following topics. In your paper, describe and compare policing practices across different countries, compare and contrast issues in American policing with those in other countries. You can also compare sociological and criminological approaches to crime and describe different perspectives on policing. Finally, you can discuss the reasons for the varying implementation of laws or rules in other countries compared to the US. You can discuss any type of social problem, crime, or disorder issue in which police involvement is expected in your paper.
Topics:
Types of social control in societies
The roles of social institutions as they relate to policing
Police and society relations
Special populations and their needs from the perspective of policing
The conflict in social interactions and humanistic policing
Global issues in policing
Formatting rules (20 pts)
Font type and size: Times New Roman 12 pts
Spacing: Double-spaced
Margins: Normal margins (one-inch margin on all sides)
Style: APA style (7th edition). You can watch the video in this link to learn more about citations and APA style: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMyrQzPkOKk&ab_channel=USFLibrariesResearch%26InstructionVideoChannelLinks to an external site.
Other rules
For your submission, please use the Microsoft Word file format (.doc or .docx).
You should use at least 5 references. Please watch this video to learn about searching for resources for your paper: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB2TpVFB9vE&ab_channel=USFLibrariesResearch%26InstructionVideoChannelLinks to an external site..
Not following the length requirement—3 to 5 pages long excluding the references page (-10 pts).
Rubric for the Assessment of the Quality of Writing (80 pts)
70-80 points (Excellent): The paper consists of an original response to the question. The paper provides information that is original and relevant to the question. Student uses professional vocabulary and correct grammar and spelling.
50-69 points (Above Average): The student provides an answer to question, which is mostly relevant or appropriate but that may also contain some relatively minor misapplication of concepts/ideas from class material. Student uses professional vocabulary and correct grammar and spelling, for the most part, though there may be a few minor mistakes.
35-49 points (Average): The student’s response has one of the noted deficiencies: conveys confusion regarding some aspects of the material, it provides no new/original knowledge, or it has numerous grammatical/spelling problems.
0-34 points (Below Average): The response has numerous and severe deficiencies. It does not convey an adequate understanding of the material, and/or it has numerous grammatical/spelling problems or no response.
