Group Project Overview
Presented with a problem involving multiple agencies, each student assumes an agency role and a project role to identify a collaborative, optimal solution. Individually, each student will present an agency description, the agency’s perspective and role, and research the available resources.
Students will then form groups, and each group will present a collaborative, optimal solution. In the last week of class, each group will present the consequences for not finding or not fully implementing the solution. Throughout this project, each student is to assume the character (role play) of the leader of their assigned component agency when dealing with their counterparts from other agencies within their jurisdiction.
Formatting for Group Project papers
Individual papers will include a heading identifying the student, the number and title of the class and Project Phase the paper is addressing and the date of submission.
Group papers will include a cover page (not included in the page count), identifying the number and title of the class, the Group designation, students in the Group and their criminal justice agency, and the date of submission.
All papers will be double-spaced, with 1-inch margins, and 12 point font type.
Resource page (not included in the page count) Resources other than course instructional material must be referenced using APA formatting.
Phase 1 – Agency Description
The student will be assigned one of the following criminal justice components to represent and for which to serve as advocate:
• Law Enforcement
• Courts
• Institution-Based Corrections
• Community-Based Corrections (i.e., Parole/Probation)
• Private Security
The student will submit a 3-page paper describing the function and purpose of the designated criminal justice component and how it interrelates to other components.
Phase 2 – Agency Perspective and Role
The student will describe the perspective and role their agency has in dealing with the Group Project problem as assigned buy the instructor.
• What are the traditional and practical approaches for the agency’s dealing with the problem?
• Why is/has there been a reluctance to change approaches/strategies?
• What motivations would be required to affect a different approach or strategy (other that direction from a higher jurisdictional authority)?
