Support law enforcement agencies

Support law enforcement agencies

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TERM/RESEARCH PAPER

Analysis is one of the most effective tools available to support law enforcement agencies today. Data collection is worthless unless it easily understood and has relevance to the case. Analysis of information provides the indicators of what one has and what is missing. Analysis ultimately organizes the information in a way that leads possibly to prosecutorial success.

With this notion in mind, students will be required to develop a proposal of guidelines for starting an "analytical unit" within a police department.

Your proposal should include the following:

? Mission, goals and objectives
? Role of analysis within the department
? Staffing
? Procedures
? Training
? Expected products

Instructions: The final paper needs to be 7-14 pages long, with APA 6th edition formatting, citations and references. Do Not Use MLA or any other form of referencing.

Remember like the assignment posts the final paper needs to be submitted as an attachment. The final paper should be written in 12’ font, using Times Roman. The font must be uniform and not consist of several different fonts. Margins will also need to be 1 inch. The final paper must be written in the third person. Do not write I or we in your paper. If you are stating your opinion you need to use the term “this student.”

A minimum of Eight references is needed for the final paper. One reference can include the textbook. However, you will need to include seven additional academic sources which can include academically based books, journals and government papers being acceptable. Examples of journals include:

Journal of CriminologyCrime and Public OpinionJournal of Criminal Justice and Public PolicyJustice Quarterly: JQ

 

You will not be allowed to use web pages or web groups such as Wikipedia found athttp://www.wikipedia.org/and Answers.com, as the information contained in these web pages are academically questionable. Furthermore, you will not be permitted to cite encyclopedias, dictionaries, web pages or questionable origin, newspapers (unless permitted) and popular magazines. It is important to remember that this is a college level class and you are required to submit college level work which is backed up with academically credible material. If you have a question about the quality of a potential resource please e-mail me.

Most of this material that you need can be found in the AMU library. You are encouraged to use the library to locate the needed material. Additionally, at the bottom of this syllabus is a list of acceptable organizations and groups found on the World Wide Web which you can use to find material for your final paper.

****NOTE, I HAVE CHOSEN BURGLARY AS THE CRIME SCENE UNIT. PLEASE USE THIS IN THIS PAPER.