CJ 315 Project One Guidelines and Rubric
Competency
In this project, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following competency:
- Analyze the role of victimology in the criminal justice system
Scenario
You are a director for New Hampshire’s Office of Victim/Witness Assistance. You are asked to create a presentation for newly hired crime victim advocates that will help to inform them about the experiences of child and domestic violence victims within the criminal justice system and how criminal justice professionals interact with them. Using the two different situations linked in the Supporting Materials section, create a presentation that describes the experiences of the two types of victims in the criminal justice system and analyze how criminal justice professionals interact with them.
Directions
Using the provided scenarios and situations, create a written presentation on victim interactions and experiences in the criminal justice system. Include the following required elements :
- Explain what interactions should take place between a child victim and criminal justice professionals in Situation 1. Include the following in your explanation:
- What communications or interactions should occur between a child victim and criminal justice professionals?
- What are the roles of allied professionals (first responders, police officers, victim advocates, crisis counselors, hospital professionals) in working with a child victim in the rehabilitation process?
- Describe the experience of a child victim in the criminal justice system in Situation 1. Include the following in your description:
- What is the child victim’s experience immediately after the initial incident regarding the investigative process and victim assistance?
- What is the child victim’s postevent experience regarding processing in the criminal justice system?
- What legal precautions are in place to protect a child victim?
- What happens to the child victim regarding courts, corrections, parole, and victim assistance?
- What is the process for the child victim being notified of the offender’s parole status (in this case, a guardian)?
- Explain what interactions should take place between a domestic violence victim and criminal justice professionals in Situation 2. Include the following in your explanation:
- What communications or interactions should occur between a domestic violence victim and criminal justice professionals?
- What are the roles of allied professionals (first responders, police officers, victim advocates, crisis counselors, hospital professionals) in working with a domestic violence victim in the rehabilitation process?
- Describe the experience of a domestic violence victim in the criminal justice system in Situation 2. Include the following in your description:
- What is the domestic violence victim’s experience immediately after the initial incident regarding the investigative process and victim assistance?
- What is the domestic violence victim’s postevent experience with processing in the criminal justice system?
- What legal precautions are in place to protect a domestic violence victim?
- What happens to the domestic violence victim regarding courts, corrections, parole, and victim assistance?
- What is the process for the victim being notified of the offender’s parole status?
- Compare and contrast a child victim and a domestic violence victim. Include the following:
- What are the similarities and differences in the roles criminal justice professionals should play and how they should interact in each situation?
- What are the similarities and differences in the victims’ experiences?
- How are their immediate experiences and interactions with allied professionals (first responders, police officers, victim advocates, crisis counselors, hospital professionals) similar or different?
- How are their postevent experiences and interactions with criminal justice professionals (county or district attorneys, probation officers, judges) similar or different?
What to Submit
To complete this project, you must submit the following:
Child and Domestic Violence Victims Presentation
For this assignment, you will create a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation (optional template linked below). Your submission should address the rubric criteria listed above: the interactions between a child victim and criminal justice professionals, the experience of a child victim in the criminal justice system, the interactions between a domestic violence victim and criminal justice professionals, the experience of a domestic violence victim in the criminal justice system, the differences in the roles criminal justice professionals play and their interactions with each type of victim, and the differences in the victims’ experiences. Any sources should be cited according to APA style.
An optional template (linked in the Supporting Materials section) has been created to aid you in completing this project.
Supporting Materials
The following resource(s) may help support your work on the project:
Document: Project One Situations PDF
Base your work on these situations.
Document: Project One Template PPT (Optional)
Although this template is not required to complete your project, you may find it helpful.
Website: New Hampshire Office of Victim/Witness Assistance: Attorney General’s Protocols
- Under the section “Child Abuse and Neglect Protocols,” click Child Abuse Investigation Protocol (Third Edition, 2008) to assist you with addressing the rubric criteria regarding the child victim.
- Under the section “Domestic Violence Protocols,” click Law Enforcement (2013) to assist you with addressing the rubric criteria regarding the domestic violence victim.
Project One Rubric
| Criteria | Exceeds Expectations (100%) | Meets Expectations (85%) | Partially Meets Expectations (55%) | Does Not Meet Expectations (0%) | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clear Communication | Exceeds expectations with an intentional use of language that promotes a thorough understanding | Consistently and effectively communicates in an organized way to a specific audience | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but communication is inconsistent or ineffective in a way that negatively impacts understanding | Shows no evidence of consistent, effective, or organized communication | 15 |
| Interactions: Child Victim and Criminal Justice Professionals | Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner | Explains the interactions that should occur between a child victim of crime and criminal justice professionals | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include additional details or clarification when explaining the interactions between a child victim of crime and criminal justice professionals | Does not attempt criterion | 15 |
| Experiences of Child Victim | Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner | Describes the experiences of a child victim in the criminal justice system | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include a more detailed description of the experiences of a child victim in the criminal justice system | Does not attempt criterion | 15 |
| Interactions: Domestic Violence Victim and Criminal Justice Professionals | Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner | Explains the interactions that should occur between a domestic violence victim of crime and criminal justice professionals | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include additional details or clarification when explaining the interactions between a domestic violence victim and criminal justice professionals | Does not attempt criterion | 15 |
| Experiences of Domestic Violence Victim | Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner | Describes the experiences of a domestic violence victim in the criminal justice system | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include a more detailed description of the experiences of a domestic violence victim in the criminal justice system | Does not attempt criterion | 15 |
| Child Victim and Domestic Violence Victim Comparison | Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner | Compares and contrasts child victim and domestic violence victim situations | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include a more detailed comparison and including information regarding the experiences interactions with both types of victims | Does not attempt criterion | 20 |
| Citations and Attributions | Uses citations for ideas requiring attribution, with few or no minor errors | Uses citations for ideas requiring attribution, with consistent minor errors | Uses citations for ideas requiring attribution, with major errors | Does not use citations for ideas requiring attribution | 5 |
| Total: | 100% | ||||