Transcript CJ299: Second Seminar (Voluntary)

Units 4-7
 What
do I have to do to complete this unit?
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Make postings to the Discussion Board (50 pts)
Review discussion grading rubric
Start Search and Seizure Project
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Any questions?
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Midterm Project – Search and Seizure
Prepare a 5 - 7 page research proposal, in APA format,
addressing the following scenario:
Mary Ellis, a widow, lives in a townhouse that she shares
with her adult son, William, who does not pay rent. Mrs.
Ellis awakens on a Saturday morning and goes to her walkin closet, where she finds a man whom she recognizes as a
neighbor, Clyde Stevens, lying on the floor unresponsive.
Mrs. Ellis calls 911. Minutes later, police and EMS personnel
arrive. Mr. Stevens is pronounced dead from an apparent
stabbing, as he has a large butcher knife protruding from
his back. Mrs. Ellis, a senior citizen, is transported to the
hospital for observation, quite distraught.
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Police establish a crime scene and call for detectives
and crime scene specialists, who arrive and begin to
investigate. Detectives begin a canvass and interview
Clyde Stevens' wife, Sheila. Mrs. Stevens tells police
that William Ellis has entered her townhouse several
times unannounced and on one occasion appeared to
be trying to get into her bed. Mrs. Stevens gives the
police consent to search the house for any potential
evidence that might identify her husband's killer.
Crime scene investigators actively process the scene. In
William's bedroom, technicians develop a blood
fingerprint adjacent to a light switch, using an amino
acid stain, after locating the print using the
absorptive properties of blood and a portable argon
laser.
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The crime scene investigator photographs the print and
recovers a sample of the blood for DNA analysis. The print
is from the right index finger of William Ellis, and DNA
analysis matches the blood to Clyde Stevens. On the basis
of this and associated evidence from the Stevens and Ellis
residences, an arrest warrant is issued for William Ellis.
William is arrested in Utah and extradited to Illinois to
stand trial. His lawyer files a motion to exclude evidence.
Within this paper, your discussion and research should
address, at the least, these questions:
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How would William's lawyer argue to have the physical
evidence excluded? Will the exclusion pertain to all the
evidence, or is there a difference between the evidence
collected from the Ellis and Stevens homes?
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What were the legal justifications for a search? Give examples
and cite court cases that deal with these legal justifications.
Discuss the exclusionary rule and the "fruit of the poisonous
tree" doctrine and determine whether these concepts apply
to this scenario. Support your answer by citing relevant
literature and legal cases.
Describe what steps you would have taken had you done this
investigation.
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Your paper should contain 5 - 7 pages of content, not
including the title page, abstract page, or works cited page.
Your paper should also contain 5 - 7 outside references,
preferably from original court cases and their holdings or
findings, as well as peer-reviewed sources.
Submit your paper by the end of Unit 5 in the basket titled
Unit 5: Midterm Project.
 Legal
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Search
What constitutes a legal search of a premise?
When is a warrantless search justified? Support
your answer with examples and legal
precedent.
Illegal Search
-What should an officer do if he or she believes
that a search is being conducted absent of
legal justification?
 Submit
your paper by the end of Unit 5 in the
basket titled Unit 5: Midterm Project.
 (200 pts)
 What
do I have to do to complete this unit?
 Start the Community Policing Project
 Post to the Discussion Board (50 points)
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Review discussion grading rubric
Start the Community Policing Project
 Over the last several decades police agencies
have been working to gain the respect and the
cooperation of the communities they serve.
 Describe, define and discuss Community
Oriented Policing (COP). Include in your
discussion the various methods of implementing
the program. What are some of the most
important concepts of COP? Define Problem
Oriented Policing (POP). How is it related to
Community Oriented Policing? Can the physical
structure of the organization help or hinder COP
and POP? What are the challenges of COP?
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Your paper must include 5 - 7 outside
references, with at least 1 peer reviewed journal
article.
 Your paper must contain 5 - 7 pages of content,
excluding the title, abstract, and reference
pages.
 Submit your paper by the end of Unit 7 in the
basket titled Unit 7: Community Policing
Project.
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Police / Community Partnership?
Do you think the police and the community can
ever form a partnership to fight crime? Explain
your answer.
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Primary Function of the Police Should the
primary function of the police be that of law
enforcement or community oriented
policing? Explain.
Reminder: Review discussion grading rubric
 What
do I have to do to complete this unit?
 Complete the Community Policing Project
(200 pts)
 Discussion (Post any questions you have
about the project)
 Any questions?
 The next scheduled seminar (voluntary) will
be in unit 8