CJ 120 Project Three Guidelines and Rubric
Competency
In this project, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following competency:
Describe how differences in culture impact society’s interacons with criminal jusce professionals
Scenario
You are in the same role you chose for Project One: Because you did such fantasc work with the training you held for community members and sworn officers, the Civilian Office of
Accountability, a local advisory board, has invited you back to report back with specific potenal ideas for the locaon you chose for Project One. The board would like to hear your thoughts
on relevant issues, such as how other cultures view criminal jusce professionals, and typical types of misunderstandings between such professionals and civilians.
Directions
Suggesons Report
For your report, feel free to take informaon from any of the module resources, or use outside resources.
- Describe different cultures’ or subcultures’ views of criminal jusce professionals.
Include at least three of the following (different from your own background) that are relevant to your community:
i. Nave Americans
ii. Asian communies
iii. Hispanic communies
iv. Refugees
v. People of color
vi. Undocumented people
Explain the general views that are culturally based.
Describe the reasoning (oen historical) behind those views. - Describe incidents of cultural misunderstanding between criminal jusce professionals and civilians. Address the following in your assessment:
Language
Religion / beliefs
Illiteracy
Deafness - Describe professional pracces that may create cultural sensivity in criminal jusce professionals. Address the following in your assessment:
Understanding the public
Diversity training
Procedural jusce
Police legimacy
Diverse hiring pracces - Assess best pracces to build trust within cultural communies. Address the following in your assessment:
Creang an understanding of the community
Transparency
Accountability
Posive community interacons
Visibility
What to Submit
To complete this project, you must submit the following:
Suggesons Email with Aachment
Your suggesons for the board in your hometown area will be sent in a formal business email with an aachment. The email should be introductory—describing you and your task, and
including a brief summary of the aachment—and the aachment should include the formal informaon they’ve requested.
Supporting Materials
The following resource(s) may help support your work on the project:
Reading: Guide for Wring an Email and Creang an Email Invitaon PDF
This resource explains how to write a professional email.
