Course Grades:

Your final course grade will be determined as follows:

2 Tests: 50%
1 Paper: 30%
Class Participation / Activities: 20%
 

Details:
 

Tests:
You will have two tests, which will consist of essay questions.
The first will be take home and will be given July 18th or July 25th,
depending on course progress.  The second test will be given on the
last day of class, August 8th.  Each test is worth 25% of your grade.
 

Class Participation / Activities:
We will occasionally do in-class work to drive home main points, get practice
working with key concepts, and to actually use the material through exercises.
This is worth 20% of your grade.
 

Paper:
You will write one paper, 12 pages in length (no less), typed, double-spaced
(this is 12 pages of text, you must also have references and a cover page).

The paper deals with the seven-stage model for planned change
in CHAPTER ONE of the Welsh and Harris book
(Chapters 2-8 examine each of these seven steps
in greater detail).  Your job is to actually use this
model in order to develop a policy or program to solve
a crime or criminal justice problem.

Each of you will:

*    Select a criminal justice problem in your community;
*    Analyze and describe it fully (Ch. 2);
*    Set goals and objectives for your policy or program (Ch. 3); and
*    Design the policy or program (Ch. 4).

So, you will be using the first three stages of the seven stage process.

Also, be aware that Appendix 1 of the Welsh and Harris text (pp. 235-239)
summarizes this process fully.  As you prepare your
project / report, it would be wise to answer the questions
in Appendix 1 dealing with the first three stages
as part of your written project / report.

Use the materials in the Walker book to strengthen your argument about why
your program will work or will be likely to work based on the evidence.

This paper is due on the last day of class, August 8th.

Sample Paper 1
Sample Paper 2
 

QUESTIONS? Contact Dr. Robinson at
robinsnmb@appstate.edu or 828-262-6560