Assessment Policy Proposal

Assessment Policy Proposal (must do domestic violence court) Order Description Due date: Variable; 8:55 a.m., Monday followin" rel="nofollow">ing week of topic Length: 1000-1250 words Weightin" rel="nofollow">ing: 30% ASSESSMENT OVERVIEW For this assessment, students are required to compose a policy proposal that critically and constructively examin" rel="nofollow">ines one of the weekly topics discussed in" rel="nofollow">in the course (Weeks 6-12). The proposal must address the evidence-base surroundin" rel="nofollow">ing a particular crimin" rel="nofollow">inal justice in" rel="nofollow">intervention, sanction, or piece of legislation, documentin" rel="nofollow">ing its strengths and weaknesses and concludin" rel="nofollow">ing with recommendations for future practice. Exceptional proposals will in" rel="nofollow">incorporate research evidence and scholarly theory in" rel="nofollow">into actual crimin" rel="nofollow">inal justice practices. POLICY PROPOSAL TOPICS Students must compose a policy proposal related to one of the followin" rel="nofollow">ing weekly topics: Week 6: Registries and community notification Week 7: Terrorism Week 8: Drug courts Week 9: Indigenous courts Week 10: Domestic violence courts (MUST DO THIS TOPIC) Week 11: Conferencin" rel="nofollow">ing Week 12: Fin" rel="nofollow">ines and forfeiture Students are permitted to choose a broad topic (e.g., the utility of drug courts for Australia) or a narrower subset within" rel="nofollow">in one of the above topics (e.g., the analysis of metadata as a counter-terrorism strategy). Students are encouraged to discuss the suitability of their topic selection with their in" rel="nofollow">instructor. Each proposal, irrespective of the topic chosen, should in" rel="nofollow">include the followin" rel="nofollow">ing components: An overview of what is in" rel="nofollow">included in" rel="nofollow">in your policy proposal An in" rel="nofollow">introduction to the topic, from broad to narrow A description of the penological prin" rel="nofollow">inciples underlyin" rel="nofollow">ing the topic A discussion of the past and current use of the policy you are proposin" rel="nofollow">ing A discussion of the envisioned strengths of the policy, if enacted A discussion of the possible weaknesses of the policy, if enacted A clear stipulation of your policy recommendations Required Readin" rel="nofollow">ing - Week 10 Bull, M. (2010). Punishment & sentencin" rel="nofollow">ing: Risk, Rehabilitation and Restitution. South Melbourne, VIC: Oxford University Press. Chapter 8: Respondin" rel="nofollow">ing to domestic violence: Special pleas and specialist courts (pp. 153-172). - e-book: Bull, 2010 Recommended Readin" rel="nofollow">ings - Week 10 Eley, S. (2005). Changin" rel="nofollow">ing practices: The specialised domestic violence court process. The Howard Law Journal, 44, 113-124. Epstein" rel="nofollow">in, D. (1999). Effective in" rel="nofollow">intervention in" rel="nofollow">in domestic violence cases: Rethin" rel="nofollow">inkin" rel="nofollow">ing the roles of prosecutors, judges, and the court system. Yale Journal of Law and Femin" rel="nofollow">inism, 11, 3-50. Gover, A. R., Macdonald, J. M., & Alpert, G. P. (2003). Combatin" rel="nofollow">ing domestic violence: Fin" rel="nofollow">indin" rel="nofollow">ings from an evaluation of a local domestic violence court. Crimin" rel="nofollow">inology & Public Policy, 3, 109-132. Mazur, R., & Aldrich, L. (2003). What makes a domestic violence court work? Lessons from New York. American Bar Association, 42(2), 5-9, 41-42.