1. Essay Brief 2017/2018
Module Title
The Criminal Justice Process
Assessment title
Reflective Diary
Task details and instructions
This assessment prompts you to document your critical
reflections and observations in relation to the different models
of the criminal justice process that we review in Week 1. These
models are:
• Due process
• Crime control
• Medical
• Bureaucratic
• Just Deserts
• Restorative Justice
Each week, you should address the following questions in your
Reflective Diary:
1. Do the procedures that we have studied at this particular
stage correspond to any of the models of the criminal justice
process that we studied in Week 1? If so, which models?
2. Can you identify any procedures at this particular stage of the
criminal justice process where two of the models come into
conflict? If so, which procedures and which models?
3. Can these conflicts be resolved?
Because this assessment is a reflective diary, and not an essay,
its format will be slightly different:
1. You do not need to write an introduction to the diary.
2. Use a heading for each stage of the criminal justice process
(from Week 2 to Week 11). Plan to write about 200 words for
each week.
3. You should write a brief (200 word) conclusion to the diary

2. summarising your reflections from Weeks 2-11. Which model or
models seem to prevail? Should other models be given greater
emphasis in criminal justice policy?
4. In each week’s entry, you should focus mainly on your own
reflections. The Reflective Diary is not a literature review.
However, it would be possible to mention a relevant piece of
research literature, or an insight from a criminal justice
practitioner, if you think that this will help in presenting your
own reflections.
Word count/duration (if applicable)
Your assessment should aim to be 2,350 words long (not
including the references).
Marking criteria/scheme
Marks for your assessment will be allocated based on five
aspects:
1. Knowledge of the topic – resulting from research and
investigation.
2. Context and relevance – showing key awareness of the
criminal justice context.
3. Analysis – the ability to organise evidence and information
and formulate conclusions based on comparison, contrasts,
evaluation and critique.
4. Argument – the level of organisation and clarity in the
written text, and its relevance to the chosen topic.
5. Presentation – including the standard of writing (and
avoidance of mistakes) and appropriate referencing.
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Due Time:11:59pm, Oct 12.

3. What is Due by That Time:an essay between 750–1050 words
What is the Essay?
An academic review on Chapter 7 of the textbook, “Of Ships
and Shipwrecks.”
The review will identity the overarching argument of that
chapter, explain how Jill Lepore develops that argument in the
body of the paper, and evaluate the argumentation demonstrated
in the chapter. Please form a thesis of this review essay in the
first paragraph.
· In the body of the paper, please discuss what evidence
contributes to the overarching argument, and how.
· Please evaluate how Lepore builds her argument by discussing
(1) the strength of her interpretations of selected specifics and
examples and (2) the connections between the specifics and
examples and the central claim this chapter advances.
· Be as critical as you can.
This is not a research paper. No materials outside of the
reading.
Appendix I
TITLE. All papers should have proper titles, including this one.
The title should re-capture the essence of your thesis.
Something like “Report on Chapter Three” is not counted as a
substantive, and thus real, title.
PARAGRAPH. Paragraphs should be between three sentences
and ¾ page. All paragraphs must have their topic sentences.
Many students have a tendency to build to a conclusion in each
paragraph, so that the last sentence actually delivers the point
of the paragraph. This is fine as a writing practice, as long

4. as you then go back through your paper and turn those
conclusory sentences into topic sentences.
SENTENCE. One sentence shall only have one focus. Avoid
massaging too much information into one sentence.
PARAPHRASING > DIRECT QUOTES. Be very judicious
about selecting direct quotes from the textbook. As a rule of
thumb, always try paraphrasing first.
PASSIVE VOICE. Be specific and explicit on who did what. I
regard “it is adj. that ……” as passive voice, for that structure
does not specify the subject and it is unnecessarily long.
USE STRONG VERBS. “Was, is, are, were, would,” are weak
verbs. Find the action in your sentence, and bring that to the
fore.
THE IMPORTANCE OF EDITING. Editing is as important as
writing, and is the difference between an adequate paper and a
good one, or a good one and a great one. Excellent papers do
not start out as excellent first drafts; instead, they result from
the author spending a lot of time thinking, writing, and
rewriting.
Your paper will always - ALWAYS - be better if you write as
much as you can and then edit it down to the word/page limit
than if you write until you hit the word/page limit.
“CLARITY! CLARITY! CLARITY!” As the classic book The
Elements of Style, originally published before you (and I) were
born, states, writing is all about clarity. As a useful practice,
please consider reading your drafts after some passage of time,
with a fresh pair of eyes. If some sentences, words, and
structures are unclear, revise!

5. Appendix II:
The paper should be typed in Times New Roman, 12 pt, double
spaced, without any additional space between paragraphs.
Please submit a word file to Canvas. I will not accept PDF files.
A word file allows me to use tracked changes, and it
automatically shows the word count.
Simplify the header information. Put your name and “HIST
1050 Paper #2” at the beginning, and that is it. No other
information or cover page needed.
Citations
For this assignment, please use in-text citations. Put (Lepore,
PAGE NUMBER) following the completion of any sentence that
includes direct quotes from the book.
Please do not add a bibliography page for this assignment, for
all information comes from one source.
Essay Brief 2017/2018
Module Title
The Criminal Justice Process
Assessment title
Essay
Task details and instructions
Choose and answer one of the following questions:
1. In what ways do the news media and social media interfere
with different stages of the criminal justice process? Are current
laws and policies (e.g., Contempt of Court Act; Sex Offenders’
Registry) sufficient to minimise this interference?
2. Focusing on at least two stages of the criminal justice

6. process, how much difference is there between a
suspect/offender’s ‘rights on paper’ and their ‘rights in
practice’? Can the ‘rights on paper’ and ‘rights in practice’ be
brought closer together?
3. How is the increasing use of digital technology impacting on
efficiency, and on justice, in the criminal justice process? Use
several examples to illustrate your answer.
4. Should ‘resources follow risk’ in the criminal justice process,
or should resources be assigned to cases in some other way?
Use several examples to illustrate your answer.
5. What are the main barriers to inter-agency co-operation in the
criminal justice process and how might they be overcome? Use
several examples to illustrate your answer.
In your answer, it is essential that you show that you have been
to class and fully engaged with the module’s content. Therefore,
you must:
a. Review and critique the relevant body of academic literature
(see the module reading list for recommended readings).
b. Discuss examples from across the criminal justice process
(including examples relating to the hypothetical cases followed
in class).
c. Cite, where relevant, opinions/insights offered by the
criminal justice practitioners who came to class.
Here is an example of this kind of citation. In the text of the
essay, you might write:
Tattersall (2017) made the important point that the victims of
violent crimes are themselves a crime site.
In the reference section you would put:
Tattersall, A. (2017) Personal communication.
Word count/duration (if applicable)
Your assessment should aim to be 2,350 words long (not

7. including the references).
Marking criteria/scheme
Marks for your assessment will be allocated based on five
aspects:
1. Knowledge of the topic – resulting from research and
investigation.
2. Context and relevance – showing key awareness of the
criminal justice context.
3. Analysis – the ability to organise evidence and information
and formulate conclusions based on comparison, contrasts,
evaluation and critique.
4. Argument – the level of organisation and clarity in the
written text, and its relevance to the chosen topic.
5. Presentation – including the standard of writing (and
avoidance of mistakes) and appropriate referencing.
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