CJ 480 Milestone One Guidelines and Rubric
Overview: In this capstone experience, you will refine the skills you have acquired throughout this degree program. Upon completion of this capstone experience, after you have gained a solid foundation in criminological theory, law, ethics, methods of inquiry, leadership, technology, and international criminal justice, you will be positioned to contribute your competency of criminal justice in your future role as a criminal justice professional. Starting with this module, you will complete work that will lead up to the final submission of the capstone project. In this module, you will select an agency from the Agency List handout or a different agency approved by your instructor and establish communication with a representative at that agency. This selection supports Milestone Three, the findings and recommendations report, due in Module Six. You will connect either in person or virtually (by telephone, video conference, or email) with this contact and ask them to identify a key issue affecting that agency that would be helpful to have you investigate. If you are not able to get in contact with an agency, you may use the agency’s website and the agency‘s mission and vision for the foundation of your project. This is the first step in the capstone process. This will be the first of three milestones that will culminate in a successful capstone project due in Module Seven. Remember to consult the Capstone Project Template for more guidance on the components of your capstone project as you take this initial step.
Prompt: Once you have established that line of communication (or identified your agency) and established an issue affecting your selected agency, you will submit an issue statement explaining the issue with that particular agency. In this submission, you should also describe the community’s demographics. This will become the “Overview of Community and Need” section of Milestone Two: Agency Needs Assessment.
Make sure to include the following critical elements in your paper:
• Select an agency either approved by the instructor or from the Agency List handout
• Identify an issue affecting the community served by the selected agency
• Provide a brief overview of the issue to address
• Describe the demographics of the community served by the agency
• Describe how the issue impacts the community
Rubric
Guidelines for Submission: Your paper must be submitted as a 2- to 4-page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and at least three sources cited in APA format.
Critical Elements
Proficient (100%)
Not Proficient (0%)
Value
Agency Selection
Selects an agency either approved by the instructor or from the Agency List handout
Does not select an agency either approved by the instructor or from the Agency List handout
18
Issue Identification
Identifies an issue affecting community served by selected agency
Does not identify an issue affecting community served by selected agency
18
Issue Overview
Provides a brief overview of the issue to address
Does not provide a brief overview of the issue to address
18
Community Demographics
Describes community’s demographics served by agency
Does not describe community’s demographics served by agency
18
Issue Impact
Describes how the issue impacts the community
Does not describe how the issue impacts the community
18
Articulation of Response
Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization
Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization
10
Total
100%
CJ 480 Agency List
City of Manchester, NH Police
Chief Nick Willard
440 Valley Street
Manchester, NH
New Hampshire State Police
Lt. John Marasco
33 Hazen Drive
Concord, NH
Hooksett, NH Police Department
Chief Peter Bartlett
Line Drive
Hooksett, NH
City of Brentwood, CA Police
Chief Mark Evanson
150 City Park Way
Brentwood, CA 94513
Broward College Institute of Public Safety
Associate Dean Janine Czarnec
111 East Las Olas Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
West Greenwich, RI Police Department
Sgt. Richard Brown
280 Victoria Highway
West Greenwich, RI 02817
Londonderry, NH Police Department
Lt. Kim Bernard
268A Mammoth Road
Londonderry, NH 03053
(603) 432-1118
(603) 432-1104 x4104
(603) 432-1117 (fax)
Midwest Case Mnagement Inc.
Dr. Rob Dawalt
1316 Meridian
Anderson, IN 46016
Miami Dade Schools Police Department
Lt. Raul Correa
6100 NW 2nd Avenue
Miami, FL 33127
Essex County Sheriff’s Department
Lt. Jason Ebacher
20 Manning Road
Middleton, MA 01949
(978) 750-1900 x3404
