CJ-499 CAPSTONE
Instructor
David F. Connor
Unit 1 Assessment
 No Assessments scheduled for this Unit
 Complete – Introduce Yourself Response
 Read about this course and familiarize
yourself with CAPSTONE Assessment
projects.
 Participate in the open discussion
 Visit Extra, Extra!
Unit 2 Assessment
 Short paper – Criminological Theory
 In a 3 page paper, summarize and provide an
example of how biological, sociological, and
psychological theories of crime causation
affect human behavior and actions. Be sure
to provide an example of each and include
the reference to the example that may include
an article, case study, adjudicated case, etc.
 The title page, abstract and reference pages
do not count in page length!
Unit 3 Assessment
 Scenario Project: Criminal Law
 Imagine you are the Chief of your local police enforcement
agency and one of your officers was involved in a shooting
incident that resulted in injuries to a robbery perpetrator. Review
the following scenario and identify the legal issues that may
arise from the police officer’s actions, if any. Be sure to carefully
review the facts as presented and summarize in an official letter
to the Mayor of your city, the justification of the officer’s actions
by incorporating areas of the criminal law.
 In a separate letter, and based on the same scenario, take the
opposite approach and submit a letter to the Mayor stating how,
as a defense attorney, the officer that was involved in the
shooting was civilly liable and the City is vulnerable to a lawsuit
that is going to be filed.
Unit 3 Assessment Continued…
 Scenario and instructions are posted in
document format in Doc Sharing.
 Scenario may also be viewed under the Unit
3 tab of your course home page.
Unit 4 Assessment
 Unit 4 Assessment Project, Short Paper: Hypothesis and
Conclusion
 Choose one of the scientific methods of research inquiry
(survey, interview, observation, statistical data collection, etc.)
and write a short hypothesis and conclusion, based on your
method of inquiry. Your point of focus must be centered on the
professional practices of criminal justice practitioners. For
example, you could propose a hypothesis that focuses on
whether law enforcement is better equipped to handle terrorism
post 9-11 or whether airline safety has improved since the
attacks of 9-11, etc. Your paper must include the hypothesis,
content that outlines what method you chose, and how you
gathered your evidence and a conclusion. The paper should be
no more than 3 pages in length (excluding Title, abstract and
Reference pages).
Unit 5 Assessment
 None
 This is your reading week. Take the
opportunity to read and research for your
upcoming Assessments in Units 6-9
Unit 6 Assessments
 Unit 6 Assessment Project, PowerPoint
Project: Leadership
 In a 20 slide power point presentation provide
information as well as differentiate, amongst
the roles of the following areas in criminal
justice leadership strategies and practices:
organizational culture, behavioral theory,
planning, and community relations. Your slide
should include, at a minimum, 5
presentations, with notes, for each area.
Unit 7 Assessments
 Unit 7 Assessment Project, Scenario Project :
Investigative Plan
 You are elected the New Chief of your Department in
City X and are charged with the responsibility of
creating a plan to deal with the multiple daytime
robbery attacks in your area. Your first order of
business is to assemble the police reports on all of
the attacks and create a strategic
operational/investigative plan to address the crimes
and ultimately present this plan to the mayor of City X
at the next meeting, which will be held in a public
forum.
Unit 8 Assessments
 Unit 8 Assessment Project, Short Paper:
Emerging Technologies
 With the advent of various technological
advancements, law enforcement efforts in the
investigation and prosecution of crime have been met
with positive results. However, with every advantage
comes a disadvantage, as criminals have also
benefited from these technologies and use during the
commission of their crimes or as a tool for their
crimes (this is evidenced in computer related
offenses and the misuse of the Internet).
Unit 8 Assessments Continued…
 In a 3 page paper, address the following areas in full
detail: summarize the advantages of computers and
the use of computer technology in investigations,
summarize the disadvantages to law enforcement
with respect to the advancements of computers,
research a case where the computer was used to aid
in the commission of a crime, research a case where
the use of the computer was beneficial to the
prosecution in a criminal case and provide a final
conclusion/paragraph that addresses your subjective
opinion as to whether these technologies, in an
overall sense, are of benefit or a hindrance to law
enforcement efforts.
Unit 9 Assessments
 Unit 9 Assessment Project, PowerPoint Project:
Transnational Crime
 Compare and contrast two separate cultures and
ethnicities that harbor ill-will toward the United States.
In a 12-15 PowerPoint slide presentation, please
compare both of your selections and be sure to
discuss the role that socialization and religion play in
shaping the beliefs of these cultures. Be prepared to
provide why these beliefs are formed, how culture
and religion shaped these beliefs and why these
cultures are militant in their beliefs toward the United
States.