Assignment #5: The Impact of Greater Female Representation in Policing and Corrections

CRI 256                                                                                           Deadline: August 16th

Summer 2023                                                                                 30 points      

Writing Assignment #5: The Impact of Greater Female Representation in Policing and Corrections

In a two-page double-spaced response [500 words, Times New Roman double-spaced, 12 point font], students will consider the impact that more female police officers or more female correctional officers would have on their professions, the criminal justice system, the communities that they serve, and/or society in general.  In particular, after the recent deaths of Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, Freddie Gray, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Rayshard Brooks, Daunte Wright, Andre Hill, Manuel Ellis, Daniel Prude, Ahmaud Arbery, and Atatiana Jefferson by police officers, there are increased calls for reforms to the criminal justice system, especially law enforcement.

Students should provide three specific reasons as to how more female officers in policing or corrections would be beneficial. Each reason should be well-developed, well-articulated, and well-supported based upon empirical research from class or outside resources.

Please note that students can have a maximum of three direct quotes in their papers; otherwise, paraphrase.

Please visit the Purdue Online Writing Lab at https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_style_introduction.html Links to an external site.and in particular the links to In-text Citations and Reference Lists to see examples of internal and external citations.

In order to receive full credit, your paper must be within 5% of the required 500 words (i.e., between 475-525 words; not including reference page). There will be a one-point deduction in your grade for every 5% that your word count is under or exceeds.

The penalty for late work is a letter grade a day.