Instructions Work on your agency needs assessment, which is due in Milestone Two. While you are not turning this rough draft in for a grade, you need to be steadily working on this assignment in order

CJ 480 M ileston e Two Guid elines and Rubric Ove rvi ew: In Mile stone One, you selected an a gency and developed an iss ue statement regarding a nee d of that agency. In this mile ston e, you will incorporate your Milestone One work into the “Overview of Com mun ity and Nee d” section and t hen research t he need descri bed in your iss ue statement and produ ce a literature review that lists the resources you consulted. T here will be resea rch to be performed for this mile stone. This will be the second of three milestones that lead to a s uccessful capston e completion. Once you have resea rched, identified, and l ocated the articles for your literature review, you nee d to analyze them and organize them before you begin working on your outline. You should organize these artic les to best help you formulate evidence-based recom me nd ations that will make a positive difference in t he agency. SNH U’s Shapiro Library should be used to assi st in your research. Prompt: You will s ub mit you r a gency needs assessment, which i nclud es a literature rev iew with a brief synopsis of each resource you plan to use for the find ings and recom me nd ations report. You s hould use both primary and second ary sources, evaluate how these sources relate to your issue, develop criminological theo ries, disc uss any ethical impact, descri be any technological impact, and provide a review of the literature on the iss ue. Your fi nd ing s and recommend ations report (Mile stone Three) will i nclud e the statement of nee d, program recom me nda tions, goals and objectives, staffing/administration/resource needs, and evaluation plan. Remember to consult the Capstone Project Template for more guidance on the com ponents of your capstone project. Make sure to includ e the followi ng in your paper: Cap ston e Componen t 1: Agen cy Need s Assessment I. Overview of Commun ity and Need : This section s hould s erve as the found ati on for presenting your a gency nee ds assessme nt; it is your opp ortun ity to comprehensive ly descri be the selected a gency and its identified nee d. Overall, it is important to includ e any information that is pertinent for comprehend ing t he agency and nee d. It is up to you to esta blish a robu st context for und ersta nd ing a nd respond ing to the agency’s need. II. Comm uni cation wi th the Agen cy: This section should includ e a s um mary of yo ur research in add ition to any correspond ence between you a nd your selected a gency that has occurred up to this point in the term. T his will i nclud e the agency’s descri ption of its nee d and w hy it is a need, as well as the research you condu cted with t he agency to obtain add itional i nformation a bout the nee d, such as why the nee d is present and what resources were previously used to attempt to add ress the need. W hile condu cti ng i nterviews with t he agency, use the interview consent form prov ided in t he course materials. Remember: If yo u are no t able to get in c ontact with an a gency, you may use t he agency’s website and t he agency‘s miss ion and vision for the found ati on of yo ur project. III. Gathe ring Commun ity Information (Me thodo logy ): Your me thodology for this project is a brief systematic literature review. In t his section, disc uss ho w yo u collected your information a nd prov ide justific ation f or your c hosen method(s). Descri be ste p-by-step for t he reader ho w yo u condu cted your brief systematic literature review so that the reader could follow yo ur methods if t hey wa nted to replicate the study . IV. Literature Rev iew : Usi ng primary and s econd ary sources, prov ide a brief review of the literature and an evaluati ve rev iew of the topic. What do es the literature say about the top ic, and how will yo u utili ze this i nformati on? Through a re view of the literat ure, yo ur evaluati on should i nclud e bu t not be limited to the relat ionship of the followi ng to your top ic: A. The app licat ion of cr iminological t heo ries B. Ethical impact C. The impact of the organizati onal c ulture D. The impact of tec hn ologies E. Previously attempted i nterventions in other agencies around t his iss ue and t heir success (or lack thereof) V. Nee d Ana lysis: This section should i nclud e yo ur analysis of the data you gathered on t he agency need. T his will provide your conclusion s drawn f rom the raw data you descri bed in the preceding section. Re ferring to yo ur ass essment of the agency and comprehensive analysis a nd ev aluation of the problem , add ress the followi ng : A. What is the magn itud e of the problem in the agency? B. What resources and i nterventions curre ntly ex ist in the agency? C. Provide a descri ption of the impact the curre nt resources and i nterventions are having on t he agency. Are they effect ive? Why or why not? D. What obstac les exist in the agency that preve nt impacting or a dd ressi ng t he problem? Rubri c Guide lines for Sub mi ssion : Your paper must be sub mitted as a 5- to 8-page Microsoft Word docume nt with doub le spaci ng, 12 -point Time s New Roman font, one-inch margins, and at least three sources cited in APA format. Note: The “P ossi ble Ind icators of Su ccess” in t he rub ric below are exa mples for you a nd your instr uctor of the types of concepts to look for in demo nstrati ng profici ency. T hey are neither exhaustive nor prescri ptive and s hould be used as guides for methods of illustrati ng how your ca pstone embodies the outcome . In the miles tone, you will be ass essed on yo ur progress towards me eting all of the course outcomes with t his rub ric. If yo u are making progress towar ds meeting t he course outcome , you will r eceive “In P rogress”, if yo ur s ubmiss ion do es not show progress towar ds the course outcome, you will receive “Does Not Meet Expectations ”. Incorpo rate f eedba ck from your instruc tor to he lp be tter mee t each cou rse ou tco me in you r fina l sub mission. Th e final capstone sub mission wi ll assess stud ents’ pro ficiency in th e course ou tcome s. Th e mileston e sub missions dem on strate wheth er stud ent s are ma king progress toward mee ting th e outcome s. Students will receive “In Progress” if they are making progress toward the course outcome. Value CJ-480-01: Apply variou s crimino logical theo ries of human beh avior to t he analy sis of crime cau sation , including biological, sociological, and psychological factors and influences Meets Expectations 100% In Progress 75% Does Not Meet Expectations 0% 15 Feedback on progress toward outcome proficiency: Possi ble Ind icators of Success Does the capstone demo nstrate the stud ent’s ability to integrate theory of human behavior in the analysis of a com mun ity issu e? Does the capstone demo nstrate the stud ent’s ability to evaluate the impact of hu man behavior on an i dentified problem? Does the capstone demo nstrate the stud ent’s ability to und erstand potential biological, sociological, or psychological factors that impact the iss ue? CJ-480-02: Apply principles of crimina l law to promote ethica l po licing strategies an d protect the rights and freedo ms of citizen s Meets Expectations 100% In Progress 75% Does Not Meet Expectations 0% 15 Feedback on progress toward outcome proficiency: Possi ble Ind icators of Success Does the capstone demo nstrate the stud ent’s ability to antici pate ethical dilemm as that could arise in a dd ressi ng a com mun ity nee d? Does the capstone demo nstrate the stud ent’s ability to evaluate laws or regu lations for t heir impact on a s pecific iss ue? CJ-480-03: Apply crimino logical scientific method s of inqu iry to arrive at rea sone d de cision s regarding professi ona l practice, prob lem-solving, soun d ope rationa l de cision s, an d critica l eva luation Meets Expectations 100% In Progress 75% Does Not Meet Expectations 0% 15 Feedback on progress toward outcome proficiency: Possi ble I nd icator s of Su cce ss tha t may be evident in the stud ent’s fina l sub missi on: Does the capstone demo nstrate the stud ent’s ability to app ly scie ntific methods of inqu iry to their decis ion-maki ng process? Does the capstone demo nstrate the stud ent’s ability to utili ze app ropriate method ology for collecti ng data? Does the capstone demo nstrate the stud ent’s ability to criti cally evaluate an a gency’s need utili zing t he scientific method? Does the capstone demo nstrate the stud ent’s ability to profess ionally comm un icate with stakeholders for the pu rposes of gatheri ng i nformation? CJ-480-04: Analy ze ho w organ izationa l culture, beh avioral theo ry, plann ing an d comm un ity relation s impact and inform crimina l justice leade rship strategies an d practice Meets Expectations 100% In Progress 75% Does Not Meet Expectations 0% 15 Feedback on progress toward outcome proficiency: Possi ble I nd icator s of Su cce ss tha t may be evident in the stud ent’s fina l sub missi on: Does the capstone demo nstrate the stud ent’s ability to analyze the impact of organizational c ulture and behavior when a dd ressing a com mun ity iss ue? Does the capstone demo nstrate the stud ent’s ability to evaluate how steps taken by an agency to add ress a commun ity iss ue imp act relations with t hat commun ity? Does the capstone demo nstrate the stud ent’s ability to identify appropriate lea dership strategies for add ressing a com mun ity issue? CJ-480-05: Eva luate t he impa ct of emerging techno logies on t he inve stigation of crime, as a too l for criminal enterpris e, inve stigation , and on t he ope ration s of crimina l justice agenc ies Meets Expectations 100% In Progress 75% Does Not Meet Expectations 0% 15 Feedback on progress toward outcome proficiency: Possi ble I nd icator s of Su cce ss tha t may be evident in the stud ent’s fina l sub missi on: Does the capstone demo nstrate the stud ent’s ability to identify technologies that could be used in a dd ressing a com mun ity issue? Does the capstone demo nstrate the stud ent’s ability to assess the impact of tec hnologies on a commun ity issue? Does the capstone demo nstrate the stud ent’s ability to evaluate the role of tec hnology for the effective imp lementation of recomm end ations that add ress a commun ity iss ue? CJ-480-06: Eva luate t ran sna tiona l crimina l enterprises an d t he impact globa lization of crime ha s upo n po licing in t he U nited States Meets Expectations 100% In Progress 75% Does Not Meet Expectations 0% 15 Feedback on progress toward outcome proficiency: Possi ble I nd icator s of Su cce ss tha t may be evident in the stud ent’s fina l sub missi on: Does the capstone demo nstrate the stud ent’s ability to consider the impact of globali zation w hen add ressi ng a com mun ity issue? Does the capstone demo nstrate the stud ent’s ability to analyze the relationship between com mun ity and national or international iss ues? Ar ticulation of R espon se Meets Expectations 100% In Progress 75% Does Not Meet Expectations 0% 10 Fee db ack on Ar ticulation of Re spon se: Sub mission ha s no major errors related to cit ation s, grammar, spelling, syn tax, or organ ization