Module Six Journal CJ-210
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Faheem ParachaModule Six Journal CJ-210
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Faheem Paracha
Overview
In this assignment, you will reflect on gender diversity in prison populations and how federal policies have impacted sexual violence in corrections.
Prompt
In a speech presented at the NAACP Conference in 2015, former President Barack Obama stated, “We should not tolerate conditions in prison that have no place in any civilized country.” Now that you’ve reviewed the
resources for this module, you have a better understanding of the impact of gender diversity on prison populations and how federal policies have impacted sexual violence in corrections. In this 150- to Listenjournal,
300-word
address the following:
Dictionary
What prison conditions might President Obama have been referring to?
How might these prison conditions contribute to sexual violence in prisons? Consider the differences for men, women, and persons who identify as LGBTQ in your response. Translate
Which federal policies have been created in an effort to improve prison conditions?
How might these federal policies help to improve prison conditions? Consider the impact of these policies for men, women, and persons who identify as LGBTQ.
Specifically, the following rubric criteria must be addressed:
Identify the prison conditions referred to by President Obama.
Explain how these conditions may contribute to sexual violence in prisons (for men, women, and persons who identify as LGBTQ).
Identify federal policies that have been created to address the prison conditions identified above.
Explain how these federal policies can help to alleviate these prison conditions.
Guidelines for Submission
This assignment must be 150 to 300 words in length. Any references must be cited in APA style. Consult the Shapiro Library APA Style Guide for more information on citations.
Note: For journal assignments, you can receive a Proficient, Needs Improvement, or Not Evident score on each of your rubric criteria. There is no Exemplary score for this assignment, because you will receive feedback
and make revisions to improve beyond proficiency in these concepts.
Module Six Journal Rubric
Criteria Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (85%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Articulation of Response Clearly conveys meaning with correct Shows progress toward proficiency, but with Submission has critical errors in grammar, 15
grammar, sentence structure, and spelling errors in grammar, sentence structure, and sentence structure, and spelling
spelling
Prison Conditions Identifies the prison conditions President Shows progress toward proficiency, but with Does not attempt criterion 20
Obama may have been referring to errors or omissions
Contribution to Sexual Violence Explains how these conditions may Shows progress toward proficiency, but with Does not attempt criterion 20
contribute to sexual violence in prisons errors or omissions
Federal Policies Created Identifies federal policies that have been Shows progress toward proficiency, but with Does not attempt criterion 20
created to address the previously discussed errors or omissions
prison conditions
Federal Policies and Prison Explains how these federal policies can help Shows progress toward proficiency, but with Does not attempt criterion 20
Conditions to alleviate these prison conditions errors or omissions
Citations/Attributions Uses citations for ideas requiring attribution, Uses citations for ideas requiring attribution, Does not use citations for ideas requiring 5
with consistent minor errors with major errors attribution
Criteria Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (85%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Total: 100%
