Criminal Justice Individual Project

Weekly tasks or assignments (Individual or Group Projects) will be due by Monday and late submissions will be assigned a late penalty in accordance with the late penalty policy found in the syllabus. NOTE: All submission posting times are based on midnight Central Time.

You are newly assigned to the detective bureau within your police department. You and your partner, who has been on the force for almost 10 years, of which 7 have been as a homicide investigator, have just been dispatched to a suspicious death. Upon your arrival, you notice that the media already set up operations at the crime scene and is currently broadcasting live. As you approach the scene, a reporter approaches you with microphone in hand and begins to ask specific questions related to the incident. You politely tell her that any and all information related to the incident will be provided by the department information officer, in a timely manner.

Assignment Guidelines

• Address the following in 500–750 words:
  • In what ways do the media overdramatize crime? Explain
  • What effect does the media treatment of crime have on public opinion? Explain.
  • How should law enforcement agencies address media interviews and information dissemination? Why?
  • In what ways does the news media help create and reinforce crime myths? Explain.
    • What are the effects of crime myths on law enforcement agencies? Explain.
      • How should administrations address these myths? Explain.
• Be sure to reference all sources using APA style.