Page | 1  CCJ 410 Crime Myths Hickman “In the News” Assignment Assignment Purpose As we discuss in the course, the media can be a major source of crime myth generation and perpetuation. Unfortunately, this type of media coverage is pervasive and difficult to avoid. The media can also be a source of useful information helping to counter myths and spread important research information. The goal of this assignment is encourage students to critically evaluate news coverage and think about the presentation of crime and criminal justice issues in the news media.  During the course, students will complete three (3) “In the News” assignments. Students will select a different news media articles/stories for each submission but the paper content and formatting instructions are the same for each. Assignment Preparation 1) Go to Google News: http://news.google.com/ 2) In the search bar on this page, type in terms like “Crime Myths,” “Crime Policy,” “Criminal Justice Myths,” or “Criminal Justice Reform” 3) Look through the search results and find a news media story/article that you relates to our class and that you find interesting. 4) The news story you select cannot be older than January 1, 2012.  5 ) Once you have selected a story, complete the following written assignment. News Story Selection Guidance  Your selected news story does not need to state directly that it is addressing a crime myth. If it does not, however, you must justify in the reaction section of your paper how the news story relates to our course.  Your selected news story must be taken from the news media. This does not include personal blog sites or other sites that don’t represent themselves as a news source. Assignment Requirements For the assignment, you will need to be prepared to submit: (1) Posting/news story date listed on the website (2) Full news story title (3) URL/Internet address where the article can be located  I will click on the web address you provide to read your selected article. Required Written Content 1 ) Write one paragraph (not more) summarizing main points of the news story entirely in your own words.  This means you should not include quotes from text in the news story and do Page | 2  not plagiarize! If you feel it is necessary to your summary, you may provide data presented in the news story (such as a statistic) but use your own words in the description. You do not need to use a citation to the news story in your summary because you are providing the title and source. 2) Write at least two paragraphs of your own thoughts or reaction to the news story, as it relates to our course topic and/or specific course material.  Your discussion should explain how the content of the story relates to our course and your personal thoughts and reactions about the news story content.  Your discussion about the relationship to our course c ...

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CCJ 410 Crime Myths
Hickman
“In the News” Assignment
Assignment Purpose
As we discuss in the course, the media can be a major source of
crime myth generation and
perpetuation. Unfortunately, this type of media coverage is
pervasive and difficult to avoid. The
media can also be a source of useful information helping to
counter myths and spread important
research information. The goal of this assignment is encourage
students to critically evaluate
news coverage and think about the presentation of crime and
criminal justice issues in the news
media.
News” assignments. Students
will select a different news media articles/stories for each
submission but the paper content
and formatting instructions are the same for each.
Assignment Preparation
1) Go to Google News: http://news.google.com/

2. 2) In the search bar on this page, type in terms like “Crime
Myths,” “Crime Policy,” “Criminal
Justice Myths,” or “Criminal Justice Reform”
3) Look through the search results and find a news media
story/article that you relates to our
class and that you find interesting.
4) The news story you select cannot be older than January 1,
2012.
written assignment.
News Story Selection Guidance
it is addressing a crime myth.
If it does not, however, you must justify in the reaction section
of your paper how the news
story relates to our course.
This does not include
personal blog sites or other sites that don’t represent themselves
as a news source.
Assignment Requirements
For the assignment, you will need to be prepared to submit:

3. (1) Posting/news story date listed on the website
(2) Full news story title
(3) URL/Internet address where the article can be located
selected article.
Required Written Content
1 ) Write one paragraph (not more) summarizing main points of
the news story entirely in
your own words.
This means you should not include quotes from text in the
news story and do
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not plagiarize! If you feel it is necessary to your summary, you
may provide
data presented in the news story (such as a statistic) but use
your own words in
the description. You do not need to use a citation to the news
story in your
summary because you are providing the title and source.
2) Write at least two paragraphs of your own thoughts or
reaction to the news story, as it relates to
our course topic and/or specific course material.

4. relates to our course and
your personal thoughts and reactions about the news story
content.
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very general or it can
refer to a specific piece of assigned reading or textbook chapter.
Either approach is
acceptable.
Plagiarism
PSU requires all students to understand what plagiarism is and
how to avoid it. PSU provides you
with a number of resources to help you meet this responsibility.
Here’s just one example:
https://www.pdx.edu/writing-center/guided-tour-step-nine-
checking-your-use-of-research Among
other things, plagiarism includes copy and pasting other
people’s writing into your writing without
proper citation. Plagiarism from any source in in this course
will result in 0 points for the
assignment and a formal report of the incident to the PSU
Conduct Office.
Required Format
Each assignment must use the format headings shown on the
next page.
the required headings or fail to

5. discuss the required content under the proper heading
-spaced, in 12-point font,
carefully proofread, written
using formal language, and contain no grammar or spelling
mistakes.
MS Word or in PDF format.
After you believe you have successfully uploaded your paper,
go back in and double-
check that (1) your file was indeed successfully uploaded and
(2) you uploaded the file
you intended to upload. Contact the PSU Helpdesk for any
technical difficulties.
SEE REQUIRED PAPER FORMAT ON PAGE 3
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REQUIRED PAPER HEADINGS
In the News Assignment Submission
CCJ 410 Crime Myths
Your Full Name

6. Posting/News Story Date:
Full News Story Title:
URL/Internet address where the news story can be found:
I. News Story Summary
{Under this heading, you will write your news story summary
paragraph. Do not include any
reaction or personal opinion in this section. Use your own
words.}
II. My Reaction To the News Story
{Under this heading, write your reaction discussion. Minimum
length is two full paragraphs.
Describe how the news story relates to our course and offers
your own thoughts/reaction to the
story.}

7. The Group Project for the semester will depart somewhat from
normal in keeping with the call for social distancing. Normally
I ask you to design a small museum exhibition that illustrate
key concepts on Creativity. Instead of putting together a
normal museum exhibition, I want you to create a “virtual
museum tour” of an exhibition on Creativity and the Creative
Process.
A number of museums around the world are offering such
virtual tours online, so there are a number of examples to use as
models for your virtual tour. You will be asked to present it for
the visitor who is encountering it online. You may use any
program that would suit this – I would put it together on
PowerPoint, but that’s because I’m fairly ignorant when it
comes to setting up a website. Use whatever program you feel
most comfortable with that allows you to integrate text and
visual images, utilizing video and narration if it serves your
purpose.
The exhibition should illustrate and explain several of the ideas,
concepts, models, etc. that you – individually and collectively –
found most useful, intriguing, engaging, meaningful or eye-
opening. It’s to be presented to a general audience of any age
group or education level in a way that is engaging.
While I will be looking for you to bring in specific ideas
covered in class, I want you to use them creatively. Instead of
simply telling the visitor about the Wallas Model, I want you
frame it in a new and unexpected way. The best approach to
this is to think “bisociatively” or analogically. That is, I want

8. you to combine it with another subject matter.
There are several approaches I can immediately think of for
this. One approach could be to look at the creative process in a
particular domain – in the sciences, technology, business, art,
literature, music or any of the majors we have here at Cal Poly -
and illustrate the ideas through that particular domain.
Alternatively, you could illustrate it through a story or situation
or set of characters from well-known stories, movies, etc. You
might use characters or events from the Wizard of Oz to depict
the role of though, feelings and courage in the creative process.
Or you could look at the creative process from an historical or
cross cultural perspective. I am open to other approaches –
remember to think metaphorically.
The exhibition should reflect what the online visitor will
encounter – image, script, signage that they will read, and some
sense of the floor plan or layout of the exhibition and any
design elements. A number of museums around the world are
offering these kinds of virtual tours of their exhibits. Here’s
one possible source.
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/travel/a31784720/best-
virtual-tours/
I recommend you find examples of virtual tours other than art
museums. Children’s museums, cultural museums, science and

9. technology museums, natural history museums are better
models. You may imagine that your exhibition is set up in one
of these unusual types of museums.
You’ve got a great deal of flexibility as to what you will
present. It may involve specific creative thinking techniques,
explore the nature of the creative process or look at the impact
of creativity on the culture. Make sure you have enough
substance to engage visitors for ten to fifteen minutes or more.
In addition, I want a 3-5 page paper (with illustrations and
cover page) explaining your concept and how you have
incorporated specific ideas in your proposal. The group
projects will be presented the last week of classes.
And remember to have some fun along the way.
Assignment Details (Discussion Question – 300 plus words) –
(Due 4-18)
Discuss the following in your main post:
· What can be classified as a grievance?
· Contracts will have specific steps for a grievance procedure;
however, the basic framework includes a verbal discussion, a
written discussion, a formal meeting, and arbitration. Discuss
the importance of each step in the grievance procedure along
with why steps cannot be skipped.
· The Bureau of National Affairs has sanctioned a test to
determine whether just cause is satisfied. What are the
questions that must be answered for justification?

10. Assignment Details (Due 4-20)
Research an actual arbitration case involving a company and its
union by choosing a case from the National Labor Relations
Board (NLRB) Web site that was issued within the last 2 years.
Complete the following:
· Discuss the key relevant issues.
· Discuss the arbiter's ruling.
· Do you think the arbiter’s ruling was fair? Why or why not?
· What broader ramifications might this ruling have had for that
company and that union?
Present your findings in a Word document of 2–3 pages
formatted in APA style. Submitting your assignment in APA
format means, at a minimum, you will need the following:
· Title page: Remember the running head and title in all capital
letters.
· Body: The body of your paper begins on the page following
the title page and abstract page, and it must be double-spaced
between paragraphs. The typeface should be 12-pt. Times
Roman or 12-pt. Courier in regular black type. Do not use color,
bold type, or italics except as required for APA level headings
and references. The deliverable length of the body of your paper
for this assignment is 3-4 pages. In-text academic citations to
support your decisions and analysis are required. A variety of
academic sources is encouraged.
· Reference page: References that align with your in-text
academic sources are listed on the final page of your paper. The
references must be in APA format using appropriate spacing,
hang indention, italics, and upper- and lower-case usage as
appropriate for the type of resource used. Remember, the
reference page is not a bibliography, but it is a further listing of
the abbreviated in-text citations used in the paper. Every
referenced item must have a corresponding in-text citation.
Assignment Details (Please use template) Due 4-20) Important
Prepare a report identifying the top-ranked ERP system where

11. you work or for another organization with which you are
familiar. Using this template, conduct research for these major
ERP suppliers: Infor, Microsoft, Oracle, Sage, and SAP.
Based on your selected organization, assign a company priority
level in the blue cells and a vendor capability level in the light
gray cells and then the company's capabilities in the indicated
cells.
The company priority level is an indication as to whether or not
the company needs the feature:
· 1: Feature not needed
· 2: Feature nice to have
· 3: Feature required
The vendor capability level is an indication as to whether or not
the vendor can supply the feature:
· 1: Vendor cannot supply feature
· 2: Vendor can supply feature with extra cost
· 3: Vendor meets requirement
After completing the worksheet, prepare a 2-slide PowerPoint
summary. On one slide, you will recommend the best ERP for
your selected organization and base the recommendation on the
best ERP system according to the priorities you assigned for
each element, in addition to the research you conducted for each
ERP provider. The second slide will include your references
used for research.