· Case Study 2: Design Process You have recently started your own software design company. You discover that your local DMV is looking to build a system that will allow receptionists to check customers in quickly. They would like for the system to allow customers to self-check-in during busy times, but have receptionists check customers in the rest of the time. Your company puts a bid in for the project and wins.  Read the article located at http://www.bcs.org/upload/pdf/ewic_hc07_lppaper18.pdf.  Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you: 1. Suggest the prototyping technique you would use for this system and support your rationale. 2. Create a management plan containing eight to ten (8-10) stages for proper design of such a system.  3. Explain each stage of the management plan and justify your rationale. 4. Estimate the length of time it will take to complete each stage of the management plan. 5. Compare and contrast the self-check-in interface with the interface a receptionist would use. 6. Use Microsoft Visio or an open source alternative, Dia, to create a total of two (2) graphical representations of your proposed interfaces, one (1) for the self-check-in and one (1) for the receptionist. Note: The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length. 7. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.  Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: . Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. . Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length. . Include charts or diagrams created in Excel, Visio, MS Project, or one of their equivalents such as Open Project, Dia, and OpenOffice. The completed diagrams/charts must be imported into the Word document before the paper is submitted.  Research Proposal: Sex Offender Policies The Impact of Sex Offender Registration Policies on Sex Offenders and Community Members Research Proposal CJ 421 Policy Analysis in Criminal Justice Introduction The development of sex offender registration and notification programs in the United States has proceeded rapidly since the early 1990s, and at the present time such programs exist in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and some of the territories and tribes. In its most basic form, sex offender registrations are systems for monitoring and tracking sex offenders following their release from confinement into the community. The registration provides important information about convicted sex offenders to local and federal authorities and the public, such as offender's name, cu.

1. · Case Study 2: Design Process
You have recently started your own software design company.
You discover that your local DMV is looking to build a system
that will allow receptionists to check customers in quickly.
They would like for the system to allow customers to self-
check-in during busy times, but have receptionists check
customers in the rest of the time. Your company puts a bid in
for the project and wins.
Read the article located at
http://www.bcs.org/upload/pdf/ewic_hc07_lppaper18.pdf.
Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:
1. Suggest the prototyping technique you would use for this
system and support your rationale.
2. Create a management plan containing eight to ten (8-10)
stages for proper design of such a system.
3. Explain each stage of the management plan and justify your
rationale.
4. Estimate the length of time it will take to complete each stage
of the management plan.
5. Compare and contrast the self-check-in interface with the
interface a receptionist would use.
6. Use Microsoft Visio or an open source alternative, Dia, to
create a total of two (2) graphical representations of your
proposed interfaces, one (1) for the self-check-in and one (1)
for the receptionist. Note: The graphically depicted solution is
not included in the required page length.
7. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment.
Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality
resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
. Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size
12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references
must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your
professor for any additional instructions.

2. . Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the
student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the
date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in
the required assignment page length.
. Include charts or diagrams created in Excel, Visio, MS
Project, or one of their equivalents such as Open Project, Dia,
and OpenOffice. The completed diagrams/charts must be
imported into the Word document before the paper is
submitted.
Research Proposal: Sex Offender Policies
The Impact of Sex Offender Registration Policies on Sex
Offenders and Community Members
Research Proposal
CJ 421 Policy Analysis in Criminal Justice
Introduction
The development of sex offender registration and notification
programs in the United States has proceeded rapidly since the
early 1990s, and at the present time such programs exist in all
50 states, the District of Columbia, and some of the territories
and tribes. In its most basic form, sex offender registrations are
systems for monitoring and tracking sex offenders following
their release from confinement into the community. The
registration provides important information about convicted sex
offenders to local and federal authorities and the public, such as
offender's name, current location and past offenses (U.S. DOJ,
2015). Sex offenders are a stigmatized population within our
country’s criminal justice system and the major impediments to
implementation of sex offender registration policies are non-
compliance, loopholes, and the difficult reintegration of an
offender who has completed his/her sanctions. On the other end

3. of the spectrum, sex offenders provoke a great deal of anxiety
in our society, and community members feel safer knowing who
is and where convicted sex offenders live and are being
monitored (Levenson et al, 2007). High-profile sex crimes
routinely grab headlines, but the question of how well sex
offense laws are working in terms of the individual in a
community has been examined to a small extent. The aim of this
paper is to consider how policies that have been designed to
manage the risk of known offenders from reoffending
potentially impact the individual as well as the community and
its safety.
Background and Significance
The term sex offender refers to an individual who has been
convicted of a sex-related crime, or of attempting to commit a
sex-related crime. Sex offender registration rulings are
promoted as a means of (1) deterring offenders from committing
future crimes, (2) providing law enforcement with an additional
investigative tool, and (3) increasing public protection (CSOM,
1999). Stricter sentencing, enhanced registration requirements,
community notifications, increased residency restrictions, and
electronic monitoring are of the few recent trends and policy
developments that have contributed to the goals stated above.
According to registration policies, an individual convicted of a
sex crime required by law to register must do so prior to leaving
state, county or city confinement. They must follow up by
registering in person within 24 hours of their release at their
county sheriff’s office. It is a federal crime for an individual to
knowingly fail to update or register as required. A sex offender
who fails to properly register may face fines and up to 10 years
in prison. Furthermore, if a sex offender knowingly fails to
update or register and commits a violent federal crime, he or
she may face up to 30 years in prison under this statute (U.S.
DOJ, 2015). These publicly accessible online registries have
been the center of most sex offender controversy due to its

4. revealing format. Any public user is capable of searching
features including names, zip codes, cities or towns, counties,
and addresses, usually through a mapping option. Sites also
provide case-specific characteristics including various personal
details about offenders such as appearance, specific offense
information, victim information, and place of employment. With
this information, there have been a growing number of state and
municipal laws that expressly forbid sex offenders from living
near places where children gather. The inability of convicted
sex offenders to find housing when they are released from
prison has become more difficult and a significant barrier to
their successful reintegration into society.
Literature Review
The bulk of literature applicable to my research is derived from
the articles of Day et al. and Ackerman et al. For this paper, the
role sex offender registration policies play in how lifestyles are
like for both the offender once released into the community and
the members of the community is investigated. Because
registration requirements are overbroad in scope and overlong
in duration, there are hundreds of thousands of registered sex
offenders in the US, including individuals convicted of non-
violent crimes such as consensual sex between teenagers,
prostitution, and public urination, as well as those who
committed their only offenses decades ago (HRW, 2007). It is
hypothesized that sex offender policies are effective in terms of
deterring offenders from committing future crimes, providing
law enforcement with an additional investigative tool, and
increasing public protection but also create impediments
regarding harassment of the individual, their freedom to
privacy, and reintegration into society. The following literature
reviews attempt to demonstrate and support the given
hypothesis.
Day et al (2014) discussed that the limited evidence available to

5. demonstrate that registration, community notification, and
residency restriction policies are effective in reducing
reoffending has led some to conclude that the laws upon which
they are based are ‘ill-considered, poorly crafted, and may
cause more harm than good’. Because of this, risk management
policies become important in tailoring the level of intervention
to the needs of the individual offender. The current approach to
sex offender management is targeted at only those offenders
who are considered to be at particularly high risk, which
contradicts the idea that collaboration is key to the effective
management of all sex offenders.
Ackerman et al (2012) examined the effectiveness of current
policies on the incidence of rape. Even with legislation
implementing new restrictions on convicted sex offenders,
including registration with law enforcement agencies,
community notification provisions, and sexually violent
predator designations permitting civil commitment following a
prison sentence, in the end their research show no evidence that
current policies reduce the incidence of rape.
Day, Newton, and Hobbs (2014) aimed to report the
perspectives of a group of professional staff who routinely work
with sex offenders in the community in a jurisdiction in which
offender registration schemes are relatively well-established.
The results presented that there was a widely held view that the
current laws are both over-inclusive and place unfair
restrictions on some offenders. The participants in this study
strongly endorse such suggestions which involve creating tiered
systems of registration based on levels of risk, with varied
application, scope, registration periods, and monitoring
requirements.
The literature on these subjects is found very relevant for this
research project. For individuals accused and convicted of a sex
crime, both social and personal tolls are high. Once registered,
the individual's name, picture and personal information will be
readily available on these databases and easy for anyone to find
and share. Although registration provides important information

6. about convicted sex offenders to local and federal authorities
and the public, the question of how effective current sex offense
laws are in managing the individual and the protection of the
public remain.
Works Cited
U.S. Department of Justice (2015, July). Citizen's guide to U.S.
federal law on sex offender registration. Retrieved from
http://www.justice.gov/criminal-ceos/citizens-guide-us-federal-
law-sex-offender-registration
Levenson, J. S., Brannon, Y. N., Fortney, T., & Baker, J.
(2007). Public Perceptions About Sex Offenders and
Community Protection Policies. Analyses of Social Issues and
Public Policy Analyses Soc Iss & Publ Pol,7(1), 1-25.
Center For Sex Offender Management [CSOM]. (1999,
October). Sex Offender Registration: Policy Overview and
Comprehensive Practices." Retrieved from
http://www.csom.org/pubs/sexreg.pdf
Human Rights Watch [HRW]. (2007, September 11). US: Sex
Offender Laws May Do More Harm Than Good. Retrieved from
https://www.hrw.org/news/2007/09/11/us-sex-offender-laws-
may-do-more-harm-good
Ackerman, A. R., Sacks, M., & Greenberg, D. F. (2012).
Legislation Targeting Sex Offenders: Are Recent Policies
Effective in Reducing Rape? Justice Quarterly,29(6), 858-887.
Day, A., Carson, E., Newton, D., & Hobbs, G. (2014).
Professional Views on the Management of Sex Offenders in the
Community. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation,53(3), 171-189.
Day, A., Carson, E., Boni, N., & Hobbs, G. (2014). The
management of sex offenders in the community: from policy to
practice. Australian Journal Of Social Issues (Australian Social
Policy Association), 49(3), 249-264.