The prompt instructs the student to write a 350-500 word journal post addressing criminal justice careers and trends. It asks the student to choose one career from policing, courts, and corrections, summarize each in 50 words including professional standards. The student must explain how the careers represent their component and how a current trend impacts one career. The post should address choosing careers from the three components, summarizing each with standards, explaining how the careers work together, and relating a trend to one career. It provides word count, citation, and scoring guidelines.

1. Prompt
Now that you’ve reviewed the resources for the second half of
this module, you have a better understanding of the expectation
of high standards in the criminal justice profession. In this 350-
to 500-word journal post, address the following:
Choose one career from each of the three components of the
criminal justice system (policing, courts, and corrections).
Summarize, in approximately 50 words, each career including
its professional standards.
Explain how the three careers represent the component they
belong to. For example, if your suggested career is a victim
rights advocate, which component (policing, courts, corrections)
does this career most closely align to, and how is it
representative of the goals or mission of that component?
Choose one current trend in criminal justice and explain how it
impacts one of the careers you have identified.
Specifically, the following
rubric criteria
must be addressed:
Choose a career from each of the three components of the
criminal justice system.
Summarize each career (including its professional standards).
Explain how the three careers work together.

2. Determine a current trend that might relate to the one of the
careers you have chosen.
Guidelines for Submission
This assignment must be 350–500 words in length. Any
references must be cited in APA format. 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.