Assessment Method:[PAPER] Students are introduced to criminal justice concepts through lecture,...

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Assessment Method:[PAPER]				Students are introduced to criminal justice concepts through lecture, videos and class discussions. These concepts are then applied to the analysis of the three main facets of the criminal justice system (police, courts, and corrections). Students will examine the historical foundation, uses, and contemporary issues with the death penalty based off of their understanding of the idea of crime and the societal impact of law. Students will provide information specific to the types of death eligible crimes currently in practice as opposed to the historical death eligible crimes. Students will provide an analysis of the justifications for the death penalty and the justifications for the abolishment of the death penalty. Students will further assess criticisms of the application of the death penalty along racial and socioeconomic lines as well as regional disparities impacting the death penalty. Students will analyze, evaluate and synthesize data collected regarding the death penalty with a look to the direction that the death penalty is headed and how that impacts the three primary areas of the criminal justice system.			Expectations:	Knowledge based			The student will provide a paper regarding the Death Penalty with the following elements included:									Historical context										Current uses										Death eligible crimes (past and present)										Reasons justifying the Death Penalty										Reasons for the abolishing of the Death Penalty										Racial and socioeconomic issues surrounding the Death Penalty									The paper will be written to APA standards inclusive of the following:									An APA cover page										An abstract										A reference page										In-text citations									The student will provide no less than the following:									2+ pages of text not inclusive of the Title page, Abstract page, or Reference page(s).*										3 references (Wikipedia is not permitted as a source; ever).									The paper will be in Times New Roman 12 point font.				The paper will have 1” margins all around.									Length assessment will only be conducted after font sizes have been verified and margins have been verified.									See rubric for additional requirements.		*2+ pages means that a complete 2 pages will be used and at least one word appears on page 3.

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DEATH PENALTY
Abstract
	Death penalty has been introduced in the United States during the 15th century by the British settlers who arrived in the new world during that time. Although initially capital punishment was restricted to incidents of petty theft and animal killing during the 15th century, with time, the rates of criminal activities changed. Heinous crimes that are inclusive in ‘death eligible’ federal crimes are given capital punishment. Such criminal acts include murder, kidnapping, smuggling humans and so on. There are a number of controversies regarding the implementation of death penalty as there are people who are against death penalty due to a number of reasons. Although death penalty supporters base their arguments on deterrence, proportional retribution and an appropriate closure to the families of the offenders, the individuals against death penalty oppose these reasons. 
Table of Contents
Historical Context	4
Current Uses	4
Death Eligible Crimes	4
Reasons Justifying Death Penalty	5
Reasons for Abolishing Death Penalty	5
Racial and Socio-economic Issues regarding Death Penalty	5
References	7
Historical Context 
	Death penalty as a form of punishment was introduced by the British in America. The European settlers brought capital punishment to the new world around the 15th century. According to Baumgartner et al. (2017), the first recorded incident of capital punishment was in the year 1608 at Jamestown colony of Virginia, where Captain George Kendall was given death penalty for being a spy for Spain. The implementation of death penalty laws varied from one colony to the other. Therefore, in the Massachusetts Bay colony,

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