CJ 510 Final Project Guidelines and Rubric

Criminal justice professionals are asked to serve the public with professionalism and fairness. Regardless of crimes committed by a suspect, the suspect must be
treated respectfully and ethically. Leaders are expected to be able to take command of tragedies and major incidents. Administrators must walk a fine line to
keep the public informed and their subordinates safe. It takes a true leader to be able to gain the trust of the community and the criminal justice professionals
that serve under that particular leader. In order to achieve the qualities of a true leader, one must be able to approach problem situations effectively and address
problems ethically and appropriately for all parties involved.
The final project in this course will expose you to a problem situation and task you with how it should be solved. You will imagine you are employed at a criminal
justice organization facing a communal problem. Your superior at the organization has asked you to review the problem situation and offer your
recommendations. You will be given the chance to evaluate the situation and develop suggestions that will inform development of strategies to address the issue
using appropriate ethical and transparent leadership and communication skills. It is important to be able to recognize what leadership style you may be using and
if that style will be effective in dealing with an issue at hand. This project will give you the experience and tools necessary to address problem situations and effectively lead both your subordinates and the parties involved while also coordinating with your superiors. CJ 510 Final Project Guidelines and Rubric
The final project for this course is the creation of a problem analysis with recommendations report. The final product represents an authentic demonstration of competency because it requires you to apply leadership concepts and ethical decision-making regarding decisions that will affect numerous stakeholders. The
stakeholders include your law enforcement organization, a community, and many others such as political leaders and government officials. The project is supported by four milestones, which will be submitted at various points throughout the course to scaffold learning and ensure quality final submissions. These milestones will be submitted in Modules One, Three, Five, and Seven. The final product will be submitted in Module Nine. CJ 510 Final

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ProjectORDER A PLAGIARISM FREE PAPER NOW Guidelines and Rubric
In this assignment, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following course outcomes:
 Analyze leadership dynamics and approaches used within criminal justice organizations for determining appropriate leadership styles that address
communal problems
 Determine the potential impact of the ethical decision-making of leadership on the operations of employees and the organizational culture within
criminal justice agencies
 Evaluate the ethical decision-making of leadership in criminal justice organizations based on accepted best practices and appropriate research
 Recommend strategies for fostering growth and trust between and within communities and criminal justice organizations
 Make recommendations for overcoming obstacles for implementing new strategies to internal and external key stakeholders in criminal justice
organizations

Prompt
For the final project, imagine you are a professional working in a criminal justice organization. Your superior has asked your opinion on a problem facing the
community. You will be given a basic scenario detailing a department of the organization that is trying to address a communal problem. You will complete a
report explaining the problem facing the community and offering any recommendations and strategies you believe could effectively address the problem.
You will select one of the following case studies to analyze for your final project. To access the case studies, refer to the Harvard Business Review Coursepack
Module:
1. NYPD New
2. The Flawed Emergency Response to the 1992 Los Angeles Riots
Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:
I. Introduction
A. Describe the organization based on the information provided in the chosen scenario and explain the communal problem that they are trying to
address.
B. Describe budgetary constraints and other potential obstacles that might impact the organization in addressing the problem from the agency and
community standpoint.
C. Analyze and describe the current research in the field that would help leadership ethically address the issue and base their decisions on best
practices of the field.
II. Leadership Analysis
A. Analyze the actions of leadership in the chosen scenario for how they did or did not facilitate and motivate employees in addressing the
problem. Be sure to provide examples from the scenario to support your response. What instances in the chosen scenario exemplify the
approach of leadership in encouraging and interacting with employees?
B. Analyze the actions of leadership in the chosen scenario for communication issues that might arise and how these issues might impede
addressing the problem. Be sure to provide examples from the scenario to support your response. What communication issues might leadership
face when addressing this problem? What are the implications or consequences of these issues?
C. Determine whether the supervisors in the chosen scenario have functioned as effective leaders. Be sure to justify your response and support
your response with appropriate research from the field gathered in your previous review.
III. Analysis of Ethics
A. Determine the ethicality of leadership’s decision making during their attempts to address the problem. Be sure to justify your response and
support your response with appropriate research from the field gathered in your previous review.

B. Evaluate the transparency of the organization in regard to public communications. Be sure to justify your response. For example, are systems in
place to communicate with the public? Has the organization been readily available and willing to provide the community with information
regarding the problem?
C. Evaluate how leadership of the organization considered the ethical concerns of the community in addressing the problem. Be sure to justify your
response. For example, how were the concerns of internal and external stakeholders considered?
D. Determine how the ethical decisions of leadership may impact the performance of employees in addressing the problem. How might these
decisions improve employees’ ability to address the problem? How might they hinder their ability to address the problem?
E. Determine how the ethical decisions of leadership may impact the culture of the organization. For example, what if employees do not agree
with the decisions?
F. Explain the overall implications of the ethical decision-making of leadership and how that affects the organization and the community. Be sure
to justify your response, and support your response with appropriate research from the field gathered in your previous review.
IV. Recommendations
A. Recommend an appropriate and effective leadership style that superiors at the organization could employ to address the problem and best fit
the organization based on your previous analysis. Be sure to justify your response.
B. Make recommendations to leadership for resolving the situation that balance the needs of the community, effectively addressing the problem,
and what is ethically appropriate. How should leadership balance these three important elements in addressing the problem?
C. Recommend strategies or actions that leadership could take to improve community relations and foster growth and trust between the
community and the organization in response to the problem from the chosen scenario. Be sure to justify your response and support your
response with appropriate research from the field gathered in your previous review.
D. Recommend strategies or actions that leadership could take to maintain and improve the culture of the organization in response to the ethical
decisions of leadership regarding the problem from the chosen scenario. Be sure to justify your response and support your response with
appropriate research from the field gathered in your previous review.
E. Make recommendations for the organization on how they could account for obstacles that might impede the organization in addressing the
problem and implementing your recommendations.
F. Explain how the organization could implement and uphold your recommendations. For example, should they enact new policies? Training?
G. Explain how the organization would consider any budgetary constraints they might face both in addressing the problem and implementing any
of your recommendations.
Milestones
Milestone One: Case Study Selection
In Module One, you will submit the case study that you have selected to complete your final project on. Review the final project and then the two case study
options. You will post your case study selection in a journal assignment. This milestone will be graded with the Milestone One Rubric.

Milestone Two: Leadership Analysis
In Module Three, you will submit your leadership analysis. You will analyze how leadership acted in your selected case study in regard to how they facilitated or
motivated employees, what communication issues might affect how they addressed the problem, and whether or not the supervisors in your selected case study
functioned as effective leaders. This milestone will be graded with the Milestone Two Rubric.
Milestone Three: Analysis of Ethics
In Module Five, you will submit an analysis of ethics. You will analyze your selected case study for the ethics that were used to address the problem. You will
evaluate how leadership addressed the problem and whether they used ethical decision-making. This milestone will be graded with the Milestone Three Rubric.
Milestone Four: Recommendations
In Module Seven, you will submit recommendations. You will use your previous analysis of the leadership and ethics and recommend strategies to help improve
the organization’s use of ethical decision-making, the overall culture of the organization, and their relationship with the community. You will then identify
obstacles that might occur when the plan is being implemented and strategies to help the organization implement and uphold your recommendations. This
milestone will be graded with the Milestone Four Rubric.
Final Submission: Problem Analysis With Recommendations Report
In Module Nine, you will submit your final project. It should be a complete, polished artifact containing all of the critical elements of the final product. It should
reflect the incorporation of feedback gained throughout the course. This submission will be graded with the Final Project Rubric.
Deliverables
Milestone Deliverable Module Due Grading
One Case Study Selection One Graded separately; Milestone One Rubric
Two Leadership Analysis Three Graded separately; Milestone Two Rubric
Three Analysis of Ethics Five Graded separately; Milestone Three Rubric
Four Recommendations Seven Graded separately; Milestone Four Rubric
Final Submission: Problem Analysis With
Recommendations Report
Nine Graded separately; Final Project Rubric
Final Project Rubric Guidelines for Submission: Your problem analysis should be 6–8 pages in 12-point Times New Roman font, double-spaced, following appropriate APA
formatting. CJ 510 Final Project Guidelines and Rubric
Critical Elements Exemplary Proficient Needs Improvement Not Evident Value
Introduction:
Problem
Describes the organization
based on the information
provided in the chosen scenario
and explains the communal
problem that they are trying to
address
(100%)
Describes the organization
based on the information
provided in the chosen scenario
and explains the communal
problem that they are trying to
address but description or
explanation is cursory or
contains inaccuracies
(70%)
Does not describe the
organization based on the
information provided in the
chosen scenario and does not
explain the communal problem
that they are trying to address
(0%)
3
Introduction:
Budgetary
Constraints and
Other Obstacles
Describes budgetary constraints
and other potential obstacles
that might impact the
organization in addressing the
problem from the agency and
community standpoint
(100%)
Describes budgetary constraints
and other potential obstacles
that might impact the
organization in addressing the
problem from the agency and
community standpoint but
description is cursory
(70%)
Does not describe budgetary
constraints and other potential
obstacles that might impact the
organization in addressing the
problem from the agency and
community standpoint
(0%)
4.42
Introduction:
Current Research
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
response demonstrates an
astute ability in locating
appropriate research that
would assist leadership and
provide them with best
practices of the field
(100%)
Analyzes and describes the
current research in the field
that would help leadership
ethically address the issue and
base their decisions on best
practices of the field
(90%)
Analyzes and describes the
current research in the field
that would help leadership
ethically address the issue and
base their decisions on best
practices of the field but
analysis of current research
does not include research that
would assist leadership or
provide them with best
practices or description of
research is cursory
(70%)
Does not analyze and describe
the current research in the field
that would help leadership
ethically address the issue and
base their decisions on best
practices of the field
(0%)
3

Leadership Analysis:
Facilitate and
Motivate
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
provided examples
demonstrate keen insight in
recognizing instances in the
chosen scenario where
leadership did or did not
facilitate and motive employees
(100%)
Analyzes the actions of
leadership in the chosen
scenario for how they did or did
not facilitate and motivate
employees in addressing the
problem, providing examples to
support response
(90%)
Analyzes the actions of
leadership in the chosen
scenario for how they did or did
not facilitate and motivate
employees in addressing the
problem, providing examples to
support response, but analysis
is cursory or illogical, or
provided examples are
inappropriate or illogical
(70%)
Does not analyze the actions of
leadership in the chosen
scenario for how they did or did
not facilitate and motivate
employees in addressing the
problem
(0%)
4.42
Leadership Analysis:
Communication
Issues
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
response demonstrates a
sophisticated awareness of
communication issues that
leadership in criminal justice
organization may face and their
implications for addressing
problems
(100%)
Analyzes the actions of
leadership in the chosen
scenario for communication
issues that might arise and how
these issues might impede
addressing the problem,
providing examples to support
response
(90%)
Analyzes the actions of
leadership in the chosen
scenario for communication
issues that might arise and how
these issues might impede
addressing the problem,
providing examples to support
response but analysis is cursory
or illogical, or provided
examples are inappropriate or
illogical
(70%)
Does not analyze the actions of
leadership in the chosen
scenario for communication
issues that might arise and how
these issues might impede
addressing the problem
(0%)
4.42
Leadership Analysis:
Effective Leaders
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
response demonstrates keen
insight into the difference
between supervising and being
an effective leader
(100%)
Determines whether the
supervisors in the chosen
scenario have functioned as
effective leaders, justifying
response and supporting
response with appropriate
research from the field
(90%)
Determines whether the
supervisors in the chosen
scenario have functioned as
effective leaders, justifying
response and supporting
response with appropriate
research from the field
but determination is cursory,
illogical, or there are gaps in the
justification, or supporting
research is inappropriate
(70%)
Does not determine whether
the supervisors in the chosen
scenario have functioned as
effective leaders
(0%)
4.42

Analysis of Ethics:
Ethicality
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
justification demonstrates keen
insight into the ethicality of
leadership’s decision making
regarding their attempts to
address the problem
(100%)
Determines the ethicality of
leadership’s decision making
during their attempts to
address the problem, justifying
response and supporting
response with appropriate
research from the field
(90%)
Determines the ethicality of
leadership’s decision making
during their attempts to
address the problem, justifying
response and supporting
response with appropriate
research from the field but
determination is cursory,
illogical, or there are gaps in the
justification, or supporting
research is inappropriate
(70%)

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Does not determine the
ethicality of leadership’s
decision making during their
attempts to address the
problem
(0%)
5.9
Analysis of Ethics:
Transparency
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
response demonstrates keen
insight into how the
organization maintained open
communication with the
community in addressing the
problem
(100%)
Evaluates the transparency of
the organization in regard to
public communications,
justifying response
(90%)
Evaluates the transparency of
the organization in regard to
public communications but
evaluation is cursory, illogical,
or there are gaps in the
justification
(70%)
Does not evaluate the
transparency of the
organization in regard to public
communications
(0%)
5.9
Analysis of Ethics:
Ethical Concerns
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
response demonstrates keen
insight into how the
organization demonstrated they
considered or acted on ethical
concerns of the community in
addressing the problem
(100%)
Evaluates how leadership of the
organization considered the
ethical concerns of the
community in addressing the
problem, justifying response
(90%)
Evaluates how leadership of the
organization considered the
ethical concerns of the
community in addressing the
problem, justifying response
but evaluation is cursory,
illogical, or there are gaps in the
justification
(70%)
Does not evaluate how
leadership of the organization
considered the ethical concerns
of the community in addressing
the problem
(0%)
5.9
Analysis of Ethics:
Performance
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
response demonstrates keen
insight into the potential impact
of ethical decisions on
employee performance
(100%)
Determines how the ethical
decisions of leadership may
impact the performance of
employees in addressing the
problem
(90%)
Determines how the ethical
decisions of leadership may
impact the performance of
employees in addressing the
problem, but determination is
cursory or illogical
(70%)
Does not determine how the
ethical decisions of leadership
may impact the performance of
employees in addressing the
problem
(0%)
5.9
Analysis of Ethics:
Culture
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
response demonstrates keen
insight into the potential impact
of ethical decisions on the
culture of the organization
(100%)
Determines how the ethical
decisions of leadership may
impact the culture of the
organization
(90%)
Determines how the ethical
decisions of leadership may
impact the culture of the
organization, but determination
is cursory or illogical
(70%)
Does not determine how the
ethical decisions of leadership
may impact the culture of the
organization
(0%)
5.9
Analysis of Ethics:
Implications
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
response demonstrates a
sophisticated awareness of the
wide-reaching implications of
ethical decision-making of
criminal justice organizations in
addressing communal problems
(100%)
Explains the overall implications
of the ethical decision-making
of leadership and how that
affects the organization and the
community, justifying response
and supporting response with
appropriate research from the
field
(90%)
Explains the overall implications
of the ethical decision-making
of leadership and how that
affects the organization and the
community, justifying response,
but explanation is cursory,
illogical, or there are gaps in the
justification, or supporting
research is inappropriate
(70%)
Does not explain the overall
implications of the ethical
decision-making of leadership
and how that affects the
organization and the
community
(0%)
5.9
Recommendations:
Leadership Style
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
response demonstrates keen
insight into which leadership
style would be the best fit for
the organization while also
effectively addressing the
situation
(100%)
Recommends an appropriate
and effective leadership style
that superiors at the
organization could employ to
address the problem and best
fit the organization based on
your previous analysis,
justifying response and
supporting response with
appropriate research from the
field
(90%)
Recommends an appropriate
and effective leadership style
that superiors at the
organization could employ to
address the problem and best
fit the organization based on
your previous analysis,
justifying response but
recommendation is cursory,
illogical, or there are gaps in the
justification, or supporting
research is inappropriate
(70%)
Does not recommend an
appropriate and effective
leadership style that superiors
at the organization could
employ to address the problem
and best fit the organization
based on your previous analysis
(0%)
4.42
Recommendations:
Balance
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
response demonstrates keen
insight into managing the
intricate relationships between
the communities, addressing
the problem, and making
ethically appropriate decisions
(100%)
Makes recommendations to
leadership for resolving the
situation that balance the needs
of the community, effectively
addressing the problem and
what is ethically appropriate
(90%)
Makes recommendations to
leadership for resolving the
situation that balance the needs
of the community, effectively
addressing the problem, and
what is ethically appropriate,
but recommendations are
cursory or illogical
(70%)
Does not make
recommendations to leadership
for resolving the situation that
balance the needs of the
community, effectively
addressing the problem and
what is ethically appropriate
(0%)
5.9

Recommendations:
Foster Growth and
Trust
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
recommendations made
demonstrate a sophisticated
awareness of how to foster
growth and trust between
communities and criminal
justice organizations in
response to ethical decisionmaking of leadership
(100%)
Recommends strategies or
actions that leadership could
take to improve community
relations and foster growth and
trust between the community
and the organization in
response to the problem from
the chosen scenario, justifying
response and supporting
response with appropriate
research from the field
(90%)
Recommends strategies or
actions that leadership could
take to improve community
relations and foster growth and
trust between the community
and the organization in
response to the problem from
the chosen scenario, justifying
response, but
recommendations are cursory,
illogical, or there are gaps in the
justification, or supporting
research is inappropriate
(70%)
Does not recommend strategies
or actions that leadership could
take to improve community
relations and foster growth and
trust between the community
and the organization in
response to the problem from
the chosen scenario
(0%)
5.9
Recommendations:
Culture
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
recommendations made
demonstrate a sophisticated
awareness of how to foster
growth and trust within criminal
justice organizations in
response to ethical decision
making of leadership
(100%)
Recommends strategies or
actions that leadership could
take to maintain and improve
the culture of the organization
in response to the ethical
decisions of leadership
regarding the problem from the
chosen scenario, justifying
response and supporting
response with appropriate
research from the field
(90%)
Recommends strategies or
actions that leadership could
take to maintain and improve
the culture of the organization
in response to the ethical
decisions of leadership
regarding the problem from the
chosen scenario, justifying
response but recommendations
are cursory, illogical, or there
are gaps in the justification, or
supporting research is
inappropriate
(70%)
Does not recommend strategies
or actions that leadership could
take to maintain and improve
the culture of the organization
in response to the ethical
decisions of leadership
regarding the problem from the
chosen scenario
(0%) CJ 510 Final Project Guidelines and Rubric
5.9
Recommendations:
Obstacles
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
response demonstrates keen
insight into how the
organization could account for
potential obstacles
(100%)
Makes recommendations for
the organization for how they
could account for obstacles that
might impede the organization
in addressing the problem and
implementing
recommendations
(90%)
Makes recommendations for
the organization for how they
could account for obstacles that
might impede the organization
in addressing the problem and
implementing
recommendations but
recommendations are cursory
or illogical
(70%)
Does not make
recommendations for the
organization for how they could
account for obstacles that
might impede the organization
in addressing the problem and
implementing
recommendations
(0%)
4.42
Recommendations:
Implement and
Uphold
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
response demonstrates keen
insight into the specific
elements that the organization
could enact to implement and
uphold recommendations
(100%)
Explains how the organization
could implement and uphold
recommendations
(90%)
Explains how the organization
could implement and uphold
recommendations but
explanation is cursory or
illogical
(70%) CJ 510 Final Project Guidelines and Rubric
Does not explain how the
organization could implement
and uphold recommendations
(0%)
4.42
Recommendations:
Budgetary
Constraints
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
response demonstrates keen
insight into how the
organization could account for
budgetary constraints
(100%)
Explains how the organization
would consider any budgetary
constraints they might face
both in addressing the problem
and implementing any of
recommendations
(90%)
Explains how the organization
would consider any budgetary
constraints they might face
both in addressing the problem
and implementing any of
recommendations but
explanation is cursory or
illogical
(70%)
Does not explain how the
organization would consider
any budgetary constraints they
might face both in addressing
the problem and implementing
any of recommendations
(0%)
4.42
Articulation of
Response
Submission is free of errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, and
organization and is presented in
a professional and easy-to-read
format
(100%)
Submission has no major errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
(90%)
Submission has major errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
that negatively impact
readability and articulation of
main ideas
(70%)
Submission has critical errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
that prevent understanding of
ideas
(0%) CJ 510 Final Project Guidelines and Rubric
5.54
Total 100%