Week 2 Forum QuestionIn a seamless posting, please incorporate the following into your initial posting:After reviewing recently published (within the past five years) peer-reviewed scholarly articles located in the AMU/APUS University’s online Library data bases.  Discuss a criminal justice topic requesting instructor approval of the topic you would like for your research proposal (term project) paper. In doing so, please remember for this class you are selecting a topic NOT for writing a research paper about, but rather for writing a proposal to do actual hands-on research using scientific research methodology. In your forum post discuss what you have identified in the current peer reviewed literature located in the APUS Library databases on a topic you wish to research. Briefly discuss the literature and express what still needs to be researched or requires further research on the topic you would like to address in your research proposal. In other words, did the authors of the studies already done on this topic you reviewed call for further research on the topic or something to do with the topic? Then again, perhaps you identified a problem that still needs to be researched on the topic where the current literature is lacking.  If so, discuss what it is and how it pertains to the topic and why it needs to be researched and who would benefit from the research. After doing so, you are to provide a 'Working Title' for your Research Proposal, as discussed in this week's lesson. Understanding this may change as your Research Proposal develops during the course.Student expectations for Forum questions:  Your initial Forum posts require a minimum of a 500 word substantive response. All follow-up responses (minimum of 2) should require 250-300 words.

Job Profile of Correctional OfficersThe job profile of correctional officers includes security and inmate accountability. They are responsible for preventing disturbances, physical attacks, and escapes by the prisoners or inmates. The job profile of correctional officers can make them both sympathetic as well as hateful towards victims. They may be sympathetic because they deal with perpetrators who have been victimized.In this context, do you think it is essential to educate correctional officers on the field of victimology? The study of why certain people are victims of crime is known as victimology. It also includes the study of how lifestyle makes certain people more susceptible to be victims. Author Susan Sontag wrote the following quotation on victims: "Victims suggest innocence. And innocence, by the inexorable logic that governs all relational terms, suggests guilt."Is the quotation in the context of the study of victimology, acceptable? Why? Have you witnessed any situations in your life that would support or rebut this quotation? Provide two such instances from your personal life to substantiate your agreement or disagreement.Can officers working with the same criminal populations have differing views on victims? Can victimologists help correctional officers or do victimologists and correctional officers form an unnatural team? Why? Support your rationale with research-based examples or real-life experiences.Cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.

CompetenciesEvaluate the roles and behaviors of teams in organizational settings.Examine variables, conditions, and concepts that influence team performance and productivity.Evaluate methods and systems for rewarding and compensating teams.Analyze the interpersonal processes and structural characteristics that influence team effectiveness.Examine team-member communication, collaboration, and strategies for developing team intelligence.Analyze leadership roles, techniques, and challenges in leading teams.Scenario InformationAs a leader, you have been tasked with building a team whose purpose is to recommend a new performance evaluation system. The current system is outdated and greatly reduces employee morale each year. As the leader, your task is to build the team, from recruitment of team members to rewarding teams.InstructionsAs the leader of this problem-solving team, you are tasked with recruiting employees to be a part of this six-person team to recommend a new performance evaluation system. You know part of the process includes building the team and leading them through all the stages of team development; you need to be aware of the roles and behaviors that occur. In addition, consider performance and productivity for the team, rewarding and compensating teams, and communication between the team members. Further, consider your role as the leader and the challenges you may face. The company has asked you to create a slide presentation of your team's recommendation, including a voice recording. Remember your audience when giving your presentation. You can use any Webware/software of your choosing for the voice recording, and include the following slides:Title slideExplain the roles and behaviors of the teamProvide best practices for influencing the team for performance and productivityDescribe the appropriate reward and compensation for your teamExplain interpersonal processes to influence the effectiveness of your teamProvide examples of effective team-member communicationDescribe the most appropriate collaboration and strategy to develop team intelligenceProvide challenges you may face as a leaderConclusion slide that includes the main points of this team processAny additional, relevant informationReferences