Communicating a Message Assignment

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Provide 2-3 pages not including title page, abstract, and reference page (DO NOT GO BY WORD COUNT). Use proper APA throughout. Use references provided below. Power point discussed is attached below.

Application: Communicating a Message to Multiple Audiences

Real life is not always tidy, and this fact certainly holds true in public communications. Audiences have multiple characteristics that can influence how a message should be delivered. As a criminal justice professional, you must consider how audience characteristics might influence how a message should be delivered. You should then consider challenges to effectively communicating a message to that audience.

Perhaps you select to use visual aids for a group of 7th grade children. You then find out that the children attend an inner-city school with a low reading level and will not be able to understand your visual aids. Or perhaps they are Non-English speaking children who might not be able to read your visual aids. Once you begin to consider the variety of potential audiences, and their distinct characteristics, the importance of presenting the same message in several different formats becomes clear.

For this assignment, review your PowerPoint submission from Week 2. Then select one audience from the list provided. Consider how that audience might benefit from the message that was delivered in Week 2. Next, examine characteristics specific to that audience that may influence how the message should be delivered. Look at potential challenges in communicating this message to the selected audience. Finally, consider how your communication might have to be altered in order to deliver this same message to the new audience.

  • People with Mental Illness
  • Ethnic/Racial minorities
  • Persons living in poverty
  • Criminals
  • Immigrants
  • Non-English-speaking citizens
  • People with Intellectual Disabilities
  • Deaf Community
  • Elderly
  • Pregnant Women

The Assignment (2–3 pages)

Review your PowerPoint submission from Week 2.

  • Describe an audience that might benefit from the message you delivered in your Week 2 submission
  • Explain characteristics specific to that audience that may influence how the message should be delivered
  • Explain potential challenges in communicating the message to the selected audience
  • Explain how you might revise your approach in the presentation based on the characteristics specific to the audience you selected and why. Be sure not to change the content of the message

Readings

  • Johnson, W. A., Rettig, R. P., Scott, G. M., & Garrison, S. M. (2015). The criminal justice student writer’s manual (6th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.
    • pp. 29–30
  • Lamb, H. R., Weinberger, L. E., & Gross, B. H. (2004). Mentally ill persons in the criminal justice system: Some perspectives. Psychiatric Quarterly, 75(2), 107–126.
    Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

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Criminal Justice Policy Lindsay Quintero Walden University Introduction  Policies in the criminal justice aim at minimizing criminal cases  A policy is a technique that offers direction to be adhered to by occupants of a place  A policy ensures that individuals are in a position of escaping punishment.  Criminal justice policies are often imposed depending on the crime of the place.  The relevant criminal justice system sets the policies in that area.  As the chief police officer, I would implement the marijuana law. Marijuana Law  Marijuana is a type of drug which is widely used in the entire world  The law defines which capacity of the pot is legal and that which is illegal.  It does not entirely prohibit the use of Marijuana  This is because it is also used for medicinal purposes.  The policy is after ending the abuse of the drug especially for even individual below the age of 21 years. Cont’  Use of marijuana is illegal under the federal government (Vallerius, 2013).  Some states have legalized it, but the federal government term it is as illegal.  As per the scheduling system, it is in schedule 1(Vallerius, 2013).  However, each state has the mandate of making its wish concerning the use of marijuana.  With this thus, I choose to implement a policy of illegalizing use of marijuana. Provisions of the Policy  To use Marijuana, one must be at least 21 years and only consume two ounces (Washington DC government n.d).  Marijuana is to be consumed on private property.  The user has no mandate of selling the drug to another person.  One is only allowed to grow 6 marijuana plants at his/her home (Washington DC government n.d).  The law stipulates that one should not drive after using or smoking marijuana.  Failure to adhering to these stipulations, some penalties is attached Ways of Informing the Community  Having the community informed concerning the policy is essential.  The informing of the community will be done via various ways.  The most effective is through the media especially through social media.  Through the print media which will entail the newspapers as well as via the use of posters.  The use of the social media especially the WhatsApp groups and Facebook accounts as well as Twitter. Importance of Informing the Community  Informing ensures the community is aware of what the policy is about and its specification.  Will entail explaining the reasons for the policy implementation.  Will assist in knowing the views of the community about the policy.  Will offer those that are in the marijuana business time to quit the business.  Ensuring that the people understand the stipulations of the policy Goals of the Marijuana Policy  The goals of the policy cover different perspectives.  First is to ensure marijuana is only used for medicinal purposes.  The drug is known to cure several diseases such as epilepsy and multiple sclerosis among others.  Another goal is making marijuana not to be a commodity of a business.  To reduce the number of vehicles crashes experienced due to drivers using marijuana. Keeping Track of the Policy  Keeping track means following up on the implemented policy.  The tracking will entail various agencies to ensure the policy is obeyed.  The primary agency will be the body of police officers  To make tracking useful, tracking spies will be appointed to act as reporters (Maftuleac et al., 2015).  The judicial system will ensure the fines depicted are imposed.  The tracking will assist in ensuring marijuana is used for the intended purpose Benefits of the Policy to the Community  The policy will lead to a decrease in crime rates within the community.  The number of individuals using marijuana will decrease.  Health complications associated with the smoking marijuana will reduce Reduction in the number of other drugs used within the community.  There will be chances of new development within the community Conclusion  Use of marijuana other than for medicinal use is dangerous to our health  Affects driving which leads to vehicle crashes leading to loss of life.  It also leads to an increase in crime within a place  The policy will ensure that the drug is only used for medicinal purposes References  Maftuleac, D., Lee, S. K., Fekete, S. P., Akash, A. K., López-Ortiz, A., & McLurkin, J. (2015, May). Local policies for efficiently patrolling a triangulated region by a robot swarm. In Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2015 IEEE International Conference on (pp. 1809-1815). IEEE.  Vallerius, B. (2013). Illinois medical marijuana law: A practical guide for everyone. Gillespie, IL: Marley Leighton Publishing.  Washington DC government (n.d). Metropolitan police department; Facts on DC Marijuana Laws. Retrieved from https://mpdc.dc.gov/marijuana
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