You are a correctional counselor for a youthful offender program. You are to create a written report to your supervisor about the case you are working on and the role empathy may play in the decisions made by criminal justice professionals
CJ 315 Project Three Guidelines and Rubric
Competency
In this project, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following competency:
- Describe the role that empathy plays in the decision-making processes used across criminal justice professions
Scenario
You are a correctional counselor for a youthful offender program. You are to create a written report to your supervisor about the case you are working on and the role empathy may play in the decisions made by criminal justice professionals regarding the offender and victim. Using the case details linked in the Supporting Materials section, create a written report that focuses on an explanation of empathy, empathy and interactions, responses to the victim, empathy and the restorative justice process, and media and empathy.
Directions
Using the provided case details, create a written report to your supervisor regarding the role that empathy played in the decision-making processes across criminal justice professions specific to this case. Include the following required elements:
- Explain what empathy is and how it can be applied in the criminal justice system (50–100 words). Include the following in your explanation:
- What is empathy?
- In which areas of criminal justice can empathy be applied?
- How can it be applied?
- Describe how empathy influenced interactions between the victim of the robbery and criminal justice professionals (100–150 words). Include the following in your description:
- Which criminal justice professional(s) interacted with the victim?
- How did empathy (or lack thereof) affect the interactions between criminal justice professional(s) and the victim?
- Analyze responses to a victim of robbery (100–150 words). Include the following in your analysis:
- What were the responses to the victim?
- How did the responses affect the victim?
- Were the responses appropriate or not? If not, how could they be changed to be appropriate?
- Explain how empathy influenced the restorative justice process (50–100 words). Include the following in your explanation:
- Which criminal justice professional(s) displayed empathy to the offender?
- How did empathy affect the offender and the restorative justice process?
- Analyze how the media influenced empathy in the criminal justice process (100–150 words). Include the following in your analysis:
- What was the role of the media in the case?
- Who did the media affect and how?
What to Submit
To complete this project, you must submit the following:
For this assignment, create a 400- to 650-word written report to your supervisor regarding the role that empathy played in the decision-making processes used across criminal justice professions specific to this case. Use double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman, and one-inch margins. Any sources should be cited according to APA style.
Supporting Materials
The following resource(s) may help support your work on the project:
Document: Project Three Case Details PDF
Base your work on this case.
Project Three Rubric
| Criteria | Exceeds Expectations (100%) | Meets Expectations (85%) | Partially Meets Expectations (55%) | Does Not Meet Expectations (0%) | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clear Communication | Exceeds expectations with an intentional use of language that promotes a thorough understanding | Consistently and effectively communicates in an organized way to a specific audience | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but communication is inconsistent or ineffective in a way that negatively impacts understanding | Shows no evidence of consistent, effective, or organized communication | 15 |
| Explanation of Empathy | Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner | Explains what empathy is and how it can be applied in the criminal justice system | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include additional details or clarification in explanation of what empathy is and how it can be applied in the criminal justice system | Does not attempt criterion | 10 |
| Empathy and Interactions | Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner | Describes how empathy influences interactions between a victim of robbery and criminal justice professionals | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include additional details or clarification in description of how empathy influences interactions between a victim of robbery and criminal justice professionals | Does not attempt criterion | 20 |
| Responses to the Victim | Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner | Analyzes responses to a victim of robbery | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include additional details or clarification in analysis of responses to a victim of robbery | Does not attempt criterion | 20 |
| Empathy and the Restorative Justice Process | Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner | Explains how empathy influenced the restorative justice process | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include additional details or clarification in explanation of how empathy influenced the restorative justice process | Does not attempt criterion | 20 |
| Media and Empathy | Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner | Analyzes how the media influenced empathy in the criminal justice process | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include additional details or clarification in analysis of how the media influenced empathy in the criminal justice process | Does not attempt criterion | 10 |
| Citations and Attributions | Uses citations for ideas requiring attribution, with few or no minor errors | Uses citations for ideas requiring attribution, with consistent minor errors | Uses citations for ideas requiring attribution, with major errors | Does not use citations for ideas requiring attribution | 5 |
| Total: | 100% | ||||
