No directly quoted material may be used in this project paper.

Resources should be summarized or paraphrased with appropriate in-text and Resource page citations.

In this project, you will conduct one of the following: practitionerinterview, criminal court visit, police ride-along, or correctionalfacility visit. NOTE: If you believe it is impossible for you tocomplete any of theseexperiential exercises due to circumstances beyond your control, contactyour instructor who will arrange for an alternative project.

Practitioner Interview

Your task is to interview an individual of your choice involved inthe criminal justice system: a police officer, attorney, judge,probation officer, researcher, current or former inmate, etc. (Note:Military personnel have the option of interviewing an equivalent personin the military.) Should your "expert" not be listed here, contact yourinstructor.

1) Provide the purpose of the paper and background information on the selected person.

2) Record the person's views on the criminal justice system—whetherthe criminal justice system works, in what ways it doesn't work, and thefuture of the criminal justice system.

3) Write the paper in a narrative format, detailing what you learnedas the result of speaking with this person. Do not submit a"question-answer" paper.

4) Compare and contrast what your expert practitioner had to say withrelevant instructional material from this course. Additionally,include one outside source that either supports or challenges what yourexpert practitioner said.

5) When using the instructional material or other sources, properlydocument and reference them, and cite all web sources. You must includethe name your practitioner.

Criminal Court Visit

Your task is to visit a criminal court session. (Note: Militarypersonnel have the option of visiting the military equivalent.)Depending on when you attend, you could see a series of cases or onlyone case. Write your reflections on what you observed and how theproceedings seemed to affect the administration of justice.

1) Begin with a cover page with your name, project title, course, and date submitted.

2) Write an introductory section explaining the purpose of the paper.

3) Write your reflections on what you observed and how the proceedings seemed to affect the administration of justice.

4) Compare and contrast what you observed with relevant material.Additionally, include one outside source that either supports orchallenges what you observed.

5) When using the text or other sources, properly document andreference them. The name of the court you visited must be included.

Police Ride-Along

This is an observational assignment that focuses on the use ofdiscretion by the police officers who patrol our communities. (Note:Military personnel may participate in a ride-along with a militarypolice officer.) Your task is to ride with a police officer for a fewhours and observe who is stopped and why. Who is arrested and why? Howdoes the use of discretion play into the patrol officer's job?

1) Begin with a cover page with your name, project title, course, and date submitted.

2) Write an introductory section that includes the purpose of thepaper and information on the assignment of the officer, his or herdepartment, and the date, time, and duration of the ride-along.

3) Using a narrative format, provide the officer's views on the useof discretion in his or her job, then follow this with your observationsand conclusions based on his or her performance. Use the questionsabove to guide your observations and questions.

4) Use research information from class materials to analyze theinformation obtained. Additionally, include one outside source thateither supports or challenges what your officer said.

5) When using the text or other sources properly document and reference them. The name of your officer must be included.

Correctional Facility Visit

Your task is to visit a correctional facility (adult, juvenile,military) and compare and contrast what you see with what the textindicates.

1) Begin with a cover page with your name, project title, course, anddate submitted. 2) Write an introduction that provides the purpose ofthe paper and information concerning the facility visited.

2) If possible, interview residents, administrators, and correctionalofficers. How do they view the correctional process? What are the prosand cons of the types of facilities we have in the United States? Howhas corrections changed over the past ten years?

3) Write the information down in a narrative format.

4) Compare and contrast the information obtained with coursematerial. Additionally, include one outside source that either supportsor challenges what you observed.

5) When using the text or other sources properly document andreference them. The name of the correctional facility you visited mustbe included.

Format Requirements for all Experiential Project reports

· Paper should be a minimum of 1,500 words or about six pages

· Double space

· 12 pt. font

· 1” margins

· Use APA citations for all sources

· Include reference page (not included in word count)

Additionally –

· Create a cover page for your assignment (not included in word count)

· Include your name

· Course title and number

· Project title

· Topic selected

· Date of submission