Select a special population within the criminal justice system included in this course that is of interest to you. Reflect on the information

This course includes a thorough analysis of special populations in the American criminal justice system: women, juveniles, racial and ethnic minorities, and mentally ill individuals. You explore these populations with regard to three unique criminal justice roles: professionals, victims, and offenders. This Final Project allows you to synthesize this information to draw conclusions and make recommendations to improve the American criminal justice system.

Select a special population within the criminal justice system included in this course that is of interest to you. Reflect on the information provided throughout this course related to this population.

Assignment Length: 10–12 pages (not including title page and references)

Your Final Project must include the following elements:

Introduction:
- Describe the special population you selected.
- Explain challenges of this special population related to the roles (professional, victim, and offender) appropriate to that specific population.
Body:
- Describe any organizations, policies, procedures, or processes that continue to exploit, discriminate against, and/or neglect the special population.
- Explain changes you might make to the current criminal justice system to address challenges faced by this special population in each role you analyzed.
- Explain any resources, organizations, policies, procedures, or processes you would use or implement to promote fairer treatment of the special population.
Conclusion:
- Explain how the changes you suggested might impact society as a whole.
- Explain how the changes you suggested might contribute to social change.

Although the Final Project (10–12 pages) is not to be submitted until Day 7 of Week 11, you should become familiar with the project requirements and have them in mind as you proceed through the course. Many of the Discussions and Application Assignments relate to and can be of use to your Final Project.
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Beck, J. A. (2010). Victims’ rights and public safety? Unmasking racial politics in crime discourses surrounding parole revocation for “lifers” in California. Western Criminology Review, 11(1), 20–36.

Black, P. J., & Kari, C. J. (2010). Policing diverse communities: Do gender and minority status make a difference? Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice, 8(3), 216-229.

Boykins, A. D., Alvanzo, A. A. H., Carson, S., Forte, J., Leisey, M., & Plichta, S. B. (2010). Minority women victims of recent sexual violence: Disparities in incident history. Journal of Women’s Health, 19(3), 453-61.

Brennan, P. K., & Valdenberg, A. L. (2009). Depictions of female offenders in front-page newspaper stories: The importance of race/ethnicity. International Journal of Social Inquiry, 2(2), 141-175.

Chacón, J. M. (2010). Tensions and trade-offs: protecting trafficking victims in the era of immigration enforcement. University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 158(6), 1609-1653.

Chan, J. (2011). Racial profiling and police subculture. Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice, 53(1), 75-78.

Chappell, D. (2010). Victimisation and the insanity defence: Coping with confusion, conflict and conciliation. Psychiatry, Psychology & Law, 17(1), 39-51.

Covington, S. S. (2007). Women and the criminal justice system. Women’s Health Issues, 17(4), 180–182.

Culhane, S., & Taussig, H. N. (2009). The structure of problem behavior in a sample of maltreated youths. Social Work Research, 33(2), 70–78.

De Mesmaecker, V. (2010). Building social support for restorative justice through the media: is taking the victim perspective the most appropriate strategy?. Contemporary Justice Review, 13(3), 239-267.

DeTardo-Bora, K. A. (2009). Criminal justice “Hollywood style”: How women in criminal justice professions are depicted in prime-time crime dramas. Women & Criminal Justice, 19(2), 153–168.