Article Critique: Correctional Goals and Prison Privatization Assignment

Locate two (2) peer-reviewed articles no older than 5-10 years that discuss American prison privatization. One article must present arguments advocating for American prison privatization and the second article must present arguments against American prison privatization. Provide a critique of each author’s position on the privatization of prisons. Review the video titled: “Correctional Goals and Prison Privatization” found in the the module’s Learn section. From a Christian and Biblical worldview, critique the current state of private prisons in America and present a clear argument on how to fix the system.

  

Article Critique Assignment Instructions

Overview

In the Article Critique Assignments, you will systematically and objectively critique criminal justice-related research articles to understand published research. You will critique the strengths and weaknesses of peer-reviewed journal articles and carefully analyze arguments and points in the article. You will develop the technical writing skill of critiquing while furthering critical thinking application and knowledge of the topics investigated. You will incorporate and apply a Christian worldview perspective to each topic and Article Critique Assignment.

Instructions

· 4-7 pages excluding the title page, abstract, and reference pages.

· Current APA format.

· Minimum of two (2) peer-reviewed journal articles from Liberty University library. 

· Acceptable sources (peer-reviewed articles published within the last 5-10 years only).

· Include a critique of least two (2) strengths and two (2) weaknesses from each article.

· Include a Christian and Biblical Worldview perspective. 

This Article Critique Assignment requires that you follow a template. Please review and follow the template carefully. Include a running header, title page, abstract (between 120-250 words), proper APA headings/subheadings, and a reference page. Please note that you are asked not to change or omit any of the bold headings that are already in the template. You are only asked to insert your written content into the appropriate sections of the template. 

 

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Chapter 5 reviews different business models. For this assignment, think about the companies you interact with or have read about. Which one do you believe has the most interesting business model?

1. Post a description of the model. (Include a URL if appropriate, but fellow students should understand the model from your description.)
2. Then, read through the examples provided by your fellow classmates.
3. Choose the example you believe is the most innovative.  Post a comment to it which explains why.
4. Choose the example you believe is the most likely to succeed.  Post a comment to it which explains why.

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Read MiniCase #5  — Business Model Innovation: How Dollar Shave Club Disrupted Gillette — on pages 487-488 in the textbook.

Provide answers to the following questions:

1. Why was Gillette initially able to create a competitive advantage and sustain it for so long?  

2. What led to the opportunity for start-ups like Dollar Shave to enter into this market?  What capabilities did they bring that Gillette did not have?

3. Do you think additional online startups will continue to steal market share from Gillette?  Explain your answer.

 

Watch the video for this week on the Star Model which identifies five dimensions to an organization that may need to change when implementing a strategy.  After viewing the video, return to the MiniCase on Dollar Shave Club and Gillette.  The success of Dollar Shave Club led Gillette to introduce its own subscription-based service (Gillette Shave Club).  This is clearly an example of a change for Gillette in one of the five dimensions of the Star Model (i.e., Strategy).  

As part of this new strategy, though, we would expect to see additional changes in some of the other dimensions.  Although the case does not discuss this, please speculate on the type of changes you believe Gillette should have made, relative to its retail business, on the following two dimensions in order to implement the subscription service strategy:

1. People skills

2. Rewards

That is, what new employee skills are needed to implement a subscription service business model and how should the individuals be rewarded to increase the chances of success?

In Chapter 9 in our textbook, we have a discussion of Emerging Risk Management Frameworks. How do frameworks provide a frame of reference to assist in risk mitigation? What is the role of GRC? What is the role of the International Standards Organization in framework standards? Minimum of 500 words.  

Instructions

Follow rubric guidelines

Specialized Knowledge – Student provides a strong introduction to the paper that gives a background of the situation and includes a great thesis statement; provides a strong conclusion.

Broad Integrative Knowledge  – Pulled research from 5 or more sources and at least 3 are from peer-reviewed sources.

Program Objective – Identified and discussed 3 important points required by the assignment description.

Course Objective  – provides 3+ examples of the points discussed in the paper and cites sources to support his/her findings.

Organization – Student organizes paper with APA style headings.

Grammar – Paper contains no errors.

APA – Paper contains 0-1 APA errors.

Paper length – 500words

APA formatting Microsoft Word 2007.mp4 – YouTube  

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