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For this assignment, you are required to find a newspaper article or news story, published since January 1, 2018 that addresses criminal justice policy and apply at least two of the perspectives discussed during this module. Four types of crime control perspectives were introduced in this chapter. The first, operational perspective, consisted of people's views about how the justice system operates (or should operate). We looked at crime control and due process, the system and nonsystem perspectives, the funnel model of justice, and the criminal justice wedding cake.

Second, we looked at political perspectives. This is where we were introduced to liberal and conservative perspectives as well as consensus and conflict perspectives.

Third, we discussed some other crime control perspectives that were neither operational nor necessarily political. They were concerned with whether faith or fact, crime control or revenue generation, or political or ivory tower thinking dominates criminal justice.

Finally, this chapter presented several goals of crime control: deterrence, retribution, incapacitation, and rehabilitation. Each represents a perspective insofar as some people tend to favor one goal over another.

These stories should not be sensationalized articles (e.g., professional athletes or entertainers) or brief articles from such sources as the Associated Press. Instead, these stories should illustrate some of the concepts and issues we've discussed.

Include a link to the article in your post and compose a well though out description of the current issue as well as a discussion of the perspective mentioned in the module.

Locating an article:

- The best place to find articles for this assignment will be in journalistic newspapers (e.g., The Atlanta Journal Constitution, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, etc.). For the most part, I'd suggest you avoid simple articles on MSNBC, FoxNews, CNN, etc. or any political blog. Of course all of these news sites can provide good journalism, but for this assignment most of the articles will be inappropriate.

- Avoid articles related to "celebrated cases." The article you select will likely not be headline news. Instead, the articles you should have in-depth analysis of a particular issue.

- Avoid short articles (several paragraphs) from just sources as the AP, Reuters, etc.

-Revealed a solid understanding of the topic as evidenced by thoughtful responses and question