CCJ 4054 CRITICAL THINKING MINI ASSIGNMENT 3

CCJ 4054 CRITICAL THINKING MINI ASSIGNMENT 3 Due via Canvas: June 8, 2024 PURPOSE: The purpose of this assignment is to enhance your critical thinking skills through a “mini” writing assignment. What is critical thinking? It is the ability to think rationally and clearly, understanding the logical connection between concepts and ideas. It requires you to be an active learner rather than just a passive recipient of knowledge and information. Critical thinking is a way of thinking about specific things at a specific time. It is not just the accumulation and recollection of facts that you can use in the same format down the line as you would with a grammar or multiplication table learned in elementary school. Critical thinking is an adaptive skillset that helps enable a way of thinking about whatever the issue/argument is so that you can arrive at the best possible conclusion/solution. TASK: You are required to write an original post of at least 250 words showing your critical analysis of the problem or issue presented. This is free writing, but your writing must be professional, and you are still required to properly use and cite at least 2 external sources in APA format and style (the textbook may count as one external source). After all, you cannot truly think critically without understanding the issue, and you cannot understand the issue without first gathering (accurate) information about it. Additionally, you are required to respond to at least 1 other student’s “mini” by providing constructive feedback in a respectful and professional manner. Helpful Resources: APA formatting – for more information on how to use and properly cite in APA formatting, please use the following resources: ASSIGNMENT TOPIC: BETTER CALL SAUL Many Americans get their impressions of the criminal justice system from television crime procedurals. In the Vice article below, ethics attorney Nicole Hyland discusses what it means to be an ethics attorney and her blog, The Ethics of Better Call Saul. How many police procedurals like Law and Order: SVU or Better Call Saul do you watch? What are your initial impressions of the attorneys in these shows? Read the following article: We Asked an Ethics Lawyer About Defense Attorneys Who Break the Rules THE QUESTION(S) YOU NEED TO ANSWER IN YOUR "MINI:" What makes someone an ethical attorney? What is an ethics attorney? What are some typical ethical violations committed by attorneys in shows like Law and Order SVU or Better Call Saul? CRITERIA: Your assignment will be graded based on the following checklist: Organization – Did you write at least 250 words? Are your sentences in a logical and cohesive order? Topic – Does your “mini” answer the question above? Formatting – Did you access the resources provided above to familiarize yourself with APA style formatting? Is your writing in APA style formatting? Did you include properly formatted APA in-text citations? Did you include a works cited page or sources page in APA style formatting? Mechanics – Did you read your paper out loud to check for any grammatical errors? Did you write in complete sentences, punctuate correctly, and use a spell checker? Feedback – Did you respond to at least one other student and provide constructive feedback in a professional and respectful manner? I have provided an example from another class of what constructive feedback should look like: **If you have answered “yes” to all these questions, then congratulations – you are ready to submit your critical thinking mini! Good luck! ++++you tube video+++ We Asked an Ethics Lawyer About Defense Attorneys Who Break the Rules