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Respond to these questions regarding the Riverbend City scenario:How did theory inform policy and
Respond to these questions regarding the Riverbend City scenario:How did theory inform policy and policy in turn inform the administration of the Riverbend City police’s efforts on domestic violence?
What were some of the positive and negative outcomes of the application of theory in the scenario?
How might the three-year outcome of their efforts in turn affect new research and theory?
How might unintended consequences cause a fresh round of evaluation of related policies?
Identify and empirically evaluate one criminal justice theory related to the media scenario or to the issue of domestic violence. Select a theory that has the most empirical support.
In evaluating your chosen theory, provide a general overview as well as a substantive identification and discussion of the body of empirical research that supports and argues against the theory.
Discuss how your criminal justice theory might be applied in the story that unfolded in the scenario. How might the administration of police efforts and the outcome have differed? How might it be similar?
Illustrate how your chosen theory informs research.
