Advanced Criminal Justice, Final, Period 1, 05.02.06

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[OOC: Handwave the final with an idea of how you did if you must, but you know you want to answer the questions, come on. A big thanks to rory__gilmore who has helped me out so much with this class over the entire fake school year. Have some cookies! Anyway, work is likely to be murderous today, so probably slowplay if you want interaction. Class Info Post.]

"Welcome to your final Advanced Criminal Justice session, students!" Tick said after everyone was in the room. "People who had stuff to turn in, please do so now so you have it off of your mind."

"In just a moment, you'll have six questions of Justicey goodness. Please answer them to the best of your abilities and then you're done with my class!"

"Before you leave, though, please say a farewell to Lockheed. He'll be leaving us next week for greener pastures. He seems to claim that his work here is done, whatever that actually means."

1. On the Tricycle of Justice there are three wheels: the police, the courts, and the prisons. The front wheel supplies the powers to move and steer. The rear wheels provide balance and a place for a passenger to stand. Describe where you believe each Wheel of Justice is located on the tricycle.

2. Please write a paragraph about what Justice means to you, using at least three of the following phrases:

- drawn from the weeds
- brave like soldiers
- falling down under the pale moonlight
- like a someone broken
- stand in the wind
- free like water
- warmth of the sun
- both been shaken

Using five or more will gain extra credit.

3. What is the most important thing that you have learned about Justice this term?

Extra credit will be given to those who write their answer in the style of Dr. Seuss.

4. Former Principal Bristow was famed to use a spoon to fight for Justice. Professor Tick uses the word "spoon" as a battlecry. How would you use a utensil - or the idea of that utensil - combined with your knowledge of Justice this term?

5. Does Justice work in Fandom? Explain your answer.

6. Please write a paragraph on one of the following scenarios:

A) A marmoset steals a pie from a mouse and retreats to a tree. You are unable to reach it, no matter how you try. How will you negotiate with the tiny miscreant and/or victim? (Bear in mind that these are magical animals who can talk, of course.)

B) A criminal is decided to be innocent based upon insubstantial evidence and a possible jury bias. What can the average person do as recourse in the case of this Injustice?

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1. On the Tricycle of Justice there are three wheels: the police, the courts, and the prisons. The front wheel supplies the powers to move and steer. The rear wheels provide balance and a place for a passenger to stand. Describe where you believe each Wheel of Justice is located on the tricycle.

The courts are the front wheel of the tricycle. The courts provide for movement and proper steering--guiding the back wheels of the police and the prisons by establishing rights and policies so that the tricycle riders of Justice aren't doing wheelies and falling over backwards all the time.

2. Please write a paragraph about what Justice means to you, using at least three of the following phrases:

- drawn from the weeds
- brave like soldiers
- falling down under the pale moonlight
- like a someone broken
- stand in the wind
- free like water
- warmth of the sun
- both been shaken

Using five or more will gain extra credit.

Justice is a team of people who are brave like soldiers as criminals have been drawn from the weeds of society, which has been falling down under the pale moonlight like a someone broken, so that others may be free like water.

3. What is the most important thing that you have learned about Justice this term?

Extra credit will be given to those who write their answer in the style of Dr. Seuss.

There is no object that Justice cannot be likened to.

4. Former Principal Bristow was famed to use a spoon to fight for Justice. Professor Tick uses the word "spoon" as a battlecry. How would you use a utensil - or the idea of that utensil - combined with your knowledge of Justice this term?

I would use a spork. Maybe not as a battle cry, because it doesn't carry well across long distances. As a metaphor, however, it is a versatile tool that allows you to eat both solid and liquid foods, like I would hope to be able to help in a situation requiring me to help the cause of Justice.

5. Does Justice work in Fandom? Explain your answer.

In my opinion, justice does not work in Fandom. What we have here is vigilantism and martial law that has taken the place of a legal system.

6. Please write a paragraph on one of the following scenarios:

A) A marmoset steals a pie from a mouse and retreats to a tree. You are unable to reach it, no matter how you try. How will you negotiate with the tiny miscreant and/or victim? (Bear in mind that these are magical animals who can talk, of course.)

B) A criminal is decided to be innocent based upon insubstantial evidence and a possible jury bias. What can the average person do as recourse in the case of this Injustice?

The average person can do nothing in the face of this Injustice. The laws of our country deserve to be respected. Our legal system may not be perfect, but it works well in general and it is better for an guilty person to go free (if, even, he is guilty--if there was more evidence, he probably would have been convicted, after all) than for an innocent man to imprisoned for something he didn't do. Also, it's possible that facts will come to light later that would justify the jury's decision.