In this assignment, you will look at Loden’s Wheel of Diversity factors and identify the pertinent information that frequently impacts interactions throughout the criminal justice system, specifically in relation to policing, courts, and corrections.
In Modules Three and Four, you examined Loden’s Wheel of Diversity, which portrays the lens through which people process information and the assumptions it can lead to about others. These assumptions drive our own behaviors and can ultimately have a negative (or sometimes positive) impact on others. The wheel consists of five “Diversity Dimensions”: Personality, Internal, External, Organizational, and Era. Each dimension contains its own set of attributes or factors. While some factors are out of our control (e.g., internal dimension), others may change over time and are the basis for our decision making. Being able to identify these unique characteristics along with the specific dimension can help you gain a better understanding of the factors that influence our behaviors as well as the impact they have on interactions within the criminal justice system. This will also assist you as you consider individual biases in Project Two, which you will complete in Module Seven.
In this assignment, include the following:
First, review Loden’s Wheel of Diversity.
Now that you have predicted which factors you think would be the most prevalent, you will need to identify quotes that provide evidence of each factor.
Look over Loden’s Wheel again. What additional factors might influence interactions within the criminal justice system?
Finally, consider the factors you chose and the quotes (or specific information) you found to support each factor. In one to two paragraphs, consider the following:
Specifically, the following rubric criteria must be addressed:
Guidelines for Submission: This assignment must be completed using the Your reflection should be included in the same document in the reflection section.
Criteria | Exemplary (100%) | Proficient (85%) | Needs Improvement (55%) | Not Evident (0%) | Value |
Articulation of Response | Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner | Clearly conveys meaning with correct grammar, sentence structure, and spelling | Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors in grammar, sentence structure, and spelling | Submission has critical errors in grammar, sentence structure, and spelling | 10 |
Prevalent Factors | Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner | Identifies factors most prevalent in influencing interactions within the criminal justice system | Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include identifying the correct number of factors | Does not attempt criterion | 15 |
Additional Factors | Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner | Identifies additional factors that might influence interactions within the criminal justice system | Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include identifying the correct number of factors or identifying additional factors to the ones previously identified | Does not attempt criterion | 15 |
Identify Quotes/Information | Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner | Identifies quotes or specific information that connects to all Loden’s Wheel factors identified | Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include identifying specific quotes or information or identifying quotes or information from the Sharanda Jones case | Does not attempt criterion | 30 |
Reflect | Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner | Reflects on the connection between the factors and the quotes or information found | Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include identifying areas of ease or difficulty | Does not attempt criterion | 15 |
Citations and Attributions | Uses citations for ideas requiring attribution, with few or no minor errors | Uses citation for ideas requiring attribution | Uses citations for ideas requiring attribution, with major errors | Does not use citations for ideas requiring attribution | 15 |
Total: | 100% |