Assignment 4 Rubric

Criteria	Exemplary	Satisfactory	Unsatisfactory	Unacceptable	Criterion Score
Factors that Affect Public’s Perception of Police	25 points Student’s content meets all expectations as outlined in the assignment, and provides a compelling discussion about the factors that affect the public’s perception of police.	15 points Student’s content mostly meets the expectations as outlined in the assignment, and provides a mostly compelling discussion about the factors that affect the public’s perception of police.	10 points Student’s content needs improvement because it includes only a partial discussion of the factors that affect the public’s perception of police.	0 points Student did not complete this section.	/ 25

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Criteria   Categories that Guide Police Decision- Making	Exemplary	Satisfactory	Unsatisfactory	Unacceptable	Criterion Score
	25 points Student’s content meets all expectations as outlined in the assignment, discussing in a compelling manner all four categories that guide police decision- making and which category has the most influence.	15 points Student’s content mostly meets the expectations as outlined in the assignment, discussing 2-3 of 4 categories that guide police decision- making and includes a general discussion about which category has the most influence.	10 points Student’s content needs improvement because it discusses only 1 of the categories that guide police decision- making and only vaguely discusses which category has the most influence.	0 points Student did not complete this section.	/ 25
Functions of Peacekeepin g	20 points Student’s content meets all expectations as outlined in the assignment, and provides an accurate accounting of the peacekeeping functions.	14 points Student’s content mostly meets the expectations as outlined in the assignment, and provides a mostly accurate accounting of the peacekeeping functions.	10 points Student’s content needs improvement because it fails to provide an accurate accounting of the peacekeeping functions.	0 points Student did not complete this section.	/ 20

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Criteria   Two (2) Scholarly Articles	Exemplary	Satisfactory	Unsatisfactory	Unacceptable	Criterion Score
	10 points Student incorporates two (2) scholarly articles into the writing assignment, providing a clear and logical discussion.	8 points Student mostly incorporates two (2) scholarly articles into the writing assignment and mostly meets the expectations as outlined in the assignment.	5 points Student provides only one (1) scholarly article and the content needs improvement because the article is not incorporated into the writing assignment or the article is not on point.	0 points Student did not use any scholarly articles to support the assignment.	/ 10
Mechanics – Grammar, Punctuation, Spelling	5 points Student makes no errors in grammar, punctuation, or spelling that distract the reader from the content.	4 points Student makes 1-2 errors in grammar, punctuation, or spelling that distract the reader from the content.	2 points Student makes 3-4 errors in grammar, punctuation, or spelling that distract the reader from the content.	0 points Student makes more than 4 errors in grammar, punctuation, or spelling that distract the reader from the content.	/ 5
Writing Style – Organization , Transitions, Tone	5 points The assignment is written with excellent organization, thoughtful transitions, and the appropriate tone.	4 points This writing assignment is adequately organized, but has some errors in the transitions or the tone.	2 points This writing assignment is poorly organized, or it contains ineffective transitions and/or inappropriate tone.	0 points This writing assignment displays little to no organization or transitions, and/or does not use the appropriate tone.	/ 5

Criteria   APA Format – Margins, Font, Spacing, Headings and cover page.	Exemplary	Satisfactory	Unsatisfactory	Unacceptable	Criterion Score
	5 points The margins, font, spacing, headings, and cover page are all formatted properly.	4 points There are 1-2 errors in the formatting of the margins, font, spacing, headings, or cover page.	2 points There are 3-4 errors in the formatting of the margins, font, spacing, headings, or cover page.	0 points There are more than 4 errors in the formatting of the margins, font, spacing, headings, or cover page.	/ 5
APA Format – Citations and References	5 points All sources used for quotes and facts are credible and cited, and the references and in-text citations are all properly formatted. Each reference has an in-text citation and in- text citation has a reference.	4 points All sources used for quotes and facts are credible and cited, but slight errors are present in the format of the in-text citations or references. Or there may be one in-text citation or reference missing.	2 points Some sources used for quotes and facts are either not credible or there are significant errors in the in-text citations and/or references. Or there are multiple missing in-text citations or references.	0 points The sources used for quotes and facts are not credible and/or not cited. The in-text citations and/or references are not present.	/ 5

Overall Score