Overview

In this assignment, define empathy and explore how it can be applied to a victim of robbery.

Prompt

In Module Four, learned how empathy influences interactions between criminal justice professionals and victims of crime, and explored appropriate responses to different kinds of victimization. You will now apply this knowledge to define empathy and explain how empathy can be applied to a victim of robbery. This application of knowledge will help you prepare for the submission of Project Three in Module Eight.

• First, review the Project Three Guidelines and Rubric document.
• Next, in a paragraph, explain what empathy is and how it can be applied in the criminal justice system. Include the following in your explanation:
  • What is empathy?
  • In which areas of criminal justice can empathy be applied?
  • How can it be applied?
• Then, in a paragraph, describe how empathy influences interactions between a victim of robbery and criminal justice professionals. Include the following in your description:
  • Which criminal justice professional(s) typically displays empathy to a victim of robbery?
  • How does empathy typically affect the interactions between the criminal justice professional(s) and a victim of robbery?
• Last, in a paragraph, describe responses to a victim of robbery by criminal justice professionals. Include the following in your description:
  • What are appropriate responses to a victim of robbery?
  • What are inappropriate responses to a victim of robbery?
  • How can the responses affect the victim?

Specifically, the following rubric criteria must be addressed:

• Explain what empathy is and how it can be applied in the criminal justice system.
• Describe how empathy influences interactions between a victim of robbery and criminal justice professionals.
• Describe responses to a victim of robbery by criminal justice professionals.