Assignment Rubric: Mental Health Professional Interview Paper- Week 7-8
Course Number and Course Title: CJCU 438: Mental Health Issues in Society
Outstanding
108-120 points
Completes an interview of a mental
health professional who works with
clients in the criminal justice system.
The paper’s introduction fully
addresses the three components that
Content and will be discussed in the paper. Fully
Analysis provides a detailed response to
questions a-b in the directions of the
assignment. Thoroughly describes
the two new strategies to help
mentally ill persons who will be
released and thoroughly describes
how these new strategies differ from
ones that are already in place. Fully
discusses prior preconceived notions
and reflections expressed in the
Week 1 discussion board response
and fully discusses at least two ways
opinions have changed about mental
health issues in society because of
the interview and this course. Ends
with a conclusion, which fully
reaffirms the three components.
45-50 points
APA formatting is applied flawlessly
throughout the paper. The ideas are
Formatting, clear, well organized, and have a
Organization, logical flow. Word choice is precise
and and accurate. The paper is free of
Mechanics mechanical errors including grammar
and spelling.
27-30 points
Good
96-107 points
Completes an interview of a mental
health professional who works with
clients in the criminal justice system.
The paper’s introduction partially
addresses the three components that
will be discussed in the paper.
Partially provides a detailed response
to questions a-b in the directions of
the assignment. Mostly describes the
two new strategies to help mentally ill
persons who will be released and
thoroughly describes how these new
strategies differ from ones that are
already in place. Mostly discusses
prior preconceived notions and
reflections expressed in the Week 1
blog and mostly discusses at least two
ways opinions have changed about
mental health issues in society
because of the interview and this
course. Ends with a conclusion, which
partially reaffirms the three
components.
40-44 points
Correct APA formatting is applied
throughout the paper. The
information is clear, ideas make
sense, and the word choice is
consistent. The paper has occasional
errors in grammar, spelling, or
mechanics, but it does not distract
from the presentation of ideas.
24-26 points
Satisfactory
84-95 points
Completes an interview of a mental
health professional who works with
clients in the criminal justice system.
The paper’s introduction minimally
addresses the three components that
will be discussed in the paper.
Minimally provides a detailed response
to questions a-b in the directions of the
assignment. Minimally discusses prior
preconceived notions and reflections
expressed in the Week 1 blog and
minimally discusses at least two ways
opinions have changed about mental
health issues in society because of the
interview and this course. The
conclusion does not fully reaffirm the
three components.
35-39 points
The paper contains one or more errors
in APA formatting. The information is
vague or confusing at times, and the
ideas lack connections. Word choice is
limited or lacks precision. The
mechanical errors distract from the
ideas.
21-25 points
Unsatisfactory
0-94 points
Does not complete an interview of a
mental health professional who works
with clients in the criminal justice
system. The paper’s introduction does
not address the three components that
will be discussed in the paper. Does not
provide a detailed response to
questions a-b in the directions of the
assignment. Does not discuss prior
preconceived notions and reflections
expressed in the Week 1 blog and does
not discuss at least two ways opinions
have changed about mental health
issues in society because of the
interview and this course. Does not
provide a conclusion.
0-38 points
The paper contains a significant amount
of errors in APA formatting. The
information and ideas are minimally
effective and lack a logical flow. The
frequent errors in word choice,
grammar, spelling, and mechanics make
the ideas difficult to understand.
0-20 points
 The paper masterfully fulfills all The paper fulfills most instructions The paper fulfills some instructions and The paper does not meet many
instructions. It is 4-6 pages in length, and most of the content is an obvious some of its content is a response to the instructions, and/or its content has little
Alignment to
with an additional title page and response to the assignment. The assignment. The paper has at least one relation to the assignment. The paper
Assignment reference page(s). At least three paper has at least two outside outside scholarly source. does not have any outside sources.
sources are incorporated effectively scholarly sources.
and properly referenced. The content
is a comprehensive response to the
assignment and is written in
complete sentences.

TOTAL: /100

Overall Score:
A = Outstanding (150-135 points) B = Good (134-120 points) C = Satisfactory (119-105 points) D – F = Unsatisfactory (104 or less points)