Day: April 16, 2018

Psychology is the study of the mind and behaviour. Psychology has adopted the scientific method which means that it studies questions that can be tested in a precise, objective, publicly verifiable fashion. The first step in doing psychology scientifically is learning how to ask testable questions.

Please come up with a question and turn it into a hypothesis by stating it as truth, and then identify the Independent Variable and the Dependent Variable.

Independent Variable: This is the variable that you manipulate to see how it will affect the dependent variable.

Dependent Variable: This is the variable that you will measure.

Is there a Control group? You should be able to rule out alternative explanations for the differences between your experimental and control groups.

Research Participants: Who are your participants? Random assignment? Make sure you consider how representative your sample is.

Locate two recent legal decisions that are of interest to you in a newspaper (paper or online news source). One legal decision should be local (i.e. in the state of Indiana) and the other should be a national legal decision. Please be sure to locate an article that is at least( 4 paragraphs in length) and has enough substance so that you can summarize the article, and develop your opinion

Be sure to print off or scan each article and include it as part of your assignment.

For each article, be sure to do the following:

1. Read the article to ensure that you understand what the legal decision was regarding.

2. Write a paragraph summarizing the article. Be sure you have factual information included in your summary. Make sure you state where you found the article (i.e. name of newspaper or online news source).

3. Write a paragraph stating your opinion about the legal decision. Be sure to address the following questions:

• What did you think about the article?
• Based on the article, and the facts provided to you, do you agree with the decision? Why or why not?
• Did you learn something new about the law? If so, what did you learn?
• Are you more informed about what is going on in your area, the nation and/or the world?

Written Assignment

Description:  Write a brief paper, approximately 3-5 pages, addressing the topic of “Tort Reform.”  A good paper will include the following:

• a brief definition of the concept of tort reform addressing the historical foundation
• a specific discussion of the positive impact of limiting tort recovery
• a specific discussion of the negative impact of limiting tort recovery
• a conclusory discussion that outlines a your personal opinion on whether YOU feel tort reform is a good idea or what you would propose as an alternative to the current system – this should be a persuasive argument

A good paper will demonstrate the student’s knowledge of the concept of tort reform, and the ability to analyze the the far reaching consequences of limiting recovery under reform as well as the motivation behind the idea of reform.  In other words, simply stating, “I don’t think it is a good idea” will most certainly earn the student a poor grade.

1.  What kind of reasonable accommodation for religious practices could management offer to an employee in a situation where reassignment to a less visible work setting is impossible—for example, when the employee is an NBA player? If possible, find an article online or case in LexisNexis that involves a similar situation.

2.  What is the labor exemption to antitrust? What is its relevance to professional sports labor relations?

500 word

discuss some of the legislative actions that have impacted upon law enforcement concerning recruiting and/or hiring.  In addition, discuss the type of training environment you feel is best for real learning, as you compare and contrast the training method ideologies associated with how the Federal Bureau of Investigations trains agents versus the quasi-militarism (also called para-militarism) characteristic methodology typically used in the typical police academy.

1. Write a 6 page paper about The Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA).
2. Needs to have 5-6 sources attached to it.

What Makes a “Good” Officer?

Write a 500-750 word paper where you discuss what you think makes a “good” police officer. Interview a current or former police on their views of what makes a “good” police officer and provide your results of the discussion.  What did you learn from your interview?

In your paper also include a discussion on:

• Characteristics of      a “good” officer.
• Give an example of an      officer that you have seen with these characteristics. This may be in      person or on television.
• Support your argument with      outside references.
• Be sure to cite your      resource(s).

Select a single form of a current computer-crime trend.

Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper that describes a single form of a cybercrime trend that society is confronted with today. Within the paper, address the following key elements:

• What types of scams are associated with the cybercrime?
• What might the profile be for a cybercriminal who commits this type of cybercrime?
• What are law enforcement initiatives to combat this crime?
• What are penalties for committing these crimes?

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Ensure you allow adequate time to submit your paper to the Plagiarism Checker prior to your final submission. Include the results from the Plagiarism Checker as a separate document with your final submission of this paper to the Assignment Section.

Span of Control and Practical Reflection”

• Supervision is an important part of managing a law enforcement agency. Chapter 8 of the course textbook covers several supervision models used to effectively manage police operations. Span of Control is one of the models examined and it refers to identifying the appropriate number of employees that can be managed by any one supervisor (p. 227).  Give your opinion regarding what is the appropriate span of control and explain your rationale.
• In most cases, careers in Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement exist, in some form of another at the Federal, State, and Local/County/City level and often in the private-sector.  This week, research your selected position on USAJobs.gov, USCourts.gov(federal) or your state’s employment management system, local municipality’s employment management system, and Indeed.com (private-sector), and discuss the similarities and differences (example: salary, jurisdiction, scope of work, required skill and education, and promotion potential).

 

Writing Prompts

• Discuss the five basic tasks required of law enforcement in the United States.
• Discuss the “role” of law enforcement personnel.
• Discuss at least eight influences upon the role and role perceptions of law enforcement personnel. Of the eight influences on role perceptions which one do you believe has the most influence on law enforcement personnel? Provide a detailed explanation.

Directions

The writing assignment must be written in APA format. The writing assignment must be at minimum of 500 words, double-spaced using size 12-point font. The assignment must have a title page, abstract page and reference page. The abstract page does not count toward the total word count. For citations, follow APA format. Must use at least three references in addition to the textbook for a total of four (4) references.