...Good Morning Neddie I am reaching out to you because I wanted to ask you a few questions and hopefully you could point me in the right direction and provide me with some feedback. First off, I hope all is well. I was wondering if we were going to have class again this semester, but looks like that is not the case. I have a terrorism class now which I choose as an elective, and wow, it is going to be a challenge. Tons and tons of reading, but it appears very interesting. So the purpose of my email, and I am not sure if you aware, but I am very much interested in obtaining a position as a probation or parole officer. I passed the test twice for the City, but never received any information about a follow up interview or anything like that....
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...| | | | Learner’s Comment: Student Rights or Student Rights in Academic Dismissal Faculty Use Only Student Rights or Student Rights in Academic Dismissal Student Rights are highly protected with higher education through “Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). The FERPA Law applies to all schools or universities that receive any funds from the Department of Education by federal or state government. The law protects the privacy of students and graduates education and student finance records. Furthermore, students also have rights in discipline, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, voting rights, privacy, gay rights sexual harassment and many others that are protected by the school, Department of Education as well as the government. The “Bill of Rights” has had a considerable amount of influence on higher education’s policies based on the First, Fourth, Fifth, and Tenth Amendments....
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...The stated case evaluates the actions of Miss Papish, a 32-year old University of Missouri Journalism graduate student and her distribution of the newspaper, “The Free Press Underground”, on the University’s campus. The said newspaper contained images and captions deemed a violation of the institution’s bylaws of the Board of Curators by “containing forms of indecent speech.” (Alexander, 2017). The newspaper was authorized to be distributed on the University’s campus by the University Business Office and had been distributed “for more than four years pursuant” the case at hand. The petitioner began her graduate career at the institution in September 1963 and attended the University five and one-half years prior to the question at hand. The...
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...102 9/11/14 Rhetorical Analysis of an Apology Draft Kobe Bryant the 6-foot-6 guard was a member of the Lakers team that won three straight NBA championships in the 2000-2002 seasons. He was named most valuable player in the NBA All-Star game in the 2002 season. In 1998, Bryant became the youngest player to appear in an NBA All-Star game. On December 16, 2003 Professional basketball player Kobe Bryant was charged Friday afternoon with sexual assault of a 19-year-old woman in a Colorado hotel where she worked. The 24-year-old Los Angeles Lakers star, who is married and the father of a daughter, was charged with one count of sexual assault, a felony. If convicted, Bryant could serve four years to life in prison or 20 years to life on probation. If Bryant was charged he would be charged with the $750,000 fine. "I'm innocent," Bryant told a press conference Friday evening at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, where the Lakers played. With his wife and attorney by his side, Bryant took long breaths and said quietly, "You know. I didn't force her to do anything against her will, I’m innocent. You know. I sit here in front of you guys furious at myself. Disgusted at myself for making a mistake of adultery. I love my wife with all my heart. She's my backbone." The woman alleges she was a victim of sexual misconduct by Bryant on June 30 at the Lodge and Spa at Cordillera in Edwards. No details of the victim's allegations was made public, and a judge sealed information in...
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...Electronic Monitoring in the Netherlands EM Conference/CEP/speech Sjef van Gennip/7 mei 2009 The results of the evaluation report from the Scientific Research and Documentation Centre show that “Electronic Monitoring is seen as a punishment by the convicted”. According to the participants the intervention is definitely a punishment: it is very difficult and is a big test of your self-discipline and responsibility. Electronic Monitoring, also known as EM, with radio frequency identification equipment started as an experiment in the North of the Netherlands in 1995. The experiment lasted 2 years. A suspect or a convict would have a receiver placed in their home and would have to wear a transmitter. The evaluation of the Scientific Research and Documentation Centre was clear: “EM is a feasible alternative for the implementation of an unconditional prison sentence”. The researchers at the SRDC write: “This is true for both the application for community service and for detention sentences.” The report also shows that Electronic Monitoring is used more in cases of detention sentences than in the area of judicial verdicts. Judges seem to be reluctant to choose to use Electronic Monitoring as an instrument to keep track of the people. And to make sure their parole officer can check up on them. I believe this is disappointing, but we - as an organisation - are going to work hard on this. I will get back to this in a minute while I speak about the developments over the last few years...
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...Assignment 1 Employment at Will Doctrine 1. Describe what steps you would take to address the following scenario involving skills, competence, and abilities: "Employment at Will" basically means that an employer may terminate an employee without notice or cause. While companies generally adhere to progressive discipline, it is not bound or obliged to do so. It is up to the company's sole direction to terminate at any time with or without a cause. The situation that the employer is facing with this employee is somewhat difficult however it is manageable. The employee is unable to use the computer tools to be productive and efficient in completing the required tasks of her position. I would inform the employee of her performance particularly her deficiencies abilities and reiterate the skills necessary to fulfill the job she was hired to do. Typically, most corporations have a policy compliance handbook which rest with human resources department to describe the actions to be taken in this situation. Management must familiarize themselves with these policies. “Progressive discipline is an employee disciplinary system that provides a graduated range of responses to employee performance or conduct problems”(nolo.com). When there is a lack of performance, management typically will follow the policies guidelines in the handbook and do the following, an analysis of performance and areas of improvement. Usually this is done twice or once a year, but if it is necessary...
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...hoping someone would be able to assist me. Soon, someone escorted me into the court room. I looked around and tried to get familiar with the surrounding seeing as how this was my first time being in a court room. I quickly learned that the docket schedule to be heard were criminal and traffic cases. There were a few people waiting on the bench-seats, some by themselves and others with their attorneys and a few people sitting in the jury box with dark blue jail uniforms on. I took my seat, adjusted my eyes and ears, and began to feverishly take notes. The case to be heard by the judge was People V. Ms. X. Ms. X was a small girl with long blonde and pink hair, hardly someone you would expect to face a judge in a prisoner jumpsuit. She was on probation for a multitude of offenses including a possession of a controlled substance and domestic violence charges. She admitted to a long time struggle with substance abuse, particularly Vicodin....
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...Solution to Overcrowded Prisons CJA/454 September 9, 2013 Professor The war on drugs has increased the prison population of correctional institutions in every state in America. The war on drugs was declared by President Nixon in 1971. This policy that his administration implemented was part of a Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970. Some agree and others disagree with the war on drugs. What we all can agree on, is that prisons have swelled to all-time highs due to the war on drugs campaign. I believe there are many workable solutions that can decrease the prison population in America. First, replace mandatory sentencing laws with more flexible and individualized guidelines. Second, reduce the three strike laws for nonviolent offenders. Third, relax the Truth-in-Sentencing Laws. Last, support community policing efforts. In 1986 Congress passed the anti-drug abuse at which was well intentioned established 5 to 10 year mandatory sentence is for drugs importation and distribution. A couple of years later President Reagan signed the Omnibus Anti-Drug Abuse Act granting the federal government authority to penalize all conspirators and drug related crimes regardless of their role. Believe it or not, most people locked up in the federal system are serving time for conspiracy charges due to drug distribution although nothing was found. By removing minimum mandatory sentences and replacing them with other guidelines, you give the judges more discretion...
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...NO ELECTRONIC THEFT ACT (NET) Within the Internet culture of unlicensed use, theft of intellectual property is growing. Pirating works online is the same as shoplifting a video tape, book, or computer program from a department store. Through a loophole in the law, however, copyright infringers who intentionally pirate works, as long as they do not do so for profit, are outside the reach of our nation's law enforcement officials. In 1997 President Bill Clinton introduced the No Electronic Theft Act (NET), which allows criminal enforcement against people who have no profit motive in the infringement. HR 2265 was viewed as a closing a loophole in the criminal law. Under the old statutory scheme, people who intentionally distributed copied software over the Internet did not face criminal penalties as long as they did not profit from their actions. The act was strongly backed by the software and entertainment industries but opposed by library and academic groups. The No Electronic Theft Act, as its name suggests, was enacted to criminalize the violation of copyrights through the posting of copyrighted materials on the Internet. The posting of a work on the Internet makes it extremely easy to access, read and copy that work. Because of the popularity of the Internet, moreover, any single copy of a work that is posted on the Internet could be read and copied many times over each month. Copyright law establishes rights for both copyright holders and for purchasers of copyrighted...
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...expected pattern. • Speech and language therapist. A speech and language therapist helps children with communication problems. A speech and language therapist also trains other professionals involved with working with children. • Psychologist. An Educational Psychologist helps children who have learning or behavioural problems. They advise teachers and other professionals on what course of action to take with a child that’s been referred to them. • Social worker. Social workers help vulnerable children and their families. Vulnerable children include those with disabilities as well as those on the child protection register. • Learning needs. Children can have specific learning needs for many reasons. These could be due to complications at birth, disease or chromosome damage. They may be specific, like dyslexia, or generalised, affecting overall cognition. • Communication. A child who has problems communicating may behave aggressively due to frustration. Children with communication problems may have difficulty in learning to read and write. Unit 022. Sarah Enston. Understand Child and Young Person Development. • Psychiatrist. A psychiatrist is physician who specialises in mental health. They diagnose and help children with mental health issues. • Youth Justice. The youth justice team works with children that get in trouble with the law. They can work with teachers, probation officers and the...
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...‘Using material from Item A and elsewhere, assess the usefulness of labelling theory in explaining crime and deviance’ (21 marks) Labelling theory is a micro approach that looks at how individuals construct society based on their interactions with each other (item). In terms of crime and deviance, labelling theory argues that most people commit deviant and criminal acts but only some are caught and stigmatised for it. So therefore, it is not useful to search for differences between ‘deviants’ and ‘non-deviants’ in society. Labelling theorists believe focus on crime should be understanding the reaction to and definition of deviance rather than the causes of the initial act. One labelling theorist, Becker, suggests the idea of crime as a social construct. He argues that an act only becomes deviant when it is defined as such by others, and that a criminal will only be labelled depending on society’s reaction to the crime. Becker argues that those people that have the power to create and impose their definitions on the rest of society such as the police are called moral entrepreneurs, reinforcing that crime and deviance is a construction of society. In addition to this, Becker argues that there is selective decisions as to whether to or how to deal with illegal or deviant behaviour. He calls this ‘selective law enforcement’ and suggests that police act on their own stereotypes and pre-conceptions on how to respond to the deviance and crime they come across. Labelling theorists...
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...though she won the case, the Tennessee Supreme court reversed the decision and Wells had to pay court fees. Wells began writing articles for a black newspaper under the pen name “Iola” and was able to launch her journalism career. Wells criticized editorials resulted in her losing her job as a teacher. In 1889, Wells became a part owner of the Memphis Free Speech and Headlight where she used it to address the cause of African American civil rights. During the 1890s Wells became an activist to raise awareness towards lynching. After three of her male friends became victims of lynching activity. Like other Americans, Wells believed that the lynching victims committed crimes such as rape. However, the three grocery owners did not commit the crime they were just involved in a prejudice debate with a white grocery who was losing business to them. This event led to Wells decided to investigate other lynching stories that involved rape she found out that many of the allegations were false. Her editorials had led to the demise of Free Speech outraged citizens of Memphis and they forced her and her partner out of...
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...complete tasks accurately and on time. Loyal, follows through even in small matters. Notice what others need in their day to day lives and try to provide it. Want to be appreciated for who they are and what they contribute. After reading this the personality description it fits my personality perfectly. After we went over those results we went over the next test I took which was an interest profiler and according to that test my top interests are social and artistic, and that my score says I should I would be good in the field of education or social work. Which I thought was great since my major is Human Services. After doing some research on human services there are bunch of different job under this major like social work, parole or probation officer, substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselor and many more. I chose to research a social worker because that was I have wanted to be since I can remember. As a social worker you would asses, counsel and aid individual and families with problems like finances, employment, food, clothing, or other human needs. I think career a person in this career advocates for clients or patients to resolve crises, plans discharge from care facility to home or other care facility, organizes support groups or counsels family members to assist them in understanding, dealing with, and supporting the client or patient,...
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...mental illness lies in the assumed need for the offender to recognize the danger and undesirability of his criminal behavior and make a significant effort to renounce it. The treatment model does not "remove" criminal behavior, as surgery might remove a malignancy or chemotherapy extinguish an infection; rather the "patient" or inmate is made to see the rewards of socially acceptable behavior and encouraged to adopt it as a mode of conduct for himself. (1) Contrary to some popular misconceptions, the treatment ideology does not mean that inmates are "coddled" and permitted to do as they please within an institution. ______________________________ (1) Sanford Bates, "The Establishment and Early Years of the Federal Probation System," Federal Probation 51 June 1987, p : 4-9. - National Advisory Commission on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals, A National Strategy to Reduce Crime, Washington , U.S. Government Printing Office, 1973p: 121. In fact, some form of treatment ideology can permeate the most restrictive and security-oriented institution . The major difference between the treatment and punishment ideologies is that in the former the inmate is assigned to a correctional...
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...Field Sobriety Tests Troy Murrain CRJ 311: Forensics Professor Janice Bella September 15, 2013 A field sobriety test is often used by law enforcement to detect impairment from an individual or individuals they might suspect is driving under the influence. There are pros and cons using this field sobriety tests in which an individual can be prosecuted and not be over the alcohol limit because in certain aspects we have individuals failing the field sobriety tests such as the walk and turn DUI test and might have a physical impairment in which the accused individual cannot perform the “test” correctly. According to osbar.org, the term under the influence means it is illegal to drive with any degree of impairment that is caused by drugs or alcohol or a combination of both (www.osbar.org). According to osbar.org, the prosecutor does not need to prove that you were drunk or intoxicated in order to prove the offense of driving under the influence of intoxicants but instead you are guilty of the charge if you are merely affected to a noticeable degree by the intoxicant you have consumed if the intoxicant is alcohol, a controlled substance or a combination of both (www.osbar.org). The test is whether you lack the clarity of mind and physical control that you normally possess because of the intoxicant you have consumed (www.osbar.org). According to nhtsa.org, the walk and turn test is 68% accurate in determining whether...
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