...world where chaos and animosity and racism run, we as Average Americans have a really big problem with racial profiling in the Criminal Justice system and is it a hindrance or help. A question that we must ask ourselves, should we allow racial profiling during investigations? Like many of you I would say absolutely not, however the thought of racial profiling has been around for centuries and can be traced back to slavery days. Racial profiling was established by stopping any black person and demanding for papers because they weren’t with their white owners. “The United States imprisons a higher percentage of its black population than the apartheid in South Africa”. [1]. The article with further reading goes to state that one point in the life of the Black male one-in-three will serve time in jail at some point in their lives and that between the Blacks and Latino population they have a much higher contact rate with the Criminal Justice system than the average White male. It seems to be that the reason why this is is because of lack of education, low income areas of living. However, we see that there are quite a few that have made it out of this traditional role. There are several famous people that have overcome the harshness of the stigmatize that we as Americans put on people. Pit Bull a.k.a. Armando Christian Pérez who is of Cuban decent and was raised in the slums of Cuba. He worked hard and went for his dream of becoming a famous rapper. There is also Tyler...
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...Questioning and Investigation HUM-111 4-14-14 Dana Greiner Questioning and Investigation As we live through this world full of wonder, solving problems and resolving issues we look back and contemplate on the work or ideas that we had. That contemplation is most likely of a critiquing nature. We use critical thinking as a form of evaluating the solutions or ideas that we had so in the future we could learn from our mistakes and work on them to make them better with less faults. As any problem can simply pop up at any given time, it is important to know about all of the phases of critical thinking including questioning and investigation. If there was a problem such as the developing of illness going around in a new suburban community, I would have to think critically with what I have learned in order to solve it. The first step is to express the problem in order to avoid having assumptions towards it. Assumptions can be easily made as a result of thinking that the problem is self-evident (Ruggiero, p. 125, 2012). Early on we had to avoid the assumption that this would be a problem due to genetics. One way to express the problem is: How can the development planning and execution of the community can be improved in order to produce better health for the community? After the problem has been properly expressed, is now time to think of the questions that would need to be answered. Mostly the types of questions that need to be asked are going to be factual data and no opinion...
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...routine audit that resulted in a criminal investigation of the corporation’s tax returns after questionable payments that came from a “special disbursement account” were found. The IRS attempted to retrieve the work papers from the CPA firm, but were denied because the CPA firm had been instructed by the corporation to not release the work papers. Issues: The issue involved in this case is whether the IRS has the authority to request the workpapers from the CPA firm. Arguments and Authorities: The IRS cited IRC §7602(a) which gives the Secretary of the Treasury the authority to “examine any books, papers, records, or other data that may be relevant or material” to an investigation into a tax issue. In this case the work papers were relevant to the IRS’s case. The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals agreed that the work papers were relevant, however they reasoned that a work product immunity doctrine was necessary to ensure integrity within the securities market and promote full discloser between accountants and their clients. The denied to enforce the summons because the IRS failed to sufficiently prove that the work papers were necessary to overcome the work-product immunity doctrine, and the IRS was not indicating that the corporation was attempting to commit fraud. In the case of United States v. Bisceglia, 420 U.S. 141, and Couch v. United States, 409 U.S. 322, the Supreme court upheld summons for records relating to IRS investigations. Also,...
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...Barriers to Effective Communication Paper Communication is process that is used by humans to get the things they need and want in life. It is conducted in many forms and ways. Listening and hearing through communication is important to make sure instructions are understood and can be carried out effectively. In criminal justice there are formal and informal channels of communication and need to be conducted in a professional manner, in order to make factual and accurate reports to help in investigations. Barriers can hinder effective communication, rather it is emotional or physical. In this paper I will discuss all of these types of communications and the issues that may arise with them. Communication is a process that happens every day throughout life and involves several steps. It is a valued part of daily activities. People spend 70 percent of their time communicating. Every person can benefit from mastering this process through better understanding of others ideas and opinions. Having the ability to allow communication to flow is positive as it opens the door for personal and business relationships. Communication requires more than one other person. There are several different ways to communicate. Verbal is the most used form, people talk to each other to relay messages, instructions, learn, teach and to make conversation with one another...
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...understand the challenges faced by the protagonist of the story, (Christopher Boone) and what he had done to prevail the many challenges he had faced as an autistic child. In order to gain a sense of maturity an individual must overcome difficult challenges. This will be demonstrated by examining Christopher Boone’s ability to learn and talk to people and his ability to deal with new environments. One of the first challenges faced by Christopher was his inability to interact with strangers, because he had been too scared that they might hurt him,...
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...there was damage to Baidu.com’s reputation. The rumors made the company’s information appear unreliable. By the rumor of the company being paid off for both not disclosing information and by ad placements, in the way that paid ads are listed pages before unpaid ads. The placement of ads also gives way that companies could pay for ad placement. 2. Future reputational damage could force the company into bankruptcy if the public’s trust is completely lost. How the company is view could be measured by how my hits the site would continue to get. If the public believes the information is unreliable, the hits to the sight would decrease. If a decrease happens, it is highly likely that the need for the company will not continue to exist. Because of the rumors of the omission of information and ad placement, the public could question the reliability of the information that is on their site. Once the public’s trust is completely lost, recovery is difficult. 3. Baidu.com will have to overcome the rumor of how they were said to have accepted payments for withholding a company’s information from on-line searches. They will have to disclose all of their financial records. This is done in an effort to make the company financial activities as transparent as possible and display that they are confederate in their financial activities. This will aid the company in regaining the trust of the public and the public will ultimately trust the information that is contained on the...
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...the fear that people feel when they try to change and what they should do to overcome the fear.) Thesis Statement: As we see the characters, Wallace and Ronald Pryzbylewski in the Wire, overcoming fear can be a first step to change. (Introduction: This paragraph explains what I will cover in my writing.) People do not change easily. Many people fall in love with similar people and hurt because of similar reasons. They recognize their mistakes, but make the same mistakes over and over again. Why? One reason is they are doing it wrong. But another reason runs deeper. They are afraid to change. The decided personality is not changed easily like the foot stamp on the wet cement. Although the reasons for resisting change can be external and situational, I claim that the most damaging fears are internal because the individual is with the problem and situation. As we see the characters, Wallace and Ronald Pryzbylewski in the Wire, overcoming fear can be a first step to change. Four of the most prevalent common fears are: fear of failure, fear of success, fear of criticism, and fear of the new thing. (Give two examples that whether overcome the fears or not. These three example paragraphs show how they overcome the fears and how to change or not.) Here are examples from the Wire, the TV show. One is the person who overcome the fear, Ronald Pryzbylewski, and another is the person who does not overcome the fear, Wallace. Pryzbylewski is fit in two types of fears, fear of failure...
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...pression Affects College Students How Depression Affects College Students Nikki M. Broadnax Elementary Education Major Abstract The age group of depressed college students is 18 – 32 many students find the adjustment from high school to college difficult. Even the student that seems most at ease with their new lifestyle will often confess to moments of missing their familiar high school friends, family and other comforts of home. A study by UCLA reports that more than 25-30 percent of college freshmen say they feel overwhelmed most of the time in the beginning stages of college. Some students, however, find themselves feeling much more than simply overwhelmed. 2006 college seniors surveyed, the numbers has increased 50% since the 1970s. Unthinking depression has its peak in females between the ages of 18-40, and for males between 21-40, emphasize that depression occurs at all ages. The difference between adult and childhood pictures of depression have been attributed to an inability of the child to verbalized his or her affective state incomplete superego development, and absence of consistent self-representation. How Depression Affects In College Students More than 18 million adults, almost a tenth of the United States population above the age of 17-23, have been found to demonstrate symptoms of a depressive disorder each year (Rosack, July 8, 2010) Depression is defined as a state of intense sadness or despair that has progressed to a level that...
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...Police Responses to Officer-Involved Shootings Introduction Both mental health counselors and police professionals have investigated and detailed the ecstatic impact of officer-involved shooting incidents. Post-shooting trauma has resulted in many departments seeking professional support for officers involved in shootings. Research shows the percentage of officers who experienced exceedingly high, moderate, or no responsive impact after involvement in a shooting. Evaluation of Personal Impact of the Study from a Police Officer’s Perspective This research has an immense personal impact on officers. The physical, psychological and emotional reactions of police officers after a shooting incident vary. If the findings of this research were to be implemented, it would have a positive, personal effect on the police officers involved in shootings (Klinger, 2006). The findings showed that most officers experience physiological, psychological, and emotional reactions just before and as they fired a gun. Their recollections of the event were found to be vague, or in extreme cases, they could not remember the incident at all. Also, exceedingly few officers experienced long-lasting negative effects after a shooting. Their post-shooting reactions were influenced by actions and attitudes of family, friends, colleagues, and investigators. These reactions lessened as activity and attention about the incident diminished (Klinger, 2006). Many police officers...
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... loss in organization revenues, cost, can be prevented through education and initiation of promoting diversity in workplace, especially to its upper management officers. My intention here is to find out the proper way of investigation to minimize the possibility of lawsuit. There are possible solutions at the corporate level with effective programs and policies to help preventing similar incident happening again like Maria’s. There are proactive strategies an individual can use to minimize organizational discrimination as well. Now let’s examine the proper way of investigation that can help to minimize a chance of lawsuit. As per the Right Way to Investigate, a supervisor along. with help of Human Resources (HR) to do the investigation immediately after the complaint was filed in writing as facts can be retrieved fresh from other employee’s mind. Timing is very important and prompt investigation would show the filing employee the organization is taking the complaint seriously. It’s crucial to not draw any form of conclusion prior interviewing all persons who have knowledge of the compliant. Interview all persons involved two to three times to get consistent information. Lastly but not least, to advice HR and company lawyer before writing the investigation report and the conclusion on the record as it may be audited in great detail for court use. (The right way to investigate complaints now so they don't wind up in court later, 2012). It important for me as a supervisor to...
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...Student: Eckert Schnetler Instructor: Rupa Sarda. Introduction Effective database programming and management in the fields of computer science and database management depend on lifelong learning and implementation of core concepts. This post explores two primary database programming paradigms and evaluates their benefits and drawbacks. It also reflects on my recent experiences learning about databases and the ACID principle. 1. What is the difference between a. and a. Reflective Analysis of Personal Learning Experience I made a big advancement in my knowledge of database management systems this past week. I started a thorough investigation of the ACID principle, which is a fundamental idea in the sector. Atomicity,...
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...depicted by various methodologists is the validation of qualitative results by quantitative studies. Not only that but also researchers use 'triangulation' for validating quantitative research instruments when the research phenomenon under investigation has little theoretical underpinnings. In quantitative approach, 'triangulation' for confirmatory purpose is normally applied to confirm if instruments were appropriate for measuring a concept. In addition to that, as a confirmatory approach, 'triangulation' can overcome challenges related to a single-method, single-observer and single-theory biasness and thus can be applied to confirm the research results and conclusions. Quantitative studies provide easily replicable data and statistically significant results that with good sampling techniques can be extended to describe a broader audience or the whole public at large (Benoit & Holbert, 2008). Qualitative research provides rich descriptions and allows the researcher to explore topics in more depth and detail. Qualitative data is excellent for understanding the reasons behind the results of quantitative research. For completeness purposes, researchers use 'triangulation' to increase their indepth and understanding of the phenomenon under investigation by combining multiple methods and theories. The use of 'triangulation'...
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...Case description ChoicePoint, a Georgia-based corporation and 1997 spin-off from Equifax Inc., provides risk-management and fraud-prevention data. Traditionally, ChoicePoint provided motor vehicle reports, claims histories, and similar data to the automobile insurance industry, but in recent years it broadened its customer base to include general business and government agencies. ChoicePoint collects, stores, and sells the personal information of consumers (e.g., social security numbers, birth dates, employment information, criminal histories and credit histories) to more than 50,000 businesses and agencies. The company also offered data for volunteer and job-applicant screening and data to assist in the location of missing children. In 2004 ChoicePoint had over 4,000 employees, and its revenue was $918 million. In the fall of 2004, ChoicePoint was the victim of a fraudulent spoofing attack in which unauthorized individuals posed as legitimate customers and obtained personal data on more than 145,000 individuals. According to the company's Web site: “These criminals were able to pass our customer authentication due diligence processes by using stolen identities to create and produce the documents needed to appear legitimate. As small business customers of ChoicePoint, these fraudsters accessed products that contained basic telephone directory-type data (name and address information) as well as a combination of Social Security numbers and/or driver's license numbers and, at...
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...Primary Mathematics EDM312 Word Count – 1657 “Use your reading and classroom experience to provide a critical analysis of the potential of teaching activities you would use to develop children’s learning of reasoning. Include within your analysis how you would include discussion and ICT.” Reasoning falls under the ‘Using and applying’ heading of the National Strategies guidance (DfES,2006) this covers ‘Making decisions, reasoning and generalising about numbers and shapes; and problems involving ‘real life’, money or measures’ (p3). This assignment will discuss activities which develop children’s abilities to reason. In addition it will consider the underlying skills required to develop children’s confidence and understanding of reasoning. Finally it will consider whether a child acquiring the skill of reasoning is important to their education and mathematical development. In addition throughout it will examine the teachers’ role in developing high-quality mathematical dialogue. To some, the ability to reason may seem like a simple skill, however in order for a person to reason there are many fundamental skills which must be first developed. The Using and Applying Guidance Paper (DfES,2006) believes before children are able to reason they must first acquire a confidence with solving problems and thinking logically. Then they should develop the ability to ‘represent’ the problem, choosing key information and using mathematical calculations, pictures and diagrams to record...
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...Assignment Penny S. Weaver Kaplan University Mid-Term Assignment 1. What are the methods of inquiry & how are they used in criminal investigation? After researching through the chapters that we have been reading, I believe that the methods of inquiry is basically finding out and utilizing the concepts of the five W’s. I do believe after all of the reading that they are the: who, what, when, where, why, and also how a crime was committed. You basically using what I call the five methods to reconstructing a crime that has been committed. As an investigator, it would be my responsibility to use the five methods to the fullest of my potential along with gut instinct and plain common sense. Of course using your gut instinct and common sense will get to certain places, you always have go with the evidence that you have because that is what a case is mainly about. Evidence, such as DNA, is rock solid along with fingerprints. I believe that when you are using the methods of inquiry that you are really gathering facts and evidence for a case that you are investigating. Using the methods of inquiry is how I believe that an investigator would use to gather all of the information that is needed to find out what type of crime was committed, who committed the crime, when did the crime take place, where did the crime take place, why did this crime happened and also how did the crime happen. You are reconstructing a crime, so you have to have all of the facts to do that properly...
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