...Personal Perception Paper Amanda Jones CJA/385 Nick Watt July 7, 2016 Personal Perception Paper When it comes to criminal justice policies, there is a moral and ethical obligation involved in the policy making process. When it comes to policy making, there are various levels this takes place on, and affects all walks of society in trying to prevent and reduce the amount of crime that takes place. It is the responsibility of policy makers to make smart and sound choices as well as ethical ones all the while, analyzing the issues that need the most addressing. In this paper we will discuss the different perceptions that take place in the policy making process. The policy making process consists of the proposal of specific criteria for the prevention and reduction of crime in today’s society. When beliefs, ideologies and interests meet, policy making can take places and a political power can be assigned. This process takes places in steps. Policy analysis is when there is an evaluation of the different implications of each policy and the individual policies alone. In the criminal justice field, policy making requires specific areas to be covered such as legislative drafting, legislative enactment, agenda setting, public hearings, legislative implementation and legislative reauthorization. While in our reading, the definitions are similar, they state that policy making is an unbiased process and while in theory this could be true, it is not in practice. There is often a lot of...
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...Personal Perception of Organized Crime Paper Jowanna Lovitt November 2, 2015 CJS/325 Sherryl Roten-West Personal Perception of Organized Crime Paper Organized crime have always been huge all around the world. The lifestyle of being in an organized crime group have become popular and trendy. It is like everyone wants to be a part of it because it brings wealth and prestige to those who do it rather well. They see organized crime groups as being important and it is presented all throughout social media, television shows, movies, and books. People young and old think that living like this is cute. It Is far from cute, it is downright disgusting. In this paper I will Define organized crime and describe my own personal perception of what I think organized crime is. I will also compare my perception to the actual definition and describe what characteristics that are associated with organized criminal behavior. The FBI defines organized crime as any group having some manner of a formalized structure and whose primary objective is to obtain money through illegal activities. (Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2015) Such groups maintain their position through the use of actual or threatened violence, corrupt public officials, graft, or extortion, and generally have a significant impact on the people in their locales, region, or the country as a whole. (Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2015).The five biggest organized crime groups ranked by revenue are Solntsevskaya Bratva with...
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...Organized crime, today, is huge in the United States. The media depicts organized crime by showing a family of the Italian decent controlling either the neighborhood or the city. Shows like the Sopranos, is a good example of a family base organized crime. This paper will discuss how I would describe or define organized crime, how does the perception compare to the definitions in the readings, and the characteristics that are associated with organized criminal behavior. When I think of organized crime, the definition that pops into my head is that it is a group a people, either one ethnic group or different races, that runs or controls the neighborhood or probably the city. They either sell drugs and other goods and they also kill anyone that mess with them or their family or a person that owes them money. The definition that the book describe or define organized crime is the dominated by (but is not exclusively) a single, monolithic criminal organization made up of criminals of Italian descent—the Mafia. (Lyman, 2007) In 2005, the NCIS describe organized crime as a group that contains at least three people; criminal activity the group engages in is ongoing and indefinite in duration; group is motivated by a desire for profit or power; and the group commits serious criminal offenses. (Lyman, 2007) There are two structures that can be look at when defining the organize crime of its activity and structures. The first thing is that organized crime is now going global. With technology...
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...Eyewitness Evidence Executive Summary Learning Team A CJA/364 February 17, 2015 Jeff Walters University of Phoenix Eyewitness Evidence Executive Summary Law enforcement officials have many resources and techniques to help apprehend suspects. The help of an eyewitness is one of the most beneficial resources they can receive. One way an eyewitness can help identify a suspect is by being involved in a police lineup. Another way an eyewitness can help capture a suspect is by getting involved in a composite image. The suspect lineup allows the witness a chance to help the police find the suspect in a crime. It is important for the police to maintain a good status when doing an eyewitness lineup because there have been many people falsely accused trough these lineups. The police believe with the witness present at the crime, he or she saw everything that happened and could possibly identify the suspect (Huff, 2002). The lineup consists of individuals that line up in a row that preferably look the same in gender, facial hair, ethnicity, age, and height (“Dallas Police Department”, n.d.). The witness should meditate back on the incident, and the officer must remind the eyewitness that the suspect may not be present. The police prefer the observer to use his or her memory when selecting from the police lineup, and during the lineup, the police should not coerce the witness in any form. The witness is assured by police of his or her security...
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...Perception is a very powerful thing many people rely heavily on other people’s perceptions of them. I myself rely on the fact that people find me to be knowledgeable as well as someone that is easy to talk to in order to do my job well. This paper will help me to understand how perception works through doing an analysis of what three observers declared were their perceptions of a photograph. In this paper, I will explain the steps of the perception process; as well as provide descriptions of my observers as well as explanations as to how their backgrounds may have affected their perceptions. Finally I will look into my observer’s perceptions by analyzing their thoughts. There are three steps in the perception process in this section I will discuss those steps. Step one is selection: which is defined as focusing more on one group of things than another. We do this because our brain is so overloaded with information everyday that it is forced to only focus on certain things. The second step is organization: which can be defined as putting our thoughts about things that seem to fit together, together in order to remember them better. This happens in a moment as soon as we see something our brain automatically assigns it to an area of our brain that holds similar knowledge. The third and final step is interpretation: which can be defined as determining the meaning of certain events or interactions. This step is where we give meaning to what we have...
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...Consumer Traits and Behaviors Paper and Presentation References PSY/322 Team C: Jesika Corbet, Marshaye Glasscock, Jane Riscica, Yulonda Coleman, and Brandon Treece May 26, 2014 1. Kacen, Jacqueline, J. (2002). The Influence of Culture on Consumer Impulsive Buying Behavior Journal of Consumer Psychology, Volume 12, Issue 2, Pages 163-176 This article would be a helpful resource because it demonstrates the impact annual sales volumes increase in many cultures through impulsive buying. It also allows us to see just how individualism-collectivism, self-identity, and purchase behavior whether it is planned or impulsive contributes to a culture in different fashions. Impulse buying generates over $4 billion in annual sales volume in the United States. With the growth of e-commerce and television shopping channels, consumers have easy access to impulse purchasing opportunities, but little is known about this sudden, compelling, hedonically complex purchasing behavior in non-Western cultures. Yet cultural factors moderate many aspects of consumer's impulsive buying behavior, including self-identity, normative influences, the suppression of emotion, and the postponement of instant gratification. From a multi-country survey of consumers in Australia, United States, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Malaysia, our analyses show that both regional level factors (individualism–collectivism) and individual cultural difference factors (independent –interdependent self-concept) systematically...
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...Journal Writing What is Journal Writing? Journal writing is a series of written passages that document the personal events, thoughts, feelings, memories, and perceptions in one’s journey throughout life. Through journal writing you can sort through problems and come to a deeper understanding of yourself or the issues that a person may be dealing with. The word journal comes from the French word journee, which means from sunrise to sunset. It is important to remember that this technique is used to strengthen the bond of honesty between your mind and soul. By being able to read your journal, the writer is able to perceive experiences more clearly and feel less stressed, having both mental and physical health benefits Journal writing should be used in conjunction with other techniques and not solely in order to effectively cope with a stressor. Used by many different professionals such as: psychologists, life coaches, and health educators as a tool for self- exploration, soul searching and the enhancement of personal development. History: * Originally started as a record of orientation on long trips to find a safe return. * History is based on the journal writings of many different travelers and explorers. These include Columbus, Admiral Perry, astronauts etc. * Journals were used as a way to calculate the passage of time and distance. * Originally mostly men did journal writing because women were not educated to read and write, however when...
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...What is Good Judgment? Although good judgment comes from experience, we can learn from the mistakes of others; a good judgment must detect errors, flaws, risks, consequences and uncertainties Values, Presuppositions and Bias “Judges are required to do much critical thinking. However, critical thinking is not taught well in schools., where only the analytical aspects of logical reasoning may be introduced. But effective critical thinking and decision making are whole brain processes.” -experience is important -to be good judges, we have to be cognizant of our personal biases (e.g. religious, moral, ethical values; ethnic customs and values, cultural bias and prejudice; values based on personal experiences, etc.); we must be able to think beyond the limits of our own “tribe” -so, be aware of our personal belief systems (egocentrism and ethnocentrism) -“Teams” can help prevent some of these personal biases Ethics In Engineering -Engineers must ensure the health, safety and welfare of the public -Do businesses in general operate according to this general principle of ethics? -Whistleblowers may be necessary to take a stand against organizational corruption Critical Thinking -see table 10.2 on page 242 -Argument skills: informal logic helps students support beliefs they already hold (??????????) -“We believe that students who are taught to apply creative problem solving will learn critical thinking skills and progress to higher stages in...
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...and Communication Systems Engineering, University of the Aegean, Samos, Greece 198 Evangelos Kiountouzis Department of Informatics, Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the potential of cultural theory as a tool for identifying patterns in the stakeholders’ perception of risk and its effect on information system (IS) risk management. Design/methodology/approach – Risk management involves a number of human activities which are based on the way the various stakeholders perceive risk associated with IS assets. Cultural theory claims that risk perception within social groups and structures is predictable according to group and individual worldviews; therefore this paper examines the implications of cultural theory on IS risk management as a means for security experts to manage stakeholders perceptions. Findings – A basic theoretical element of cultural theory is the grid/group typology, where four cultural groups with differentiating worldviews are identified. This paper presents how these worldviews affect the process of IS risk management and suggests key issues to be considered in developing strategies of risk management according to the different perceptions cultural groups have. Research limitations/implications – The findings of this research are based on theoretical analysis and are not supported by relevant empirical research. Further research is also required for incorporating the identified...
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...performance appraisals and interviewers’ judgement are frequently inaccurate.” Perception involves interpreting the messages of our senses to provide a personal understanding and meaning to the environment. One of the major perceptions that influence organizational behaviour deals with the perceptions that employers or managers have of their staff or potential staff. When dealing with perception, there are three components to take into consideration; a perceiver, a target that is being perceived and a situational factor which allows the perception process to occur. Perception is heavily influenced by the perceivers’ personal experiences, emotions, motives and basic understanding of behaviour. In this situation, the perceiver will be the employer and his judgement on any particular employee can often be very inaccurate due to the personal influences which allow him to formulate a particular conclusion. A perceiver’s past experiences and observations of people who he frequently interact with, would have embedded certain expectations within his subconscious and cloud current perceptions about new or existing employees. The employer’s motivational and emotional state during the appraisal or interview process can place major biases on his decision as these states often influence our interpretation and perception of target or situation that involves the target, such as an interview. The target in the perception process has a lot to do with the final judgement of a perceiver. Biases such...
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...In this paper, I will describe my personal perception of organized crime. I will identify any assumptions on which my perceptions are based, and answer the following questions. How would you describe or define organized crime? How does your perception compare to the definitions in the readings? What characteristics do you think are associated with organized criminal behavior? In my mind, when I think of organized crime, I think back to the days of the mafia, the Costa Nostra. People like: John Gotti “The Teflon Don”, Al Capone, Charles “Lucky’ Luciano, Bugsy Seigel, and “Machine Gun” Kelly, powerful crime families like the Gambino and Genovese families. Powerful Men and Families that ran intricate schemes of criminal activity. These men were at times ruthless criminals and at times loving family men, proven by the fact that they called their gangs a family, even though not all the men in the families were related. A large part of my knowledge about organized crime comes from television, news, movies and books. Organized crime has been sensationalized in the entertainment industry for years. Movies like the Godfather, Goodfellas, and The Untouchables, and television shows, as The Sopranos made the life in organized crime seem almost normal. The fact that these men committed numerous crimes, both financial and violent, seems to have passed over the heads of many people. To me organized crime is a group of people that band together to commit crimes for personal and financial...
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...Evaluation of Creative Thinking Heather Poole Submission PHL251 Carlos Pacheco Evaluator In evaluating the metaphors, the following testing methods were used, All metaphors we tested against Perception; Personal Barriers; Language; Feelings and creative thinking. All of the metaphors in Heather’s paper are really great. The use of perception is really good. The metaphors convey a sense of deep perception. The use of and conveyance of describing certain elements in the metaphors leads you to actually feel the metaphor. Describing how you can be on a freeway actually makes you feel it. The language used is simple, yet it has the complexity of transporting you to a different time and place. Personal barriers have been displayed, but overcome with a sense of victory in most cases. The language is free and clear. The use of words to convey feelings and emotion are varied and selected for clarity. The feelings that are conveyed are clear and to the point. As for the use of creative thinking, all of the metaphors are creative and yet they are in a sense “real world” metaphors which all of us can relate to. This is what makes Heather’s metaphors so compelling and that they touch you at the very core of what we go through on any given day. Her descriptions are clear and crisp and offer you the base from which to draw further things from the metaphor. As such, this is a really good use of metaphors. For example when describes the flat tire metaphor and the sense that no one...
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...and work with other theories in order to formulate the true experience of the phantom limb. When diving into the exploration of the phantom limb experience, Merleau-Ponty discovers one of the most vital parts of non-personal, or pre- personal dimensions, of our existence. He starts his paper of by discussing how after an amputation, the patient will continue to experience the missing limb as if it were still a part of...
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...Critical and Creative Thinking in Society Short Essays PHL/458 December 1, 201X XXX Introduction Critical and creative thinking are an important part of everyday life. First, this paper will describe a situation of public interest in which these could have been used for a better outcome. Next, it will define free will, truth, knowledge and opinion, how they are used to form thoughts and the role they play in critically assessing situations. It will also identify three hindrances to the critical thinking process with an experience. Lastly, it will identify a message in advertising, how it was perceived, and the reality of the advertisement and distinguish between perception and the reality of the message. Situation of Public Interest The current situation of public interest that will be discussed is the selling of swastika ridden wrapping paper by Walgreens. Walgreens was carrying the wrapping paper in celebration of Hanukkah when customers started to notice the swastikas. This is clearly offensive to the Jewish community who would be purchasing the wrapping paper. As a result the product has been pulled from the shelves (Huffington Post, 2014). This situation could have been avoided if a quality assurance individual or product reviewer was consulted. It is those individuals job to review the product and gage how consumers will perceive the product. The review process should include a checklist with critical thinking questions one it. One example would be...
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...Personal Perception of Organized Crime CJA/384 January 22, 2014 Organized criminal groups have been around since 1920’s, these individuals, fascinated, or placed fear with members of society. We typically gain our perception of organized groups by looking at crime shows and movies. These crime shows give you a brief description of what life is like living as a mafia or a member of a mafia group. Many people try to determine what exactly an organized crime organization is. Why do they not consider that local gangs as organizations? Organized crime is a structure of plans that are placed together among the members and usually created by the crime boss or the leader. (Lyman & Potter, 2007) When I think of organized crime, I usually think mafia, John Gotti, and the movies Good Fellas, Al Capone. I think of criminal activity that could range from robbery, murder, extortion, and blackmail. This paper will describe my personal perception of organized crime. How my perception compares to the definition in the readings and what characteristics do I think is associated with organized criminal behavior. The organized crime is considered an enterprise or group of people who engages in illegal activities with the primary purpose of profit. They are individuals who are involved in drugs, fraud, racketeering, robbery, armed assaults, gambling, and murder. These individuals are considered an intelligent group because they carefully plan and carry out their criminal behaviors. They...
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