... CJ 230-02 Criminal Law for Criminal Justice Prof. Sara Block July 15, 2013 First degree murder is a crime against a person. The actus rea is the “guilty act” of the murder, or killing itself. For first degree murder, you need to establish the mens rea, or “guilty mind”, which would be determine if the murder was premeditated or not. The mens rea, the act of a guilty mind. First degree murder is a premeditated crime. That init self is indicative of the mens rea of the perpetrator. The elements of mens rea are the act was done: purposely, knowingly, recklessly, and negligently. Elements of murder in Texas do not have to be pre-meditated to be first degree. You can be charged with murder 1. If you intentional or knowingly caused the death of someone it is first degree. 2. If you intended to cause serious bodily injury and commit an act that is dangerous to human life that causes death. 3. If you commit or attempt to commit a felony, and in the course of the act or attempt...
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...Career goals in Psychology Lynda Reyes PSY 215 Careers in Psychology I want to be a psychologist. I would love to learn all about the way people act, think and feel and at the same time try to help them. I have a very easygoing personality and I love to have fun and laugh. I ask a lot of questions, and I think I am very easy to get along with. Some career goals I have is to finish college, I would like to find a job I want to keep that I could make a career out of, and just take it one day at a time because I have desire to make the right decisions and live a pleasant life. I first became interested in psychology a couple years ago. I feel like I need to try and help make a difference, and that's what I would like to spend the rest of my life doing. The field of psychology is divided into subfields each of which deal with a different area, and since working with and helping people is a good feeling for me, community and social services is an excellent job group. When going into the field of psychology, one is able to explore many different careers. I’m also interested in forensics. The field of forensic psychology has grown in the 21st century because courtrooms recognize the value of psychologist’s testimonies to help juries reach a clearer verdict. Like all fields in psychology, forensics has many perspectives, they can focus on law enforcement psychology, the psychology of litigation, correctional psychology, and forensic psychology (Nietzel, Bernstein, & Milich...
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...CIPD HR ASSESSMENT Core Module |Title of unit/s |Recording, Analysing and Using Human Resources Information | |Unit No/s |3RAI (HR) | |Level |Foundation | |Credit value |2 | |Assessment method |Written | |Learning outcomes: | | | |Understand what data needs to be collected to support HR practices. | |Know how HR data should be recorded, managed and stored. | |Be able to analyse HR information and present findings to inform decision-making. | |Both activities should be completed. ...
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...Assignment 2: Persuasive Paper Part 1: A Problem Exists Due Week 5 (5/6/13) and worth 100 points Using your thesis statement and research, present the problem that needs to be addressed with your proposed solution. Note: Your solution, advantages, and challenges, will be in Parts 2 and 3. Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you: 1. Provide an appropriate title and an interesting opening paragraph to appeal to your stated audience (appeal with logic, ethics, or emotion). 2. Include a defensible, relevant thesis statement in the first paragraph. (Revised from Assignment 2) 3. Describe the history and status of the issue and provide an overview of the problem(s) that need to be addressed. This should be one or two (1or 2) paragraphs. 4. Explain the first problem (economic, social, political, environmental, complexity, inequity, ethical/moral, etc.) and provide support for your claims. This should be one or two (1 or 2) paragraphs. 5. Explain the second problem (economic, social, political, environmental, complexity, inequity, ethical/moral, etc.). and provide support for your claims. This should be one or two (1 or 2) paragraphs. 6. Explain the third problem (economic, social, political, environmental, complexity, inequity, ethical/moral, etc.) and provide support for your claims. This should be one or two (1 or 2) paragraphs. 7. Provide a concluding paragraph that summarizes the stated problems and promises a solution. 8....
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...Code of Ethics Analysis There are many obstacles one will encounter in the human service organizations. One of the biggest issues is trying to explain to the clients that they need to give informed consent. Human service organizations tend to forget about the rights of the patient to give consent on treatment plans or methods of treatments under certain instances. For example, if a patient has a mental illness, it may be hard for a social worker to explain what is going on in a way that the patient will understand it. This situation may lead to the patient to not fully understanding that they have just given consent to be treated or not treated. The NASW, or National Association of Social Workers, had a Code of Ethics. This Code is to help guide the social workers on how to behave in a professional matter, how to handle situations in an ethical matter, and it gives a list of standards that are to be meet in an ethical way. These codes or rules may affect how a social worker will obtain consent from a patient because the patient could have a hearing disorder, a mental disorder, or they could even speak a different language. The goal of NASW is to take each situation and outline a way in which the social worker can get the consent they need. For example, let us say that the client is illiterate, or cannot understand the main language being used. The social worker will then have to verbally explain everything in a way that the client will understand them. If the...
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...Vos, E and Kelleher, B: Mergers and Takeovers: A Memetic Approach. Motivation & reason for the paper and how it fits into the overall context of the literature: In the following paper the authors describe a new understanding of the motive phenomena for manager’s initiating M&As. Previous research strongly agrees with the stance that M&As are not a financially sound investment for companies, however, it seems that managers are willing to continue to practice M&As regardless of the negative long-term effect it will have on both the acquiring and target company. This goes against the theoretical view that managers are there to increase the value of shareholders. If managers understand this, their human behaviour to continue with M&As is irrational and can’t be explained by some mathematical model. Vos and Kelleher agree that the traditional theories and models of finance are irrelevant in describing managerial motives (particularly towards M&As), as it is the human behaviour that we must study. Their thesis is that managers are not acting so as to maximise shareholder wealth (agrees with agency theory) and their primary motivation behind M&As is to gain power. The data and methodology used by the paper: This diagnostic paper provides a literature review of previous research and then looks forward by applying behavioural ideas of ‘memetics’ to explain the motivation behind managers’ actions. The results of the paper and meaning of the results, in...
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...Lynda K. Ilea CJS/230 Instructor: Margaret Peck What is your opinion of probation? What should happen with probation programs in the future? Do you think it would be appropriate to increase restrictions imposed on probation? Explain your rationale. Probation is a good concept and does work for the most part. When I was put on probation I really did not understand the true meaning of what Probation really meant. After being violated because of dirty drug urine's, I was returned back into the court system, later I was sentenced to time in jail. My real opinion on this, having your lawyer drill into your head the importance of what probation and rehabilitation truly means to the accused and the addict. Probation programs needs to concentrate on the rehabilitation of the individual that has obviously lost their way. If we spend the time to find out what is going on with the accused, we will find that there are usually some serious underlining issues that have caused them to do the things that they have done to land themselves in jail. Programs should focus more on the rehabilitation of the individual; everyone deserves the education on how to fix their problem. I do believe that the state should not always pick up the tab, so it should be treated as if the person is applying for a student loan. Promising to pay back to society what they have taken out of it. I never understood the error of my ways until I maintain a substantial amount of clean time. The longer...
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...Chad Conger Mrs. Yoakum English105 17 October 2012 Summary In the article “Working Life” the author, Nisha Ramachandran, explains how working during your time in college can affect your life in many ways, but ultimately being a student should come first. Ramachandran opens up by elaborating on the average cost of college and how it can be overwhelming at times. She says, “ 74 percent of full-time students juggle work and school.”(292) Additionally 46 percent of those students work 25 hours or more in a week, and 20 percent work full time. Ramachandran also states that students should look for co-op programs that employ students into fields of their studies. The article explains that these carriers often pay better due to the amount of skills needed. Along with money, these co-op programs offer a look into the actual life of a possible future profession for the student. Ramachandran informs on the benefits of tuition reimbursement to student-employees. She states that these companies help a student with their school costs as well as money in pocket. As well as filling your pockets the author explains how building a solid resume while in college is also important. Ramachandran sums up her article with explaining how important your schoolwork can be. She states some helpful tips; do not expect to pay off college while still in college. The author brings everything into perspective by explaining that students that work 10 hours a week on average have a much better GPA...
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...Explain informed consent and confidentiality to the client. Informed consent involves the counselor explaining the benefits and risks of counseling as well as its alternatives. It also allows the counselor permission to record counseling sessions in writing, and via video and auditory means. In an educational institution setting, informed consent allows students to observe counseling sessions. Once these issues are explained to the potential client, the client is asked to sign legal documents that state the client understands and agrees to the services to be provided and their potential dangers. When counseling minors, informed consent must come from a parent. While explaining the pros and cons of counseling to the parent, the counselor must also explain the necessity of confidentiality in the therapeutic relationship with a minor. A confidentiality form is presented during the discussion of confidentiality. In adhering to counseling ethics, the counselor must explain that confidentiality is a promise not to discuss matters that are shared by the client with a third party unless under pre-determined exceptions. The exceptions to confidentiality include reporting information the client reveals to the counselor that suggests he or she is a danger to him or herself or others. For example: If a client talks about killing himself and identifies that he has a plan and the means to execute that plan, it is the counselor's ethical responsibility to inform appropriate...
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...has had the disease) it primarily considers individual beliefs. It doesn’t include the influence of other people who can be very important. When the model is applied, health workers know that if only the individual patient wants to take action and important others are opposed, there is little chance of change. The Locus of Control theory by Rotter only divides people into two distinct categories – surely not all ‘internalisers’ are healthy and all externalisers are unhealthy? It is huglet reductionist and therefore, fails to explain individual differences in health behaviours due to knowledge, age, sex, lifestyle etc. However, there is lots of empirical research evidence to support the theory. Self-Efficacy offers an dispositional explanation, suggesting that individuals are responsible for making their own health decisions. It is useful as it also suggests that health behaviours can be changed, if an...
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...Here are the readings for this week. Please go to the Eric Digest Website to obtain this readings. The prompt questions will help guide you in your readings. If the search engine does not work, use a standard google search. 1. Challenging Troublesome Career Beliefs 1. According to the readings how do you challenge a troublesome belief? 2. Identify alternative ways of viewing a challenging problem. 3. What is reframing as referenced in this article? 4. What role does roleplaying have in effecting change in problem thinking? 2. An overview of self-concept theory for counselors 1. What is self-concept as defined in this article? 2. Who likely is the most influential theorist in self-concept theory? 3. What reasons are suggested as to why interest in developing self-concept, particularly in our young, had decreased? 4. According to the reading (ATR) what does self talk lead to? 5. What three qualities of interests, particularly to practitioners, does the article suggest about self-concept? 3. Self-Talk & Self-Health 1. Is IAPC and Self-Talk considered the same thing? 2. How does the article differentiate between positive and negative self-talk? 3. What does positive self talk look like and how does it relate to affirmation talking? 4. According to the article how is self talk related to our physical health? 4. Differentiating between counseling theory and Practice 1. Counseling interventions tend to fall into what four broad categories? 2. What...
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...This is a critique of the first generation Motorola Droid cellular phone. One of the criteria used will be the table of contents. The table of contents is important if the user wants to learn how to execute a specific task without reading through the entire manual. Another important criterion is how accurate and detailed the information is to accomplish each step successfully. The manual must be able to be read and understood by different audiences. The graphics in the manual should stimulate the visual learner and provide clear guidance to the user. The ability to contact customer support is important so the user feels they have a place to go if they have any questions about the phone. Table of Contents The table of contents is organized and thorough using the different topics of the phones attributes. The table is structured in a numerical sequence that helps the user navigate to different parts of the manual. The table of contents is well organized and complete, but the light blue color font on white paper is a little hard to see. If the writer would have used better highlighting techniques, the font would not look washed out. The organization of the table of contents is important but accuracy is critical for user success. Accurate and Detailed This manual provides the accurate and detailed instructions required for any user to open the box, follow the step-by-step instructions, successfully set up and operate the phone. This manual states that the...
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...Tutor marked assignment 1 1. Possible reasons for Petra’s ill-health: She is working really long hours; she is also working on Saturday. No one explained to her anything about her job, so she has to find out everything by herself. She doesn’t communicate with someone in the company and feels ignored by everyone. 2. She might feel loss of appetite, because she is always busy and doesn’t have time for lunch or dinner. She can have a migraine, because she is always thinking about her work, and she has to find out how to do everything on her own, so she has to be much stressed. Also she might have stomach cramps, because she doesn’t eat a lot, because of the lack of time. And she doesn’t have a proper food routine, when exactly she is having lunch or dinner. She might be shaking all the time, because she can’t handle everything what she has to do. 3. She should start working less and don’t work on Saturdays. Also she should ask someone to explain her about her job. She doesn’t speak with anyone, but at least she could ask her employer to explain about things. Or she could try to communicate with someone. 4. Her employer should introduce her to all the staff, that she wouldn’t feel isolated. Also he supposed to train her on her work and show her how to do everything. Because once she is trained maybe she can cope with her job and spend less time at work. Of course employer should tell her that she can work just 5 days per week and just 8 hours per day. He shouldn’t...
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...A number of questions seem to crop up quite often so here they are with my answers in one place for you: "How many references do I need?" - there is no magic number for this as it is more about how you use the references rather than how many. You need to go to the original sources for the theories you use and quote them. "How do I format the references?" - too long an answer for here. The library has a lot of information and you can ask for help at the first floor learning resource centre. And there is a whole chapter on this in the green essay skills book "Do I need to provide a bibliography? - no - you need a list of references at the end in the correct format. "Do I need to criticise the theories?" - I guess this should form part of the compare and contrast element "Can I use both process or both content theories?" - you can choose any theory you like "I used Maslow but now remember that you said not to. Is this OK?" - yes - but make sure you are critical of Maslow as most(all?) theorists are "I haven't got enough to fill the word limit" - you probably need to go into more detail then. Make sure you have answered all the parts of the question I would like to use a piece of evidence for a certain example within one of the theories and have found a previous example used within a book. Would this be okay to use the example given? Obviously it would be rewritten in my own words and included in my referencing. Hi, regarding the issue of comparing and contrasting:...
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...One explanation milgrim put forth as to why people obey is that they shift from an autonomous state to an agentic state, so they see themselves as an agent for carrying out someone else's wishes. This could mean they avoid the costs of obeying and the costs of disobeying to an extent. Milgrim came up with this hypothesis after his study where participants were given the role of electrocuting a 'learner' 'for the name of scence' with an experimenter pressing them on. 62.5% of them went to maximum voltage and obeying the experimenter. It would make sense that agentic shift was a factor to the participants obeying in this situation being told it was in the name of science and with an experimenter pressing them on. If agentic shift was the only reason why people obey then its probable different events would have occured during historical events where people dosobeyed, like in the holocaust where there were unnessessary acts of cruelty against jews. That could be explained in terms of conformity rather than obeying though. This explanaton doesn't explain why it matters to people to obey so its a reductionist explanation. It makes cognitive sense aswell for it being a reductonist explanation from knowledge f people being scared and consequently obeying and other human nature knowledge. Another explnanation is that people obey because they start to obey a little they have chosen the path of obeying and it takes less effort therefore to obey there on in than to disobey. This is...
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