How can the advantages of your conflict management style become disadvantages for people with different conflict management styles? How do you plan to use knowledge about stylchoes in the human services setting?

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Conflict styles

Share your most important takeaway about the benefits of knowing your conflict styles as well as one caution about use of conflict style information (be specific and use in-text citation when referring to the ideas in the reading).

Address the questions below:

  • How can the advantages of your conflict management style become disadvantages for people with different conflict management styles?
  • How do you plan to use knowledge about stylchoes in the human services setting?

Identify the following styles of conflict that you notice around you in a human service setting. Do the conflict styles vary from one person to another? What conflicts seem to spark more adversarial conflict styles? What conflicts seem to be accompanied by cooperative styles?

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Conflict styles

Identify the following styles of conflict that you notice around you in a human service setting. Do the conflict styles vary from one person to another? What conflicts seem to spark more adversarial conflict styles? What conflicts seem to be accompanied by cooperative styles?

 

Discuss the role of the first officer of the scene. How can his/her actions impact investigation? Discuss bitemark examinations, document examinations, and microscopic hair examinations and exactly why each is now considered “junk science”.

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Research Paper

Instructions
Students will write a scholarly paper that is a minimum of 6-8 pages in length (6-8 pages excluding the title page, abstract, and reference page). Format is to follow the most recent edition of the Manual of the American Psychological Association.

References may be found in the APUS library or search engines such as Google Scholar. The paper must include at least five, peer-reviewed sources that cover your chosen topic from the list below. Keep in mind that 5 is the minimum. A good quality research paper usually contains in excess of 10. Sources should be less than 10 years old and if using statistical data, it should be less than 5 years old. Do not forget to use in text citations to credit your sources.

Note that references used for your research need to be peer-reviewed/scholarly journals. These journals typically have the following characteristics:

1. articles are reviewed by a panel of experts before they are accepted for publication;
2. articles are written by a scholar or specialist in the field;
3. articles report on original research or experimentation;
4. are often published by professional associations;
5. utilize terminology associated with the discipline.

Use of newspapers, news magazines, and similar periodicals must be kept to a minimum, and will be acceptable only as sources for supplementary information.

References like “Wikipedia,” “Psychology Today,” and “Court TV” are not primary sources, are not peer reviewed (reviewed for empirical integrity, accuracy, and authenticity), and are not appropriate references for scholarly writing (with the possible exception of use for anecdotal background information).

While dissertations are closely supervised by a dissertation committee made up of scholars, they are still considered student work. Dissertations are often included in scholarly writing, although they are used sparingly.

 

Research Paper Topics

Choose one of the following topics relevant to evidence and procedures:

1. Documentation, collection, and preservation of DNA evidence

2. Discuss the role of the first officer of the scene. How can his/her actions impact investigation?

3. The pros and cons of relying on modus operandi and signature in a serial homicide investigation.

4. Discuss bitemark examinations, document examinations, and microscopic hair examinations and exactly why each is now considered “junk science”.

5. Discuss the impact of visual aids in the courtroom and how they assist in explaining forensic science to the jury. Provide examples drawing from specific forensic disciplines such as fingerprint analysis or ballistics.

6. Discuss the different methods of documenting and searching a crime scene. What are the pros and cons of relying on 3D imaging systems?

 

Remember that statistics, studies and case examples add depth to your writing.

The paper should be of high quality, free of spelling and grammatical errors, and of original work. Plagiarism will not be permitted and occurrences of it will result in the procedures outlined in the “Student Handbook.”

IMPORTANT NOTE: Once you have submitted the assignment it is automatically run through Turnitin.com (plagiarism checker). You MUST be below a 20% match to other sources.

Determine what legal issues the U.S. Supreme Court is addressing in the case, what rule of law developed as a result of the Court’s decision, and a brief analysis as to why the Court decided the case in the manner that it did.

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kentucky v. king case Brief Assignment

Case Brief Writing Assignment # 1:

In order to learn the case briefing format each student will submit a written brief for the U.S. Supreme Court case of Kentucky v. King, 563 US 452 (2011). The brief should contain four (4) separately titled sections including : Facts, Legal Issue, Court’s Analysis, and Holding/ Rule of Law.

The students will be required to determine what legal issues the U.S. Supreme Court is addressing in the case, what rule of law developed as a result of the Court’s decision, and a brief analysis as to why the Court decided the case in the manner that it did. The legal brief should be a minimum of 2-3 pages in length double spaced. A sample legal brief format can be found under the Module 2 materials. DUE BY THE END OF WEEK 4.

Differentiate between crimi­nal and national security intelligence.Describe the functions of fusion centers. List some of the organizations responsible for processing intelligence.

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Intelligence process

Describe the intelligence process.

  • Differentiate between crimi­nal and national security intelligence.

Explain the importance of the National Criminal Intelligence Sharing Plan.

  • Describe the functions of fusion centers.
  • List some of the organizations responsible for processing intelligence.
  • Summarize some of the major issues in homeland security.

Discuss aspects of intelligence reform.

  • Cite evidence to argue that intelligence reform is unnecessary.

 

 

Discuss revolutionary and counter-revolutionary terrorism. What has caused the decline in left-wing terrorism over the past couple of decades in both the U.S. and Europe? Do you see any evidence of a shift back toward violence by the left?

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Homeland/ Global Security

Prepare a one-page response (typed and double-spaced).

Prompt

  1. Discuss revolutionary and counter-revolutionary terrorism. Share an example of recent counter-revolutionary activity reported in the media.
  2. Contrast domestic left-wing and right-wing terrorism in the history of the United States. What is the greatest current domestic threat?
  3. What has caused the decline in left-wing terrorism over the past couple of decades in both the U.S. and Europe (refer to chapter 11 also)? Do you see any evidence of a shift back toward violence by the left?
  4. What is the stated goal and mission of Al Qaeda? What are the historical roots that have contributed to this motivation? Is Al Qaeda in accord with mainstream Islam?
  5. What has been the effect of the death of Bin Laden upon Al Qaeda? Has it been stopped, slowed, invigorated, or suffered fracturing into splinter organizations?

 

What are the main arguments? What is the point of the book or article? What did you learn from reading the article? What arguments did the authors make? Is this similar or contrary to the argument you want to make in your paper?

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Incarceration of Americans

Use information and resources with the instructions to complete.
Each source should have 1-2 paragraphs. List each source in APA format (as you would in a references page), followed by 1-2 paragraphs that answer the following questions:

  • What are the main arguments?
  • What is the point of the book or article?
  • What did you learn from reading the article?
  • What arguments did the authors make?
  • Is this similar or contrary to the argument you want to make in your paper?
  • How does this article compare to your other sources?
  • How can you use this article in your paper?
  • How does the United States prison system compare to China, United States, and The United Kingdom?

Starting in the 1970’s policies were created that initiated incarceration of Americans at a phenomenal rate. For example, the US incarcerated population is remarkably greater than China and Brazil, with over 2 million inmates compared to 1.7 million and 760,000, respectively (Gramlich, 2021). In the United States, 716 are incarcerated per 100,000 population, significantly higher than in other countries.

The United States prison system is important to policing because the issue of the over population of prisons is partly due to strict drug laws. Keeping theses laws in place does not only harm members of the community but continues to put police officers in potential danger when enforcing the laws.

Gramlich, J. (2021, August 18). America's incarceration rate falls to lowest level since 1995. Pew Research Center. Retrieved September 8, 2022, from https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/08/16/americas-incarceration-rate-lowest-since-1995/

Jones, T. (2004). Comparative criminal justice policy-making in the United States and the United Kingdom: The case of private prisons. British Journal of Criminology, 45(1), 58–80. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azh067

Young, S. (2020, September 23). Capital and the Carceral State: Prison privatization in the United States and United Kingdom. Harvard International Review. Retrieved September 14, 2022, from https://hir.harvard.edu/us-uk-prison-privatization/

O’Conner , R. (2014, March 19). Digital Commons University of South Florida (USF). Site. Retrieved September 14, 2022, from https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/

Explain the difficulties in determining if bias occurs when the prosecutor determines whether someone will be charged. Explore any other unique challenges that a minority defendant may face prior to a trial.

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The Sixth Amendment

The Sixth Amendment provides protection for the accused, specifically an impartial jury and the assistance of counsel.

Research your local district or state attorney’s office to see if there is any demographic information about the number of cases presented to the office and the number of cases in which the office charged someone (e.g., 1,000 cases accusing women of a crime were presented; charges were filed in 100 of those cases).

The Sixth Amendment provides protection for the accused, specifically an impartial jury and the assistance of counsel.

Research your local district or state attorney’s office to see if there is any demographic information about the number of cases presented to the office and the number of cases in which the office charged someone (e.g., 1,000 cases accusing women of a crime were presented; charges were filed in 100 of those cases).

Write a 1,050- 1,250 Microsoft® Word Paper in which you:

Explain the difficulties in determining if bias occurs when the prosecutor determines whether someone will be charged. Support this with the evidence from your research.
Explore any other unique challenges that a minority defendant may face prior to a trial.
Examine whether type of counsel (private or public) has an impact on defendants who are women or a racial/ethnic minority.
Describe challenges in building a jury that is impartial to gender, race, or ethnicity.
Identify methods for ensuring jury members are unbiased.

Identify the diversity among the characters portrayed in the show. Include suspects, victims, and criminal justice professionals in the police, courts, or corrections. Describe any stereotypical attributes assigned to any characters.

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High Risk Originality Reports

Write a minimum 700 to 1,050 Microsoft Word Paper in which you address the following:

Identify the diversity among the characters portrayed in the show. Include suspects, victims, and criminal justice professionals in the police, courts, or corrections.
Describe any stereotypical attributes assigned to any characters.
Compare the demographics portrayed in the show to your local police, courts, and corrections agencies’ employee demographics, as well as your local arrest demographics. Are the demographics in the show like your local community? How or how not?
Describe challenges in locating accurate crime and victimization data nationally and locally, and how that might affect the accuracy of people’s perceptions of crime.
Explain how media portrayals can influence people’s perceptions of crime. Consider portrayals and perceptions of those who offend; those who are victimized; and those who investigate, prosecute, sentence, and oversee those serving a sentence.

State and explain why evidence must be relevant to a case being investigated to be admitted into court. Cite 2 items of evidence that would likely be considered irrelevant as evidence, and explain why they would be irrelevant.

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Physical evidence

Class characteristics are very useful to eliminate a person from being the suspect in an investigation. If a shoe impression is clearly a size 12 men’s shoe and the person who may be involved wears a size 8 shoe, even though the soles may be the same pattern, clearly the footwear impression made by the suspect cannot have been from the shoes of the person being interviewed. In the same consideration, if a suspect has 8 pairs of shoes and is a size 12, but only one pair has Panama Soles—the pattern left by the suspect at the scene—then only one pair of shoes needs to be examined (the one with the Panama Soles—the most common sole pattern in the United States).

Research the following points, and write a 4–6-page paper fully explaining each point:

State and explain why evidence must be relevant to a case being investigated to be admitted into court. Cite 2 items of evidence that would likely be considered irrelevant as evidence, and explain why they would be irrelevant.
In the United States, there are forensic databases that are accessible to law enforcement and corrections to assist in identifying unknown persons. Name 3 of them.
In the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) there are two specific indices. One pertains to forensics and the other to offenders. Explain the two different indexes and what they do.