*KIM WOODS* Pretrial Process Paper. OUTLINE ONLY

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Prepare an outline for the Week 5 assignment:

 

Pretrial Process Paper. 

 

·         Pretrial detention and the concept of bail

·         Preliminary examinations

·         The role of the grand jury

·         The prosecutor’s duty to disclose exculpatory information

·         Prosecutorial misconduct

 

Use the format of the sample Outline attached. 

 

Ensure the outline must include a properly APA formatted title page, introduction (heading only – not the narrative), all main points responsive to the assignment and a summary (heading only).   See below on references.

 

Additionally, conduct research to support the major points of the paper and provide a properly APA formatted reference page which includes the list of scholarly acceptable references. 

 

References should be from the following resources: course textbook, professional journals (encourage UOP online library – choose “peer reviewed” option for searches) and government agency websites. 

 

Do not use non-academic resources such as Findlaw.com,Wikipedia, Ask.com, eHow.com, AssociatedContent.com, commercial websites, etc.

 

 

Discussion—Poverty and Discrimination

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Assignment 1: Discussion—Poverty and Discrimination

Poverty and discrimination are linked as one often leads to the other and vice versa. The poor are a target for discrimination due to their circumstances, while discrimination due to ethnicity, race, or gender reduces the number of economic opportunities an individual might get. In this module, you explore the segments of the population that are more likely to be poor. You also examine the reasons for the poverty of these segments and its implications for social policy development.

Research the link between poverty and discrimination using your textbook, the Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet.

  • Select two journal articles that address the linkage between poverty and discrimination reflected in the conditions of racial and ethnic minority populations.
    • Be sure to select one article that addresses poverty and discrimination in the United States and one in any other country.
    • Make sure the articles include examples of social policies that have attempted to address these issues.

Respond to the following:

  • How is the linkage between poverty and discrimination reflected in the conditions of racial and ethnic minority populations?
  • Identify two examples of social policies that have attempted to address these issues and discuss their effectiveness.
  • Support your positions with material from your library research.

Write your initial response in a minimum of 200–300 words. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

By Saturday, January 26, 2013, post your response to the appropriate Discussion Area. Through Wednesday, January 30, 2013, review and comment on at least two peers’ responses. Cover the following items in your posts:

  • Provide a statement of clarification.
  • Provide a point of view with rationale.
  • Challenge a point of discussion, or draw a relationship between one or more points of the discussion.

Grading Rubric

This discussion assignment will be graded using the discussion rubric.

Discussion Grading Criteria

Case Study 3: Confessions and Admissions after a Request for a Lawyer

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MUST BE ORIGINAL WORK, NO PLAGIARISM

Case Study 3: Confessions and Admissions after a Request for a Lawyer
Due Week 8 and worth 100 points

A suspect is apprehended in a large-chain grocery store by the security guard. The suspect is placed in handcuffs and taken to the manager’s office. The police are called and advised of the situation. Officer Jones arrives at the store approximately 12 minutes later. Officer Jones takes a statement from the security guard and views the in-store camera film of the shop lifting incident. Officer Jones places the suspect under arrest, reads the suspect the Miranda warnings, and asks the suspect if he would like to make a statement. The suspect replies, “No, I would like a lawyer”. The suspect is then transported to the local jail and booked. Five (5) hours later, the suspect is interviewed by a detective who again reads him the Miranda warning. The detective then asks the suspect if he would like to talk. The suspect says, “Yes”. He eventually confesses to the crime.

Write a two (2) page paper in which you:

  1. Identify and discuss the constitutional amendments that would relate to this situation.
  2. Discuss how the Edwards Rule is related to this situation.
  3. In your opinion, determine if the suspect’s confession to the detective is admissible.
  4. Use at least two (2) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length. 

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Research and analyze procedures governing the process of arrest through trial. 
  • Critically debate the Constitutional safeguards of key Amendments with specific attention to the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 14th Amendments
  • Explain key law enforcement regulatory procedures and rules and requirements of law enforcement in the evidence collection phase.
  • Explain and debate fundamental Supreme Court cases associated with criminal procedure. 
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in the criminal procedure.
  • Write clearly and concisely about the criminal procedure using proper writing mechanics.

REPLY TO CLASSMATE’S POST

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Your textbook does an excellent job of reviewing the significance of the environmental health laws in the United States. Please select at least two examples found in the textbook that you feel are the most important environmental health laws (past or present) and provide an explanation as to why you feel this way. Also, please share your opinion regarding the current effectiveness these laws have on protecting public health, providing specific examples to support your opinion.

 

PLEASE REPLY TO MY CLASSMATE RESPONSE TO THE ABOVE QUESTIONS AND EXPLAIN WHY YOU AGREE? (A MINIMUM OF 125 WORDS)

                                   CLASSMATE’S POST

The use of environmental health laws in the United States of America are essential to the overall health and well-being of the country’s citizens and the planet.  I believe the two most important health laws listed in the textbook are the Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974 and the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 (Friis, 2012).  First, the Safe Drinking Water Act was created to protect the quality of drinking water in the U.S whether it is actual or potentially a water source, such as tap or underground water (Friis, 2012).  This act allows the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set minimum standards for water operations that companies need to abide by (Friis, 2012).  One example of this act being implemented was back in 2016 when the EPA settled a lawsuit by agreeing to create a program that helped clean up oil spills into large bodies of water (Protecting Drinking Water from Hazardous Spills, 2018).  Second, the Toxic Substances Control Act was created to give the EPA authority to report, keep records of, and apply restrictions to the use of chemical substances or mixtures (Friis, 2012).  This Act does not include food, cosmetics, drugs, or pesticides because those have their own regulations and laws (Friis, 2012).  However, it does address the production, use, and disposal of certain chemicals such as asbestos, radon, and lead paints (Friis, 2012).  One example of this the continuous strict access to these chemicals and only allowing certified personnel to handle them as well as survey and maintain locations with high radon levels (Toxic Substances Control Act and Federal Facilities, 2018).  Based off of these examples, I feel as though these laws are extremely effective because even when there are mishaps, such as oil spills, the regulators of the laws are continuously coming up with new ideas on how to make the laws better for the citizens of America.  I believe these two laws are the most important environmental health laws because they not only protect the environment, but also the safety and health of the people in this country.  Without these laws, the water would be polluted beyond repair and the use of chemicals would be too wide spread and they would effect just about everyone in the U.S.

                                               References:

Friis, R. H. (2012). Essentials of Environmental Health (2nd ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.

Protecting Drinking Water From Hazardous Spills. (2018). Retrieved October 10, 2018, from https://www.cleanwateraction.org/features/protecting-drinking-water-hazardous-spills 

Week 4 Discussion 1 POL 201

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Prepare: Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read chapters 8, 9, and 10 in American Government and watch the video, Episode II – It’s a Free Country.

 

Reflect: Our political system is characterized by certain fundamental features to include a system of laws, rights, and liberties. The laws, created and supported by the Constitutional framework, are designed to protect and secure the rights and liberties of individuals and groups throughout the U.S. However, the government also has an obligation to provide for the security of its citizens from serious internal and external threats that could cause grave or severe damage to our country. The need for homeland and national security can create a dilemma where conflicts emerge between these security needs and the demands for civil rights and liberties.

 

Write: In your initial post, explain what obligations the U.S. government has towards its citizens and how can these obligations impact individual and group rights? Provide real-world examples to support your explanation. Fully respond to all parts of the prompt and write your response in your own words. Your initial response must be 200 to 250 words. Support your position with APA citations to two or more of the assigned resources required for this discussion. Please be sure that you demonstrate understanding of these resources, integrate them into your argument, and cite them properly.

 

My major is Health and Wellness, and I am in the Military. Please have discussion reflect this. 

 

 

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United States Government

Government By The People by Magleby and Light, 23rd edition.

 

 

Multiple Choice Questions

 

1) Figure 9-1 in your book demonstrates that

a. most House seats are won by the candidate of the same party as the presidential candidate getting the most popular votes in that district.

b. about half of House elections are closely contested.

c. a large majority of House seats are not competitive. most Senate elections are won by incumbents.

d. None of these.

 

2. ________ primaries have become the main method of choosing delegates to the national convention.

a. State

b. National

c. Judicial

d. Local

e. County

 

3) Diversification of the news media lessens the ability of any one medium to influence

a. straight ticket voting.

b. the outcome of elections.

c. party loyalty.

d. partisanship.

e. individual ideology.

 

4) The modern president who had held the fewest total news conferences was

a. Johnson.

b. Clinton.

c. Nixon.

d. Carter.

e. Reagan.

 

5) Newspapers no longer play an important role in American political culture.

a. True

b. False

 

6) In large urban areas, residents are bombarded with news stories about their local member of Congress.

a. True

b. False

 

 

7) The general goal of “police patrol” oversight is to detect criminal activity among federal employees.

a. True

b. False

 

8) Judges in the United States

a. can personally enforce their decisions.

b. can only rule on the actual cases before them.

c. are the most free of all government officials to take action.

d. prevent politicians from making foolish legal mistakes.

e. All of the above.

 

9. Research has proven that female or minority judges decide most cases differently than white male judges.

a. True

b. False

 

10. Which of the following is NOT a guideline used by the Supreme Court to apply the equal protection clause to legislation?

a. Suspect classification test

b. Strict scrutiny test

c. Rational basis test

d. Separate but equal test

e. None of the above are used by Supreme Court

 

 

Assignment 2: Terrorist Organization—— TONISKY ONLY

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Assignment 2: Terrorist Organization
Due Week 9 

Research a foreign terrorist organization of your choice.

Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:

  1. Describe the history of the organization.
  2. Compare and contrast the organization’s primary beliefs, motives, and allies with another terrorist organization of your choice.
  3. Discuss past actions and terroristic endeavors.
  4. Discuss the present areas of operation, believed actions, and current status of the organization.
  5. Analyze the actions taken by intelligence agencies to protect against the group’s current believed actions and describe the effectiveness of these measures.
  6. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Compare and contrast terrorism, terrorist groups, organized crime, and their financing activities and practices.
  • Analyze the role of intelligence and counterterrorism activities among federal agencies.
  • Describe future trends in homeland security and terrorist activities.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in homeland security.
  • Write clearly and concisely about topics related to Homeland Security Organization and Administration using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

Atmospheric Science

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Part #1: How much water and energy are in a small storm? (20 points)

 

The liquid water that is in a thunderstorm in the Midwest primarily comes from evaporated water from the Gulf of Mexico. When that water vapor condenses in the updraft of a thunderstorm, tiny liquid water droplets form and the storm is born. Let’s calculate how much water and energy is in a small thunderstorm complex – the kind that pop up on a hot summer day. Please find the total number of gallons of water in this storm and also the total energy content of the storm expressed in megatons and joules. You must show your work to get credit.

 

Assumptions:

Each cubic centimeter (cm3) contains 7.5*10-7 grams of water (7.5*10-7 g/cm3)

The storm’s dimensions are 20 km wide, 15 km long and 9 km tall.

1 gallon of water = 3785 grams of water

Each gram of water in the cloud releases 2260 Joules of energy as it forms those tiny cloud droplets (2260 J/g)

A 1-megaton nuclear bomb contains 4.18*1015 Joules of energy.

 

Water in the Atmosphere

 

Scenario: February is often a bitterly cold month and you may spend most of the month with a sore throat and cough. A doctor will recommend that you get a humidifier to help raise the humidity levels in your apartment. Before you turn on your humidifier, you decide to measure the relative humidity and air temperature in the room and find that the RH = 12.4% and the temperature is 68°F. Using this information answer the following questions. (Hint: check out figure 1.9 in the textbook and in the video lecture I provided***.)

 

  1. Write down the equation for relative humidity (RH) in the space below.

  1. What is the air temperature in Celsius?

  1. What is the saturation vapor pressure (SVP) of the air in your apartment?

  1. What is the vapor pressure (VP) of the air in your apartment?

  1. What is the dewpoint temperature (Td) of the air in your apartment?

Six hours after turning your humidifier on, you measure the humidity levels again and see that the relative humidity has risen to 50% and you are now finding some relief in your sore throat and your cough is gone. The air temperature has not changed. Answer the following questions.

 

  1. What is the dewpoint temperature in your apartment now that the RH is 50%?

  1. What is the vapor pressure (VP) of the air in your apartment now?

  1. What is the saturation vapor pressure (SVP) of the air in your room now?

  1. If you were to raise the air temperature in your room to 72°F, how would this change the relative humidity (increase, decrease or stay the same)? In one or two sentences, explain your answer.

*** Figure 1.9 shows the relationship between the SVP and Temperature. If you know the air temperature (in Celsius) you can find the SVP (in mb). This same chart can be used to find the vapor pressure (VP) if you know the dewpoint temperature (Td). This works because when the relative humidity is 100%, the VP = SVP and T = Td. So, as you are trying to answer questions #4 and #7 above, use Figure 1.9 to find the VP.

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Weekly tasks or assignments (Individual or Group Projects) will be due by Monday and late submissions will be assigned a late penalty in accordance with the late penalty policy found in the syllabus. NOTE: All submission posting times are based on midnight Central Time.

Almost all people have times in their life when they feel that they are not in control of the events that happen to them. There are often times when others seem to have more power over people than they do over themselves. This can create a strong feeling of power imbalance between oneself and another person. Sometimes, this can be because of a positive power imbalance, in the case of a mentor, advisor, or supervisor who uses his or her authority to guide and teach others. Sometimes, however, this can also be because of a negative power imbalance, in the case of a boss who bullies; a boyfriend or a girlfriend who can be emotionally and physically threatening; or in the case of a confrontation, one person initiating violence against another.

In the United States and in other countries around the world, power imbalances are often commonly experienced by populations who may be political or social minorities because of their gender, race, tribal and ethnic association, or socioeconomic status. Consequently, discrimination may occur as a way of preserving the status quo as a means of preventing others from accessing multiple public and private services, credit, employment, and housing opportunities, for example.  

As people bring the personal into the professional, self-awareness is important for homeland security personnel when working and intervening successfully with critical incidents that may involve culturally diverse responders, survivors, and perpetrators. Coping with unpredictable and ongoing situations of crisis and terror can arouse personal feelings of helplessness and lack of control. It is important, therefore, to understand what particular coping strengths you can bring into such a situation, your ability to respond to and manage such a situation, and what your capacity is to learn from such events for future use.

Therefore, looking back over your own life, choose a situation in which you experienced a major power imbalance while interacting with another person that either assisted or prevented you from meeting your aims. This could be, for example, with a former boss, coach, teacher, parent, or friend who had some kind of authority over you when the incident occurred.   

Assignment Guidelines

  • This paper should be between 750–1,000 words and will be written in 3 parts:
    • The first part should be labeled “Part 1: What Happened.”
      • Insert as much objective detail as you can remember, in as factual a manner as possible. 
    • The second part should be labeled “Part 2: Looking Back.”
      • Insert what you felt your response was to what happened during the event.
    • The third part should contain discussion regarding 2 additional aspects and should be labeled “Part 3: What I Learned and How I Can Apply It.”
      • Write about the lessons that you learned from this experience.
        • Consider your future career as a homeland security or emergency management professional.
        • Consider what advice you would offer if a friend, relative, or fellow professional had faced a similar situation to what you faced.
  • When choosing an event, pick an occurrence that you feel has been resolved to a great degree in your mind.
  • It is not the purpose of this assignment for you to re-experience a feeling of trauma and feel upset; rather, you should be able to choose an incident that you feel that you have learned and gained wisdom from.

Help, Pandemic Influenza Homework

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Unit 3, Item 2: Pandemic Influenza

Assignment Objectives:

Relate the historical impact of disease on homeland and national security. Characterize and discuss the current threat and importance of preparedness for naturally occurring diseases. Understand the threats from and history of use of weapons of mass destruction. Identify the public health community’s role in responding to weapons of mass destruction.

Assignment: This assignment should take about 3 hours to complete.

Pandemic influenza represents one of the greatest infectious disease threats to human health. Webster and his colleagues (2006) describe how new strains of influenza may emerge from avian, swine and human types of influenza. Kilbourne (2006) presents an overview of the influenza pandemics of the 20th century and their consequences. Taubenberger and Morens (2006) discuss the severe influenza pandemic of 1918. Fauci (2006) discusses the threat of pandemic influenza and the need to prepare for such pandemics. In 2009, a novel strain of influenza caused the first influenza pandemic of the 21st century. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2010) article presents an overview of the CDC response to the outbreak.

Write a 500- to 600-word essay and cite references in APA style. Use the outline below as topics to guide development of your essay from your research.

  1. –Background: Discuss the three major influenza pandemics of the 20th century that occurred in 1918, 1957, and 1968. Why was the 1918 pandemic the most lethal?

  2. –Pandemic Response: Discuss the CDC response to the 2009 H1N1 pandemic. What were the major response activities?

  3. –Future Pandemic Expectations: What does Fauci (2006) identify as measures to prepare for the next influenza pandemic?

Readings:

Four articles from Emerging Infectious Disease, Volume 12, Number 1, January 2006:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2010). “The 2009 H1N1 Pandemic: Summary Highlights, April 2009-April 2010.” Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/cdcresponse.htm.

Read the articles linked above.