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Cost Accounting

Decision making in companies is often facilitated by utilizing cost allocation methods. Anthony’s Orchards is measuring its performance and reviewing its service department cost allocation methods to determine whether current methods reflect the true value and profitability of the businesses. Write a 1- to 2-page memo to the accounting manager on why you would recommend using a particular cost allocation method. To prepare for your memo use data from the Anthony’s Orchards website and calculate the three different service department methods (direct, step-down, and reciprocal) and compare and contrast the methods. Choose one method and state why you recommend this method for Anthony’s Orchards. Your memo should reflect the application of the material presented this week as well as anything from previous weeks and Required and/or Optional Resources. A description of your recommendation, a rationale for why it is important, and a description of the consequences of not following the recommendation should be included in the memo. Be sure to support your work with specific citations from this week’s Learning Resources and any additional resources.
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The Living who Speak for the Dead: Combining Scientific Expertise to Locate and Identify Crime Victims

This discussion will focus on analyzing the issues surrounding the collaborative efforts of scientific experts and police investigative experts in locating and evaluating clandestine graves or other atypical situations involving the discarding and/or hiding of deceased victims. Explain how these experts’ process and retrieve trace evidence with an emphasis on contemporary specialized techniques concerning clandestine graves. Analyze the accepted methodologies that are employed concerning crime scene management in light of the areas of expertise of the various participating experts. Prior to completing this discussion, please read the required resources for this the article by Burks, the article by Costandi, and visit the Necrosearch, Intl. website. Using a minimum of two scholarly and/or professional sources from the Ashford University Library or another scholarly source of information, identify one example where a consortium of scientific experts or individual scientific expert(s) worked in conjunction with law enforcement to locate and identify a clandestine grave and determine the nature of the expertise they provided.

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Body Identification

Your report must address the following elements: Explain how to process and retrieve trace evidence at the scene of a death. Evaluate accepted methodologies employed in contemporary crime scene management relative to death investigations.  Analyze commonly accepted forensic techniques and contemporary specialized techniques available for death investigations. Examine judicial expectations and requirements relative to the admittance of evidence collected by forensic crime scene investigators in death investigations.  The Laboratory Activity Report: Must be approximately 1,000 words (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center  (Links to an external site.) Links to an external site. . Must include a separate title page with the following: Title of paper Student’s name Course name and number Instructor’s name Date submitted Must use at least two sources in addition to the course text and lab manual.

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JonBenet Ramsey Murder Case and Crime Scene Management Analysis Annotated Bibliography

The purpose of this assignment is to assist you in developing research analysis skills including critical thinking, writing, and literature research skills. This annotated bibliography assignment will provide you with an opportunity to locate resources for your Crime Scene Management Analysis . (There is a Sample Annotated Bibliography  . in the Ashford Writing Center for additional assistance.) The resources you identify for this Annotated Bibliography will be used to enhance your knowledge of the techniques of crime scene management and to support the Summative Assessment.  Each resource must address at least one of the topics listed below. Further, each of the below topics must be addressed at least once within your five selected resources. The resources you identify for this assignment must cover the following: Explain how to process and retrieve trace evidence relative to the JonBenet Ramsey Murder. Evaluate accepted methodologies employed in contemporary crime scene management with the methodologies employed at the JonBenet Ramsey Murder scene.  Analyze commonly accepted forensic techniques and contemporary specialized techniques relative to the JonBenet Ramsey Murder. Examine judicial expectations and requirements relative to the admittance of evidence collected by forensic crime scene investigators as they relate to the JonBenet Ramsey Murder. For this annotated bibliography research a minimum of five sources in total including at least one each of the following types: peer-reviewed articles, scholarly resources, and professional resources that are considered to have reliable information. (Professional resources exclude popular news sources e.g., Newsweek, Time, People, New York Times, and any television news source and online open sourced materials like Wikipedia.) At least two of your sources must be from the Ashford University Library. The Annotated Bibliography must include the following for each source: Create a complete APA formatted citation. Create an annotation that summarizes the information provided in the full article; 100 – 150 per annotation. Address the following elements while synthesizing this information: The author(s) The purpose of the article (e.g., an experimental study was completed investigating the interaction of short-term memory and attention.) A description of the subjects of the article Conclusions drawn from the article Contributions to the literature (e.g., new findings, applications, etc.) The relevance to the Summative Assessment JonBenet Ramsey Murder Case and Crime Scene Management Analysis Annotated Bibliography: Must include a title and references pages formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center  (Links to an external site.) Links to an external site. . Must include a separate title page with the following: Title of paper Student’s name Course name and number Instructor’s name Date submitted Must use at least 5 scholarly and/or professional sources, and at least two from the Ashford University Library. Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
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Play Buddy Assignment

You will need to interact with a child or group of children for this assignment. In this case, the purpose is not to “treat” the child but to experiment with the play media and play process. Make arrangements to meet with a child in order to implement the different theoretical approaches and play media. You are required to have one “session” during the semester and to write the paper based on this experience. Students are expected to become knowledgeable about using play in “sessions” with children. Students must also become knowledgeable about effective interventions with children and/or develop their own ideas based on course material and then apply them within the “session”.
Your paper must include at least 3 sources (i.e. journal articles, books) in APA format. It is important to include comments on both theory and practice related to use of play approaches.
In your field experience paper, focus on the following: a. Who did you work with and where? b. What play medium did you use and how did you use it (e.g., directive or nondirective approach, verbal versus experiential components, your theoretical approach)? c. What happened? Be descriptive and give thorough examples or quotes. d. What thoughts and feelings did you experience in the process? e. What did you learn or relearn about theory, the medium, the procedures, and about yourself?