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Crime and Criminal Behavior

Week 4

Uniform Crime Report (UCR)
Performance Task Assignment #1
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Scenario In June of 2016 you begin your first week as an intern at the Happy Town Police Department. As an intern, you develop a good rapport with Police Chief Rodney Hurt.
On the second week of your internship you begin to ask questions (of the police officers you have been working with at the department) concerning the Uniform Crime Rate. You tell them you are taking a class at Strayer University and are interested in gaining a better understanding of statistics and the application of statistics to law enforcement.
The following day you are greeted by Sergeant Gunn. She provides you with Part I crime data over the past five years that were submitted to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the Uniform Crime Report. The Part I information provided to you by Sergeant Gunn is a compilation of crime data drawn from four areas: Happy Town, Frown Town, Smooth Town, and Cool Town.
After a review of the crime trends, you are alarmed at the rate of crime reported in these four towns. You are now curious to dig a little deeper and make some comparisons across the data provided to you.
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Task Your task is to write a report for the Chief of Police Rodney Hurt. He will use the report for his news conference in regard to the public’s concern for the increase in crime over the past five years. In the report, you will include the following:
1. A definition and description of the Uniform Crime Report.
2. A description of the data-gathering strategy for your report and a rationale for why you
chose this technique
3. A discussion of the crime trends comparing Happy Town, Frown Town, Smooth Town,
and Cool Town over the past five years.
Your report should clearly describe all the details necessary for the Chief’s news conference. Your answers will be judged not only on the accuracy of the information you provide, but also on how thoroughly the information is covered, how effectively the report is organized, and how well your writing reflects the conventions of standard written English. While your personal values and experiences are important, please answer all the questions in this task solely on the basis of the information provided in the Document Library. (The Document Library is included in this assignment document.)
Formatting Requirements:
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
● Be four pages typed, double-spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one- inch margins on all sides. All the information you need is in the Document Library.
● Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, your name, professor’s name, course title, and date. The cover page is not included in the required assignment page length.
Self-Assessment Checklist:
Use this to check your work before you submit your assignment:
 My paper defines and describes the Uniform Crime Report.  My paper describes a data-gathering strategy and explains why I used this strategy.  My paper discusses the crime trends comparing Happy Town, Frown Town, Smooth
Town, and Cool Town over the past five years.
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Rubric Grading for this assignment will be based on the quality of your responses, logic/organization of the report, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.
Points: 150 Assignment 1: UCR Performance Task
Criteria Unacceptable Below 70% F
Fair 70-79% C
Proficient 80-89% B
Exemplary 90-100% A
1. Define and describe the UCR report. Weight: 25%
Does not define and describe the UCR report.
Partially defines and describes the UCR report but could use more supporting details.
Satisfactorily defines and describes the UCR report.
Thoroughly defines and describes the UCR report.
2.Describe a data- gathering strategy and provide a rationale for why you chose that strategy. Weight: 25%
Does not select or incompletely describes a data-gathering strategy. Does not provide a rationale for why you chose that technique.
Partially describes a data-gathering strategy and provides a rationale for why you chose that technique. The description of the strategy and rationale need further development and supporting details.
Satisfactorily describes a data- gathering strategy and provides a rationale for why you chose that technique. Some additional supporting details would improve this section.
Thoroughly describes a data- gathering strategy and provides a well- supported rationale for why you chose that technique.
3. Discuss the crime trends comparing Happy Town, Frown Town, Smooth Town, and Cool Town over the past five years. Weight: 25%
Does not submit or incompletely discusses the crime trends comparing Happy Town, Frown Town, Smooth Town, and Cool Town over the past five years.
Partially discusses the crime trends comparing Happy Town, Frown Town, Smooth Town, and Cool Town over the past five years. Some of the trends were discussed, but this section would be improved by addressing more of the trends.
Satisfactorily discusses the crime trends comparing Happy Town, Frown Town, Smooth Town, and Cool Town over the past five years. Most of the trends were addressed with supporting details, but not all of them.
Thoroughly discusses the crime trends comparing Happy Town, Frown Town, Smooth Town, and Cool Town over the past five years. All the major trends were addressed and well-supported.
4. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements. Weight: 25%
More than 6 errors present.
5-6 errors present. 3-4 errors present. 0-2 errors present.
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Long Paper – Option A: Investment Decision

Long Paper – Option A: Investment Decision
 
Summary – You will evaluate your company as a potential investment opportunity.  You will either make a recommendation to BUY stock in the company, SELL stock in the company, or BUY/SELL a direct competitor of your company. 
 

  1. (10 points) Your paper should provide a succinct historical perspective of your company.

 

  1. (15 points) Provide a detailed summary about the Mission, Vision, and General Strategy (use data when appropriate and external sourcing to fortify your paper).  You may consider doing a 5-Forces analysis or any other type of analysis that helps your case (perhaps a SWOT analysis, etc).

 

  1. (15 points) Analyze the internal conditions of the firm – leadership team, human resources, climate, etc.  What internal resources are important for this company?

 

  1. (25 points) Provide both pros and cons of why this company is a good or bad investment.  You should be balanced in your approach with reasonable arguments for both sides.

 

  1. (25 points) Based on the above, what is your recommendation and WHY?  What points are the most salient in your analysis?  You should be thorough about both internal and external analysis and either a) invest in your company, b) sell your company or c) consider investing in one of your competitors.

 
 
 
 
Grading Rubric for MGMT 3013 Long Paper: Option A
 
Length and Format – Paper must be:

  • Between 1,600-2,000 words (works cited should be a separate page)
  • Double-spaced
  • 12-point Times New Roman font
  • 1-inch margins
  • Name located in the header
  • Proper in-paper citations and works cited (MLA format)

 

Length and Format
 (15 points)		 Description
15 points Paper meets all length and formatting requirements
10 points Paper deviates from one (1) of the length and  formatting requirements
0 points Paper deviates from more than one (1) of the length and  formatting requirements

 

Quality
 (15 points)		 Description
15 points The paper contains few or no grammatical or spelling errors (1-3)
10 points The paper contains several grammatical or spelling errors (4-7)
0 points Paper contains more than seven (7) grammatical or spelling errors

 

 Connection
(10 points)		 Part 1 – 10 points
10 points The paper has an adequate historical perspective of the company.
5 points The paper has a subpar historical perspective of the company.
0 points There is no historical perspective of the company.

 


Connection
 (15 points)		 Part 2 – 15 points
15 points The paper gives a detailed summary of the Mission, Vision, and General Strategy AND provides a 5-Forces analysis or SWOT analysis of the strategy with proper explanation for each aspect of the analysis.
10 points The paper gives a basic summary of the Mission, Vision, and General Strategy AND provides a 5-Forces analysis or SWOT analysis of the strategy with only basic, or incorrect explanation for each aspect of the analysis.
5 points The paper is missing the summary of the Mission, Vision, and General Strategy OR does not provide a 5-Forces analysis or SWOT analysis of the strategy.
0 points There is no mention of the Mission, Vision, or General Strategy AND does not provide a 5-Forces analysis or SWOT analysis of the strategy.

 

Connection
 (15 points)		 Part 3 – 15 points
15 points The paper analyzes several internal conditions of the firm and explains which internal resources are important for this company. Proper explanations are given for each of the conditions discussed.
10 points The paper analyzes only a few internal conditions of the firm and explains which internal resources are important for this company. Minimal explanations are given for each of the conditions discussed.
5 points The paper analyzes only a few internal conditions of the firm with no explanations.
0 points The paper is missing the internal conditions important to the company.

 

Connection
 (25 points)		 Part 4 – 25 points
25 points The paper provides several pros and cons of why this company is a good or bad investment and ties in the reasoning to strategy (5-Forces/SWOT) well.
20 points The paper provides only a couple pros and cons of why this company is a good or bad investment and only adequately ties in the reasoning to strategy (5-Forces/SWOT).
10 points The paper provides minimal pros and cons of why this company is a good or bad investment AND/OR fails to tie in the reasoning to strategy (5-Forces/SWOT).
0 points The paper is missing the pros and cons of the investment.

 

Connection
 (25 points)		 Part 5 – 25 points
25 points The paper gives a firm recommendation to buy/sell stock in the company or a direct competitor.  The paper is thorough about both internal and external analysis. If buying/selling a competitor, there is adequate explanation and comparison to your company to give reasoning why a decision was made.
20 points The paper gives a recommendation to buy/sell stock in the company or a direct competitor.  The paper gives both internal and external analysis. If buying/selling a competitor, there is some explanation and comparison to your company to give reasoning why a decision was made.
10 points The paper gives a recommendation to buy/sell stock in the company or a direct competitor.  The paper is lacking in either internal or external analysis. If buying/selling a competitor, there is little/no explanation or comparison to your company to give reasoning why a decision was made.
0 points No recommendation was made for buying/selling your company’s stock or a competitor’s.

 

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Principles of Financial Accounting

ACCT 240 Principles of Financial Accounting – Fall 2017 Semester Project
Analyzing the Accounting Communication Process
Due Date: Your paper is due no later than the start of class on Wednesday, November 29th. You may
turn your assignment in sooner. However, no assignments will be accepted after Wednesday,
November 29th.
Required:
This is an individual assignment worth 7% of your total course grade. You will be able to complete this
project after finishing Chapter 5 (Communicating and Interpreting Accounting Information) of your text.
Select a publicly traded company to analyze that meets ALL the following criteria:
• Company’s name begins with the same letter as the first letter in your first or last name.
• Company prepares financial statements in accordance with US GAAP.
• Company is currently traded actively on a US Stock Exchange.
• Only one student in the class can select a company (we will have a class sign-up sheet).
Yahoo!Finance provides lists of industries at biz.yahoo.com/p/industries.html. Click on an industry for a
list of companies in that industry. Alternatively, go to Google Finance at www.google.com/finance and
search for a company. You will be presented with a list including that company and its competitors.
You must acquire the most recent Form 10-K (i.e., annual report) for the publicly traded company that
you selected. You should download this Form 10-K so that you can reference it easily as you work on
this assignment.
You should be able to work on most of the requirements of this project after we complete Chapter 5 on
the accounting communication process.
Write a business report that answers the following questions about the selected company. The most
recent annual report (Form 10-K) should be the primary source of your information.
1. What formats are used to present the
a. Balance Sheets?
b. Income Statements?
c. Operating Activities section of the Statement of Cash Flows?
2. Find one footnote for each of the following and describe its contents in brief:
a. An accounting rule applied in the company’s statements.
b. Additional detail about a reported financial statement number.
c. Relevant financial information but with no number reported in the financial statements.
3. Using electronic sources, find one article reporting the company’s annual earnings
announcement. When is it dated and how does that date compare to the balance sheet date?
a. Give the title, author and date of the report.
4. Using electronic sources, find one analyst’s report for your company.
a. Give the date, name of the analyst, and his or her recommendation from the report.
5. Using the SEC EDGAR website (www.sec.gov), what is the most recent document filed by your
company with the SEC (e.g., 8-K, S-1) and what did it say in brief?
6. Ratio analysis:
a. What does the return on total assets ratio measure in general?
b. Compute the ROA ratio for the last two years. (Showing formulas and calculations)
c. What do your results suggest about the company?
d. Find the industry ratio or calculate the chief competitor’s ratio, compare it to your
company’s results, and discuss why you believe your company differs from or is similar
to the industry/chief competitor ratio.
1. Don’t just describe what accounts cause the difference, but discuss the business
strategies or events that may have caused differences in the ratios.
2. Reasons can often be found by reading the Management Discussion and
Analysis section of the 10-K (i.e., annual report)
7. Use the ROA profit driver analysis to determine the cause(s) of any differences in the ROA ratio
over the last two years, showing formulas and calculations. (Remember that you computed the
three profit driver ratios in Chapters 2, 3, and 4 of your text.)
Remember to use Ch. 5 as a resource throughout this project as it can provide you with
sources for information and help you in analyzing the financial statements.
ACCT 240 Principles of Financial Accounting – Semester Project
Analyzing the Accounting Communication Process – GRADING RUBRIC
STUDENT NAME ______________________________________
Maximum
Points
Points
Earned
1.a Correctly identified format used to present the Balance Sheet 3
1.b. Correctly identified format used to present the Income Statement 3
1.c. Correctly identified format used to present the Statement of Cash Flows 3
2.a Found one footnote related to an accounting rule applied in the company’s
statements, and described its contents in brief.
5
2.b. Found one footnote related to an additional detail about a reported
financial statement number, and described its contents in brief.
5
2.c. Found one footnote related to relevant financial information but with no
number reported in the financial statements, and described its contents in
brief.
5
3. Using electronic sources, found one article reporting the company’s annual
earnings announcement for the period reported in your company’s 10-K.
Identified when it was dated and noted how that date compared to the
balance sheet date?
10
4. Using electronic sources, found one analyst’s report for the selected
company, and give the date, name of the analyst, and the analyst’s
recommendation.
10
5. Used the SEC EDGAR website (www.sec.gov), and identified the most
recent document filed by the selected company with the SEC (e.g., 8-K, S1)
and noted what it said in brief.
10
6.a. Described what the return on total assets ratio measures in general. 6
6.b. Computed the ROA ratio for the last two years showing the formula and
your calculations.
10
6.c. Described what the results suggest about the selected company. 10
6.d. Found the industry ratio (can go to Thomson in the FSIT lab) or calculated
the ratio for the chief competitor, compared it to the selected company
results, and discussed why the selected company differs from or is similar
to the industry ratio/chief competitor.
10
7. Used the ROA profit driver analysis and determined the cause(s) of any
differences in the ROA ratio over the last two years, again providing the
formulas and calculations.
10
TOTAL POINTS 100

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virus causing cancers

virus causing cancers from a public health perspective
Focus on Epstein Barr virus, Human papilloma virus, hepatitis C, hepatitis B, Human T lymphotropic virus, human herpes virus 8
Introduction and significance of topic comparing developed and developing nations and the disparities amongst these nations
Notes on each virus giving a brief scientific background, transmission, prevalence, mortality rate, % of cancers it is responsible for, vaccines if available, what is being done about it in developing countries and developed countries and if there is a difference in prevalence and why, impact of the cancers, mortality and so on. Also note on future direction and recommendations and what can be done to bridge any gap that exists within nations. Give a reason as to why you think there are differences.

Conclusion

12 pages, APA with citations

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reflective paper

To bring together your learning both in and out of class, and to demonstrate how understanding of the past can help deal with the future in a spirit of compassionate hope, you will write a reflective paper. It should be a carefully-constructed, well-thought-out essay comparing one character from Achebe’s Things Fall Apart with one character from “The Mission.” The setting of this analysis is, of course, the 500-year story of “The West and the World.” The focus of this analysis is to reflect on the question: “How can someone in a situation of powerlessness find hope for the future?” But this is no glib opinion piece: the paper should
· indicate your close familiarity with the two works by summarizing each character’s role in the story
· reflect and comment on (1) how the character had to confront powerful outside influences, and (2) how (if at all) the character found grounds for hope
· place these fictionalized characters into the concrete, real-world context of both (1) particular events from their own time and place and (2) broad, long-term historical trends
· include a paragraph or two evaluating whether such fictionalized accounts (novels, plays, films, legends, etc) can provide true historical insight—and if so, how
· conclude, in light of your analysis, with a personal statement—either from an explicitly Christian or honestly non-Christian perspective—on the sources of hope in a world of power
Grading Criteria
__how well you address the issues listed above
__you have a coherent thesis and structure in the writing
__how carefully you substantiate your analysis and argument. How clearly and logically your paper is organized and your argument is substantiated.
__you cite the materials in an acceptable manner (see below)
__no spelling or grammatical mistakes
Citation Examples
Please cite the materials by following the examples below.
Books and articles:
(Achebe, 134)
(Strayer, 122)

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how the process of benchmarking, or comparing organizations, is important in financial decision making.

In order to be competitive in health care markets, organizations must ensure that the services they provide are consistent in pricing and quality with other comparable organizations. In this Discussion, you will examine how the process of benchmarking, or comparing organizations, is important in financial decision making.
To prepare:

  • Review the information on benchmarking found in this week’s Learning Resources.
  • Search the Walden Library or other reliable resources on the Internet and locate a journal article discussing how a health care organization has used the principle of benchmarking.
  • How could the concept of benchmarking be used in your own organization (or one with which you are familiar), regardless of size?
  • Consider how benchmarking could be useful to you in decision making.
  • Analyze the potential risks of making a faulty comparison.

By Day 3

Post a summary of the article you found (including the APA reference) and explain how it informed your understanding of benchmarking. Discuss how benchmarking could be used for financial decision making in your own organization (or one with which you are familiar). Also analyze the potential risks of making comparisons with an organization that is not a credible match with your own.

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Information Systems

 Assignment 1: The CEO’s Challenge Due Week 3 and worth 150 points You’ve just left an all-hands meeting at your company*. The CEO was very upset at the rise of shadow IT projects – a major indicator that the company’s internal information system has failed to meet its needs. Because the current information system is inadequate, inefficient, and outdated, the CEO is inviting everyone in the organization to propose a new operational, decision support, or enterprise information system to replace it. The executives have allocated $5 million to fund the most promising idea. This is your chance to make a difference in the company (not to mention your own career). Write your proposal as a memo that the entire C-suite will review. Include at least these points, in your own words, to be persuasive: 1. Identify the main functions of your proposed information system and why they are important to the business. 2. Describe what types of data your information system will hold and how data quality will be ensured. 3. Explain how the old information system handles the functions you mentioned, the problems that occur, and why your information system will handle things better. 4. Offer evidence of feasibility: Show that similar information systems have been built successfully and that they save more money than they cost. The executives are busy, so keep your memo to 1-4 pages and avoid any extraneous content. *You may use a current or former employer, but do not disclose anything confidential. Or, you can pick another organization if you are familiar with their internal (not customer-facing) information systems. You can disguise the organization and populate it with famous names. Made-up companies are problematic because of the amount of detail and realism they require

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reimbursement and the relationship with the HIM department.

develop a paper about reimbursement and the relationship with the HIM department. Please be sure to incorporate the following points within your 
response:
1. Compare and contrast reimbursement methods.
2. Discuss the consequences of incorrect coding and reimbursements.
3. How to correct an incorrect code used to submit claims.
Your essay must be at least three pages in length, not including the title and reference pages. Please incorporate at least three references; at least one must be from the Waldorf Online Library.

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short story anthologies, the canon and the selection mechanism

Short story anthologies ( see bibliography) are more canonical in that they promote established names and steer the definition of the genre short story through there prefaces and introductory essays.
In the present 10 page paper you are asked to research three topics:
1.    What do composers of anthologies say about the genre short story?
Do they write a short history? Do they explain innate characteristics of short fiction? What can you read between the lines about the nature of short fiction apart from the fact that it is short?
2.    What do composer of anthologies write about the selection mechanism?
i.e. why did they pick certain authors and why did they left others out? That is if they are explicit about their choice? Are the Prefaces and Introductions conscious about the CANON. Do they comment on it. Why take up certain writers? Why leave others out?
3.    Which are the recurring names in the three anthologies? Are the names and the stories spread out in a politically correct way: white? Afro American? Hispanic? Native American etc.
ONE CITATION AT LEAST/PAGE !!!!!
Anthologies to be consulted and compared.
(1)    The Best American Short Stories of the Century – Ed. John Updike, Katrina Kenison, 2000, Houghton Mifflin Company.
(2)    The Oxford Book of American Short Stories(2nd Ed) Ed. Joyce Carol Oates, OUP, 2013
(3)    The Vintage Book of Contemporary Short Stories, ED. Tobias Wolf, Random House, 1994.
(4)    Anthology of the American Short Story. Wadsworth Publishing, Ed. James Nagel, 2007
(5)    The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction, ED. Richard Bausch and R.V. Cassill, 8th Edition, 2015.