Social Control and Criminal Deviance: Bullying

Bullying is a difficult concept to understand and reconcile the consequences. This assignment focuses on the critical thinking skills that are needed to analyze an emotionally charged topic.
Student Success Tips

Watch the video titled, “From school yard bullying to genocide: Barbara Coloroso at TEDxCalgary” (19 min 5 s) located below. You may also view the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkG0nssouFg.
Write a one to two (1-2) page essay in which you:

  1. Identify the most important step in the student’s guide to research that you would need in order to analyze bullying.
  2. Define the identified critical step of research in your words.
  3. Explain how bullying relates to one (1) of the following topics:
    1. the agents of socialization (i.e., family, teachers and school, peers),
    2. formal organizations (i.e., conformity to groups),
    3. different types of deviance (i.e., everyday deviance, sexual deviance, or criminal deviance).

Provide a rationale for your response.
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. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • To keep this essay short and manageable, your only sources for the essay should be the TED video and the sections noted in your text. For this reason, APA citations or references are not required for this assignment.
  • 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 is not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Define the basic concepts used in the discipline of sociology.
  • Define the various methodologies for sociological research.
  • Identify the sociological perspective to the inequalities of class, race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, socioeconomics, and political aspects.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in sociology.
  • Write clearly and concisely about sociology using proper writing mechanics.

The Measurement Model

 

  1. Using the Rasch formula what is the probability of getting an item right for a person with a theta of 4 assuming an item difficulty, delta, of 3 (show all work).

Open the data in the folder pf10_dich.   What is the estimated theta for the person with research id:   716405B (look in Name column).

  1. Compare this person’s theta (person 716405B) with all of the item deltas.  Which items would you expect this person to get a 1 score  at least 50% of the time?
  2. Compare this person’s theta (person 9413932) with all of the item deltas.  Which items would you expect this person to get a 1 score at least 50% of the time?
  3. Which item (or items) is the most difficult and which item (or items) is the easiest.
  4. Which item seems to be problematic in terms of not fitting the Rasch Model very well.  (Use the outfit statistic).  How would you describe this item using variable screening methods for skewness and kurtosis.  Any evidence for floor or ceiling effects.
  5. For the item identified in #7, what does the infit value suggest with respect to this item. Is the item contributing less to the overall estimate of the thetas in the sample than the other items that are not problematic in terms of fit to the Rasch Model.  Does this value suggest that the outfit value for this item was perhaps not so bad afterall.
  6. Please use dataset “for HW 3 and 4.xls”.  This is an excel file.  Enter this data into the ConstructMap software.  Cutting and pasting saves time.  Create names for the variables.  Pretend this dataset was obtained from a measure in your research area of interest:
  7. List each of the 10 variables.
  8. What construct does this hypothetical instrument measure.
  9. Run a Rasch Model analysis for these data.
  10. Report the average theta value (you may need to copy the thetas into SPSS).
  11. Using the Wright Map, which item would you expect only the highest theta

individuals to obtain a 1 over 50% of the time?  What else can you do to see if this item is indeed a very hard item?
 
 
 

: Human Resources and Business Policy

Business policies are common in nearly any organization. Created by or at the direction of top management, business policies establish the guidelines or limits that lower-level managers and employees have in making specific decisions. For instance, the following are examples of business policies that would detail the expectations, and guidelines, for employee performance and conduct:

  • Dress code
  • Code of ethics
  • Outside employment
  • Equal opportunity
  • Attendance/time off
  • Substance abuse

In many organizations, a human-resources department will be charged by top management to create business policies and then ensure employees adhere to the tenets of the policies. For this assignment, your well-written paper should include the following:

  • Choose an organization with which you are familiar or that you have studied and identify a business policy that is either poorly written or has not been developed by the organization.
  • Summarize the intent of this business policy and the importance to the organization that this policy be current and accurate.
  • As the human-resources professional, revise or create the business policy identified above, and then detail how best an organization can publicize this business policy to maximize employee knowledge.

Your paper should meet the following requirements:

American Government

Imagine that you have been serving the past few years as the governor of your home state or a U.S. Senator representing your home state. You have done great work and face no challenge in winning the nomination of your party to run in the General Election. In your campaign plan, please address the following:
Part 1: Campaign Details

  • What is your home state?
  • What is your political party?
  • What is your campaign tagline or slogan? Almost all recent presidential campaigns have had a theme song. For example, in 1992, Bill Clinton used the song,” Don’t Stop,” by Fleetwood Mac. In 2012, Republican nominee Mitt Romney used the song, “Born Free,” by Kid Rock. What is your campaign theme song? Why did you select that song.
  • Select someone to be your Vice Presidential Running Mate. You can pick anyone that would eligible, per the Constitution, to serve as President. Why did you select this person to be your vice presidential running mate? How do they help improve your chances on winning the General Election?

Part 2: Your Issues

  • Select and describe two (2) domestic policy issues your campaign is advocating.
  • Why did you select these domestic policy issues to focus on? Use polling data from a reputable polling source such as pew research to support your decision.
  • For each domestic policy issue write a simple one sentence “elevator pitch” that you would use to easily communicate your position to the masses.
  • Select and describe two (2) economic policy issues your campaign is advocating.
  • Why did you select these economic policy issues to focus on? Use polling data from a reputable polling source such as pew research to support your decision.
  • For each economic policy issue write a simple one sentence “elevator pitch” that you would use to easily communicate your position to the masses.
  • Select and describe two (2) foreign policy issues your campaign is advocating.
  • Why did you select these foreign issues to focus on? Use polling data from a reputable polling source such as pew research to support your decision.
  • For each foreign policy issue write a simple one sentence “elevator pitch” that you would use to easily communicate your position to the masses.

Part 3: Your Strategy
Considering the electoral college vote, which specific states would you campaign in. Keep in mind you have limited resources and that you can’t campaign in every state. Think about what states you would need to win in order to win the general election. Based on historical data, do you actually have a chance to win. Would you be able secure enough electoral votes to win the general election by these states.
To help you think about this part of the assignment you may want to find online and play with an “Interactive Electoral College Map.” Here are some website that you could use to help:
http://www.270towin.com/
http://uselectionatlas.org/TOOLS/evcalc.php
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/electoral/
http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/map/predict.html
Be sure to include a reference list of all sources that you used to complete your paper

Auditing Class

Please answer the following 5 discussion questions inatleast 100 words per question. Do not answer them as an essay. Please answer them under the question set.
 
1. Describe the purpose of a financial statement disclosure checklist and explain how it helps the auditor determine if there is sufficient appropriate evidence for each of the presentation and disclosure objectives.
 
2. Explain why auditors’ reports are important to users of financial statements and why it is desirable to have standard wording.
 
3. Distinguish between a contingent liability and an actual liability and give three examples of each.
 
4. Describe matters that the auditor must communicate to audit committees of public companies.
 
5. What four circumstances are required for a standard unqualified report to be issued?

Management Class Homework

“Every individual employee in an organization plays a role in controlling work activities.”
Do you agree with this statement, or do you think control is something that only managers are responsible for?  Explain.
Multiple paragraphs with formatting/headings and references (at least 5 paragraphs)
Analyse don’t comment.

Trends in HR in Healthcare

For the past 10 years, Methodist Hospital Health System (MHHS) celebrated the fact that 60% of its new hires in management positions were women and minorities. The MHHS leadership assumed that with such a practice, women and minorities would eventually represent at least 50% of their top management executives (vice president level and above). But then something unexpected happened. A few years ago, MHHS became concerned that its diversity program was not producing results. Instead of seeing an increase in the number of women and minorities in executive positions, the organization was observing a decline. Talented female and minority managers were leaving, draining the pool of capable and qualified staff.
To address this problem, MHHS founded the Task Force on Retention and Advancement of Women and Minorities in Executive Positions (TFRA). This task force aimed to pinpoint the reasons why female and minority executives were leaving by conducting a massive information-gathering initiative, which included interviewing female and minorities at all levels, as well as former employees. The team uncovered these main areas of concern:

  1. Limited opportunity for advancement
  2. Lack of mentoring, coaching, and networking
  3. Existing work and family issues
  4. Lack of succession planning
  5. Lack of positive culture and transparent communication about promotion and professional development
  6. Lack of relevant and effective training, job development, and employee empowerment opportunities
  7. Cultural bias toward women and minorities, and an “old boy” network system
  8. Organizational resistance to embrace diversity
  9. Uncompetitive salary and benefits

In response to these findings, MHHS must retool the workplace.
Instructions:
You are the CEO of MHHS and have been asked to present a plan to the Board of Directors for retooling the workplace to meet the goals of a women- and minority-friendly employer, and to have women and minorities eventually represent 50% of the top management.

  • Your presentation must address strategies in the following areas:
  1. Recruitment, selection, and retention
  2. Communication
  3. Research
  4. Performance management
  5. Technology and innovation
  6. Change management
  7. Another area of healthcare management of your choosing
  • Be innovative; think creatively.
  • Your submission must be 13-15 pages in length. You must include title and reference pages, and a table of contents; however, these should not be included in the total page count.
  • Include an outline and references list.
  • Incorporate 20 credible and current references. Ten of these must be peer-reviewed articles.
  • Format your paper according to APA Requirements.

William Shakespeare essay

Using 300 – 400 words, describe how you would direct a version of either Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex or William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Name which play you have chosen. What would be your central theme or image? Where and when would your version of the play take place? (If you don’t want to modernize this production, explain why.) What would the set look like? What kind of costumes would the actors wear? What contemporary actors would you cast in major roles in your version of this play?
 
This assignment should be typewritten, double-spaced, in Times New Roman, 12-point font, and should include proper language, grammar, and spelling. If you need writing assistance, be sure to utilize the following tool, Grammarly.
Submit your writing assignment to the appropriate course Assignment box no later than Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT. (This Assignment box maybe linked to Turnitin.)

criminal justice

Assignment:
Methods of Inquiry
The principle methods of inquiry are divided into two broad, distinct categories: those that reconstruct the past and those that discover or create new knowledge.
 
o   What are methods of inquiry and how are they used in criminal investigation?
o   Describe the steps to reconstruct a case and use an example to illustrate the concepts.
o   Describe how reconstructing a crime scene can aid in understanding the fundamentals of criminal investigations. Keep in mind the fundamentals are identifying witnesses, offenders, connecting evidence from the scene to the offender and victim, and but not limited to apprehending the offender(s).
Requirements
o   APA format and Style
o   5 pages, include Title and Reference page
o   1 resource, can include textbook
 
o   Standard American English Grammar, sustained point of view throughout the writing