Describe the strengths and weaknesses of qualitative research.

Treatment for HIV offenders

Read the two articles posted about treatment for HIV offenders and then address each of the following:

For each article:

1) In your own words:

Provide a summary of the methodology.

The summary of methodology should include information such as the sample size, sampling method, description of the subjects included in the sample, where the study took place, if the study is cross-sectional or longitudinal, and how the data were collected.

Present the findings

Discuss the limitations of the study

You must do this for each article

2) Generally speaking (in terms of research methods – not the articles),

Describe the strengths and weaknesses of qualitative research.

3) Finally, if you were going to conduct research on this topic (treatment for HIV offenders) , which methodological approach (qualitative or quantitative) would you choose? Justify your response. Your justification should take into account information such as:

time
resources
the population you are trying to describe
validity
generalizability
and how your study would contribute to the existing literature on this topic.

Personal note: You can use outside source but i would like to include the source Im going to included it which 2 short videos, powerpoint and plus 2 HIV articles that they provided

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid2201818662001?bckey=AQ~~,AAAAPmbRRLk~,C5G7jhYNtiefqbodph9K7nzSW_zsUUiE&bctid=1425513987001

Discuss this statement in the context of the offences of murder and manslaughter,and the correct test to be applied in determining causation in Irish law.

IRISH CRIMINAL LAW USE OSCOLA REFERENCING AND TAKE ONLY FROM GOOGLE SCHOLAR

“While liability for bringing about death in homicide is based on the same principles of causation as in other crimes, it so happens that causation can be an issue in homicide because the path leading to death may sometimes be direct and obvious or sometimes obscured.”

Charleton, P, McDermott, PA, Herlihy, C and Byrne, S Charleton & McDermott’s Criminal Law and Evidence
Second Edition, Bloomsbury Professional (Dublin, 2020) p 449

Discuss this statement in the context of the offences of murder and manslaughter,and the correct test to be applied in determining causation in Irish law.

Your answer should make reference to decided case-law of note from this jurisdiction, and from others, as appropriate.

Your answer should also refer to academic books or journal articles.

Add a bibliography listing the legislation, cases, books and articles you have referred to when writing the assignment. These should be cited in the appropriate manner.

How big is the firm? Are there partners?How does one become a partner?Is there a tiered partnership structure?

Internship

If you are interning with a law firm, you should probably discuss:

Whether the firm deals with civil or criminal cases, or both.

Whether the firm represents clients in federal, state, or county court.

Areas of expertise or specialization, such as family law, business law, arbitration, tax law, immigration law, environmental law, disability law, or some other field.

The role of the lawyers in your office. For example, do they only handle cases that are going to court? How often do they settle out of court? Do they give legal advice to people and firms to help them remain law abiding? Some other role?

How big is the firm? Are there partners?How does one become a partner?Is there a tiered partnership structure?

If it is a small firm, tell me about the lawyer or lawyers. Where did they go to school? What made them want to be lawyers?

The office staff. What are their roles?

The importance of legal research.  What is it? Why is it important? How does one conduct legal research? How is legal research different than academic research?

This is just some of the information you could include in your paper, but there may be many other important pieces of information to include depending on the nature of your agency.

Use your own judgment about what to include, but be sure it is relevant to the function, structure, and mission of the agency.

Discuss statistics related to the sexual victimization of college women.

Use Chapter 10 from the textbook (which will email to support to forward) along with the below article.

Use both of these as your sources.

https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/182369.pdf

The textbook:
Karmen, A. (2020). Crime Victims: An Introduction to Victimology, 10th Edition.
Boston, MA: Cengage.

Discussion Question- Explain some of the main problems with studying rape. Then, discuss statistics related to the sexual victimization of college women.

Finally, clarify the various ways that you would try to prevent/reduce rape if you were given unlimited resources.

Be specific and be sure to cite published resources to support your position.

What does the court clerk do?What is the clerk’s role outside of the actual courtroom?

Internship

If you are interning with a court, these are some of the issues you could discuss in your paper:

Is it a federal, state, or local court? Describe the jurisdiction.  Remember, jurisdictions can be geographic, but they can also refer to the types of cases the court handle.

Is it a specialty court, like a drug court?

Who is the judge or judges in the court?  If there are several judges, is there one judge that takes a leadership role in the administration of the court?

How many cases are scheduled on an average day?  Or how many cases are on a docket on an average day?

What kind of hearings does the court conduct? First appearances? Pleas? Trials? Competency hearings? Sentencings?

What happens in the hearings the court conducts? What are the issues or legal questions that get resolved?

Describe the court schedule.  Are certain kinds of hearings held on certain days?

Describe the relationship between the various court officers.  Is it an adversarial relationship, or cooperative?  You might want to read up on the concept of the “courtroom work group.”

Who are the other support personnel in the court? What are their roles?

What does the court clerk do?What is the clerk’s role outside of the actual courtroom?

When the judge makes a ruling, or gives an order, whose job is it to make sure that ruling gets carried out?  How does that happen?

How does the department deal with neighboring jurisdictions?What issues does that create and how are they resolved?

Internship

If you are interning with a local law enforcement agency, your paper might address some of the following issues:

What is the jurisdiction of the department?

How big is the department?

How big is the jurisdiction?

How does the department deal with neighboring jurisdictions?  For example, small communities (or college campuses) within a larger city may have their own police force.  What issues does that create and how are they resolved?

What are the different divisions?

Who is the chief of the department?

Describe the chain of command from a front line officer to the chief.  Include the names of individuals as appropriate.

How are the shifts organized for divisions that operate on a 24-hour cycle?

What are some of the most common offenses the department deals with?  What are the likely ways those cases are resolved?

How are entry level officers recruited and trained?

What are the usual and routine duties of entry level officers (or other employees you interact with on a regular basis)?

On what basis are entry level officers evaluated and promoted?

Are there any special or unique challenges the department faces? How is the department responding to these challenges?

Are there any special projects or initiatives being implemented by the department? What are they and what are their goals?

How do you decide if an evacuation of the area immediately surrounding the train derailment is necessary? How would you facilitate an evacuation?

Dealing with emergencies

For this assignment, you will need to answer or address the following situation and questions. To begin, you will need to create a Word Document and save it to your personal files. Using that document, do the following.

You are the Police Chief and your city has just experienced an F4 tornado. It struck following a sudden, severe thunderstorm in March—long before the traditional tornado season. Your city lies in a river valley and normally tornadoes hop over the valley, but because this storm came so early in the season, the tornado did not according to the normal pattern. It drove right down the center of the valley and, in doing so, caused a train derailment that may have caused a chemical spill. Roads in and out of town are closed. Traversing around the city is impossible and the normal communication infrastructure is compromised.

How do you triage this situation? What is your priority? What organizations do you know you must immediately contact?

How do you discern the danger and magnitude of the chemical spill? What precautions must personnel take as they approach the scene? What organization do you turn to for help?

How do you decide if an evacuation of the area immediately surrounding the train derailment is necessary? How would you facilitate an evacuation?

What response do you give to the media?

What resources do you request from neighboring communities? From the state?

How do you deal with volunteers from neighboring communities? How do you differentiate a volunteer from a looter?

When you have completed the assignment, save your document and then submit a copy to your instructor Brightspace.

The document should be a Word document (*.doc or docx), a PDF or RTF file.

How does this movie portray organized crime?Is it an accurate portrayal?

Writing assignment two (Organized Crime)

Choose ONE of the following movies (available via Redbox, Netflix, rental, etc) and watch in its entirety:

Goodfellas
Godfather (Part 1, 2, or 3)
Casino
Blow
The Departed
Donnie Brasco
Scarface

How does this movie portray organized crime? Based on what you have learned so far, is it an accurate portrayal? What is fact and what is fiction? Discuss why you think Hollywood chooses to produce movies (and TV….think Growing Up Gotti) about organized crime and why they may make life look so glamorous.

How would you compare the relationship of the LGBT community during the Stonewall era with the relationship of today?

Stonewall

The birthplace of the Gay Rights movement in the United States can be traced back to New York City in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969. On that day, the NYPD raided a bar in Greenwich Village called the Stonewall Inn. The Stonewall Inn was considered a refuge for many gays, lesbians and others who were not yet “out”. In the 1960’s homosexuality was considered illegal. The police would often harass and arrest individuals for homosexual conduct, and they would raid bars that catered to gay and lesbian individuals.

The police were also corrupt. Many bars and business that conducted illegal activity would “pay off” the police in order to continue operating. If they failed to make their payment, the police would raid the establishment and arrest the patrons. On June 28, 1969, the owners of the Stonewall Inn, Mafia members themselves, failed to make their payment and they were raided by the NYPD. In a spontaneous demonstration of defiance, the patrons began rioting against the police. The Stonewall Uprising lasted for six days, thus giving rise to the Gay Rights movement in the United States.

Over the decades that would follow, police departments have recognized the importance of diversity and inclusion in their organizations. Many efforts are conducted to recruit more women, minorities and members of the LGBTQ communities. In 2017, the NYPD demonstrated its ongoing outreach to the LGBTQ community by sponsoring a police car in the Pride Parade painted in the rainbow colors.

1. What were the Stonewall Riots?

2. What did Claire Potter mean that “the police did not get their payoff”?

3. Can you draw any parallels between the Stonewall Riots as a movement and the protests that are occurring today?

4. How is the Stonewall Riots a marker for the Gay Rights period?

5. What were the challenges of “coming out”?

6. What is the significance of the Stonewall Inn today?

8. What is outhistory.org?

9. Consider the arc of gay history over the last fifty years. List two changes that Claire Potter mentioned about that arc of history.

10. How would you compare the relationship of the LGBT community during the Stonewall era with the relationship of today?