Law

According to Berman, Bowman, West, & Van Wart (2020), although fewer people are working as federal civilian employees today, “68% of the civilian workforce is devoted to defense- and security-related agencies,” many of which are government-related. How familiar are you with U.S. government agencies and their functions and responsibilities? Berman, E. M., Bowman, J. S., West, J. P., & Van Wart, M. R. (2020). Human resource management in public service: Paradoxes, processes, and problems (6th ed.). Los Angeles, CA: Sage Publishing. __________ Instructions Visit three U.S. government agency websites and research their functions and organizational structures. By Saturday, 11:59 p.m. ET: Submit a 350-word paper that includes the following: Analyze any insights about the human resource management practices you gained from reviewing the three government agency websites.  Summarize each agency’s organization.

Read the Texas Bill of Rights from Article I of the Texas Constitution (http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/CN/htm/CN.1.htm). Pick any of the sections from the Texas Bill of Rights What is the right that is mentioned? What does it mean (in your own words)? Find a Supreme Court case (US or Texas) dealing with the issue brought up by the right you are mentioning. What were the facts of the case? What right did the person claim they had? What was the court’s decision? And finally, do you agree with the outcome of the case and why? Be sure to include a link to the case you chose. Make sure to write a 250-300-word post and read what others have written

Write a 1-2 page essay on how one’s cultural background influences how one communicates with others? How might you prepare yourself to help clients of different cultural backgrounds?What are some of the characteristics of poor children? Discuss where these children live and who cares for them. Explain the increase in poverty for certain ethnic groups.

Instructions Take the quiz on the legality of police stops: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/quiz-spot-the-illegal-police-stop/ 1. How did you do on this quiz? 2. What surprised you most on the questions that you got wrong? You must submit this assignment to the Assignment AND post it in the chapter forum. 10% penalty per day late.

One of the defining features of the United States is its Constitution. In an age when many were ruled by monarchs imbued with a “divine right” to lead, the Founders were keen to articulate that the U.S. government’s power would come from its citizens.  While a wonderful expression, in reality there were certain citizens whom the founders wished to exclude from politics, and what is more, certain powers that they felt only the states should be able exercise. Using chapters 2 and 3 of the course’s textbook, make an argument for or against expanding the rights of states.  Do you think the Constitution is clear in supporting your argument, or do you feel that you would need amend it?  Is there a policy issue that you think illustrates your point? In 2 – 4 pages (12pt font, double space, APA style) convince me of your argument for or against an expansion of state rights.   https://ccis.vitalsource.com/#/books/9781337671781/cfi/56!/4/2@100:0.00

INSTRUCTIONS: First you are defining 6 terms and secondly you are answering a question.   1) Define the following 6 ethical principles: autonomy, nonmaleficence, justice, veracity, fidelity, beneficence. 2) Then answer the following question: What is an Ethical dilemma?

Explain why no single factor can be considered the cause of the crime decline in the 1990s? or is there a single factor? Discuss how the wars on crimes /drugs have impacted incarceration and how it serves to undermine the collective efficacy of neighborhoods. After reading the article Broken Windows answer this question. (Link below) https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1982/03/broken-windows/304465/ Can the break the window-based policy of a PD be effective and if so, how would you put safeguards in place to ensure that the policy does not get corrupted by racist and socioeconomic bias?

Think about the various styles and aspects of leadership that are discussed throughout the module readings (textbook and article readings). Using this information, what do you think are key elements to effective leadership in criminal justice organizations and why? Do you think these differ depending on the type of organization (e.g., policing, corrections, courts)? Use only article provided.

This discussion board is for Week 3 readings. Please take a look in your syllabus on how you should respond to these questions. Your answers for the questions should be more than 250 words in total and you will need to respond to two classmates posts. Your answers to the following questions are due by September 9th, 2020 at 9am. According to Calavita, how does the economic and social conditions in a society affect the types of law in a society? Summarize the arguments of two philosophers’ views on why we have certain types of law (Marx, Foucault, Durkheim, etc.) Why is defining law a ‘tricky business’ (p. 24)? What do you think drives the types of laws we have in our society today? (Ex. economic system, religion, etc). Give an example

Discuss the relationship between law, morality, and ethics. How does one determine what is ethical behaviour and what is not if you can’t use the law as the test? You must use at least one external source of information (e.g. the textbook) that is credible and academically reliable. (Do not use Wikipedia or Legalpedia which are neither credible or academically reliable). Sources must be cited in APA format. Yates, R. A. (2016), Legal Fundamentals for Canadian Business (4th ed.). Pearson. ISBN: 9780133370287 ISBN: 9780135177044 eBook