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Discuss the role of the family in Juvenile Justice, providing specific examples, from your reading or other credible sources, of family treatment programs which are showing promise toward reducing recidivism and re-engaging juvenile justice-involved youth in productive lifestyles. Be sure to support your discussion with credible authority.

Discuss the strategies and challenges associated with operating juvenile specialty courts (Drug Courts and Mental Health Courts) from the perspective of the key stakeholders involved. What are the benefits to the juvenile offender of participating in either of these programs?

The minimum requirement is choose two questions from total 11 questions and answer them
Question 1: Durkheim’s work on suicide
After reading the text and reviewing Durkheim’s work on suicide on the Web, explain why Durkheim’s explanation of suicide is significant historically. Explain his basic argument. What is his evidence and how does it support his hypothesis?

Question 2: Sociological Imagination
What is the Sociological Imagination? Why is it important to understanding what happens in the world around us? How can using a sociological imagination help solve problems facing the world today? Try to think of something specific locally, nationally or globally. Here are some ideas to get started: climate change, pollution, war (pick any current conflict), religious conflicts, the budget crises that almost every state in the U.S. is struggling with. Feel free to come up with other examples. This should be a lively and wide ranging discussion. Who knows? We might even come up with something that proves useful.

Question 3: The Milgram Study
Newman tells us that “statuses, roles, groups, organizations and institutions are the building blocks of society. The purpose and function of these building blocks is to maintain social order, teach us how to behave, what to expect from others, how to reduce deviance, etc. What happened in the Milgram study that made the research subjects deviate from expectations, break norms, etc.? What norms about behavior were followed and what ones were broken?

Question 4: Statuses you hold
What are your statuses, roles, groups, organizations, etc. currently? Which two or three would most change your life if they suddenly disappeared? Why? Be sure to follow the textbook definitions of status and role, and to use these terms correctly. Status is a named social position that people can occupy, e.g., “student.” Roles are the expectations, rights, obligations, behaviors, duties associated with a particular status, e.g., “take quizzes.”

Question 5: Theory Explains
Explain in your own words how either the Structural Functionalist perspective or the Conflict perspective would view the cause of war (any war). Remember that Functionalism focuses on the harmonious operations of all parts of a society in order to assure stability and order. Conflict theory focuses on inequality within a society (principally economic, but also gender and race or ethnic inequality) as the driving force behind social change. Both perspectives have merit.

Question 6: Constructing Reality
The text asserts that “reality is a product of the cultural and historical period in which it exists.” Examine this position either cross-culturally (comparing societies in two different countries) or historically (comparing one country, probably the U.S., in two different time periods). For example, you could discuss accepted “truth” about the Earth’s position in the universe today compared to that of the 1600s.

Question 7: Research Methods
Think of a research question, something that interests you, that you would like to know more about. Here are two simple examples: Do blondes have more fun? Who are better drivers, men or women? The questions don’t have to be serious; they just have to work as answerable questions. What would be the independent vaiable in your question, or cause? What would be the dependent variable, or outcome? What kinds of data would you need to answer the question? Where might you get that data? question.

Question 8: Research Methods Continued…
Good research questions are informed by a theoretical grounding. Take one of the research questions offered in the Question 3 posts, and think what kind of answer that Structural Functionalism would expect us to find? or that Conflict theory would expect us to find?

Question 9: Nacirema
How is culture “invisible”? Under what circumstances do we sometimes become much more aware of the invisible cultural rules all around us? In reading the article on the Nacirema, what is Miner trying to tell us? What is his method to teach his readers the invisible aspect of culture? Miner is writing a parody of a real society in order to make an important sociological point. In your answer or response to other students, please do not give it away. Each student should deduce for her/himself who the Nacerema are.

Question 10: Globlization’s Critics
Why do critics of globalization say that it is causing a loss of distinct, local cultures in many countries around the world? In what ways might a global “monoculture” be a good thing or a bad thing? Remember to keep your work focused on what you are learning from the readings.

Question 11: Culture
Define material and nonmaterial culture. What example can you give of EITHER material culture OR nonmaterial culture? Come up with your own example; please do not repeat examples already given in the discussion or in the book.

What are teen and peer courts? What type of juvenile offenders would be suited for these interventions and why? What category of offenders would not be suited for interventions like these? Make sure to support your opinions with credible sources.

Right now I am taking HRM 595 in the University of Phoenix. Here are the instructions for my paperwork ( BTW, I would like to use Apple company)

 

Proposal Plan, Part I

Instructions:

 

Imagine you are the vice president of HR for a real or fictitious organization of more than 500 employees. To support the organization’s growth, you have been asked to create a comprehensive proposal plan to present to the board of directors that addresses staffing, performance appraisal, training and development, total rewards, and organizational behavior and processes.

Create the proposal plan, which has four parts. Each part is developed in a different week. When deciding on an organization, choose one you will stay with for the duration of the project.

Begin by designing the staffing component. In a no more than 1,050-word paper, address the following:

• Provide a brief background on the organization and its objectives.
• Explain how organizational behavior has influenced the organization’s effectiveness over the last 5 years.
• Identify best practices that will support the organization’s effort toward workforce diversity, including effective ways to implement diversity, formal staffing, employee relations, and employee retention plans.
• Consider whether outsourcing must be an option for this organization’s workforce planning. Explain why.
• Explain how these practices and your plan would support and link staffing to key organizational objectives.

1. Discuss and explain the inherent conflicts associated with police as intelligence gatherers.

2. Explain the Wiretap Statute and the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. Find and cite a case in which a person(s) is charged with abuse of either the Wiretap Statute or the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. Please give your opinion on whether you agree or disagree with the verdict or charges. (Use Findlaw or other online search engines to find case law).

Assignment 2: Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus

In this assignment, you will begin to think about the effect that gender has on your general everyday conversations. Answer the following questions:

• Have you ever had a conversation where you were left thinking that gender differences may have created a misunderstanding?
• Have you ever thought to yourself that individuals of the opposite gender think differently than you do?

It is a common stereotype that men are more comfortable with stats, or so-called report talk, like a box score in a sporting event, whereas women are more comfortable with rapport talk, or conversations regarding feelings. This gender stereotype is one example of the potential effect of gender on general communication styles. It shows some gender differences that can affect all areas.

A 2007 study conducted at the University of Chicago showed how stereotypes can actually impact math performance. Even if a person doesn’t believe a stereotype is true, but does believe other people believe it to be true, performance can be impacted.

Answer the following questions:

• Are these stereotypes even accurate?
• Are gender differences in communication real or simply a result of theoretical fiction?

This assignment will encourage you to consider the effect of gender on your own interpersonal communication and the communication of those around you.

Tasks:

Think of an example of a conversation or a discussion in a situation at work, on television, or in a movie where gender differences in communication were readily apparent. In your response, address the following:

• Provide a brief synopsis of the conversation.
• Explain what role gender played in the conversation.
• How would this conversation be different in light of a person’s age?
• How have gender stereotypes and/or gender roles changed?
• Discuss how either the Muted Group Theory or Gilligan’s model could be used to explain the gender differences. Click here to read the article.

 

For decades now, health information technology has been transforming clinical and business practices in health care. While certain information systems, such as those for billing, are widespread, other valuable applications are taking longer to become adopted throughout the industry. For this Discussion, you will appraise the benefits of health information technology in health care.

Prepare for this Discussion as follows:

• In light of this week’s Learning Resources, what do you think are significant benefits of health information technology for health care providers, organizations, and patients?
• Identify specific problems facing health care organizations that were not explicitly discussed in the readings that might also be alleviated through better or more extensive use of technology. Bring to mind both clinical and administrative problems. To help you identify these, review your textbooks from past courses and reflect on your own experiences in the health care as an employee or patient.
• Do further research, as needed, to locate examples of health information technology being used to address at least one clinical and one administrative problem you identified.

Post by Day 4 a response to the following:

• Briefly summarize key benefits of health information technology for health care providers, organizations, and patients.
• Describe two problems arising in health care settings—one clinical and one administrative—that can be alleviated through health information technology. (Do not select problems explicitly discussed in this week’s readings.)
• Discuss specific examples of technology being used to address these challenges. What are the situations and settings in which this technology would be particularly valuable? Provide a rationale for your response.

Describe two challenges of using mathematical symbols in order to solve problems using formal logic and determine how you can overcome them
When an if / then statement is true, it is NOT necessarily true that the converse is true. Give an example of an if / then statement that is true, but its converse is NOT true. Discuss the reasoning behind your example.

Discuss what you think of government involvement in the marketplace.  Should we have government intervention?  How far should government go in being provider / regulator?  Does your opinion change when you consider tough vs plentiful economic times?  What about the winners and losers – Does a free marketplace fit with your personal ideas of what democracy should mean for the citizens of our country?