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Explain what makes a person a criminal. Support your answer with an example from the textbook or your selected article.

Justin just graduated from the police academy and the Centervale Police Department (CPD) assigned him to a mentor to put his learning into practice.

Justin’s assigned mentor is Anne Doil, a veteran CPD police officer with nine years of service. She is known for being an extremely meticulous officer and has served in several capacities with the CPD. Every year, she teaches a course on criminal justice administration. The course encompasses topics related to reporting, recording facts and evidences, and investigation of crimes. The course also includes topics on forensics, interviewing and interrogation techniques, security, victimology, testimony of witnesses, constitutional law, and corrections.

The department selected Anne to train Justin because she understands the criminal court system and the importance of building a strong foundation before going into the field as a patrol officer.

Submission Details:

 In a minimum of 250 words, post your responses to the following topics to the Discussion Area.

  • If you were Anne, how would you define the terms “crime,” “criminals,” and “criminal justice” to Justin? Use your textbook and one article from the Argosy University online library to support your definitions. Why is it important for police officers to understand these terms?
  • Explain what makes a person a criminal. Support your answer with an example from the textbook or your selected article.
  • What role does justice play in the criminal court system? How do we achieve justice in criminal courts?
  • If a person commits a crime but has a defense for his action, will he be still considered a criminal? Why or why not?

Discussion Grading Criteria and Rubric

All discussion assignments in this course will be graded using a rubric. This assignment is worth 40 points. Download the discussion rubric and carefully read it to understand the expectations.

A clear thesis statement that demonstrates the position you will be taking throughout the essay.

Persuasive Essay Rough Draft

This essay explores the persuasive mode, one of the more common kinds of writing you’ll experience throughout your college and professional career. Your goal is to persuade your audience to consider your position on a controversial subject. Understand, there is seldom a definitive right or wrong answer in anything. You should anticipate the real possibility that some of your readers will not initially agree with you on your stance. Part of this essay requires that you take opposing viewpoints into consideration when making your argument. By truthfully representing the strengths of your opponent’s point of view, you show that you have considered more than one option when making your decision. This gives you more clout with your audience.

Criteria

The rough draft of your essay should contain the following basic features:

  • A well-defined issue that is controversial by nature
  • A clear thesis statement that demonstrates the position you will be taking throughout the essay
  • A treatment of at least three reputable sources, at least one drawn from the EBSCO database, and at least one of them supporting your claim
  • A counter argument with at least one credible source defending the opposing viewpoint
  • A refutation to or compromise with the counter argument
  • If you have any difficulty finding sources in EBSCO, please contact the Grantham librarian at library@grantham.edu

In addition to the above, the rough draft of your essay should be:

  • From 900 to 1200 words in length, typed in Times New Roman, 12pt. font, double-spaced, with one inch margins
  • Written primarily in third person

He remembered that as he got older and different nightmares came he used to be able to think himself out of them.

Read the following passage and answer the questions below. Try to guess the context of the situation you are reading. If you aren’t sure, look up the book, Johnny Got His Gun on Google and see if it helps make things clearer.
The nurse’s hands were on him. He could feel her washing his body and manipulating his flesh and dressing the wound in his side. She used something warm and greasy to dissolve the scab substance that held the mask to that point of irritation near his throat.  He felt like a child that has awakened weeping from a nightmare to find itself safe and snug in its mother’s arms. The nurse was company even though he couldn’t see or hear her. She was somebody and she was his friend. He wasn’t alone any longer. With her at hand there was no need for him to worry no need for him to struggle no need for him to think. The responsibility was completely hers and he had nothing to fear so long as she was close to him. Instead of the rat gnawing at his side he felt her cool fingers and the cleanliness of new bandages and fresh linen.

He knew now that the rat had been only a dream. He was so relieved to discover this that for a few minutes he almost forgot his fear. And then relaxing under the nurse’s care he suddenly chilled all over at realization that the rat dream might come again. It was almost a certainty to come again. He knew that the whole dream was started by his thinking of the wound in his side. His awareness of the wound as he fell asleep brought on the dream of the rat feeding at it. Since the wound remained it seemed almost certain that the same chain of thought would bring the rat back to him again in his sleep. Each time he fell asleep the rat would come and sleep instead of being forgetfulness would become as bad as being awake. A guy could stand a lot when he was awake. But when sleep came he deserved to forget everything. Sleep should be like death.

He knew the rat was a dream. He was sure of that. All he had to do was to find some way of getting himself out of the dream when it came. He could remember when he was a kid he used to have nightmares. Funny thing about them was they weren’t particularly awful ones either. The worst one was where he seemed to be an ant walking across a sidewalk and the sidewalk was so big and he was so small that sometimes he awakened yelling he was so scared. That was the way to stop nightmares by yelling so hard you waked yourself up. But hell that wouldn’t work for him now. In the first place he couldn’t yell and in the second place he was so deaf he couldn’t hear the noise anyhow. That was no good. He would have to find some other way.

He remembered that as he got older and different nightmares came he used to be able to think himself out of them. Just when it seemed the awful thing that was after him was going to get him he could think in his sleep here Joe this is just a dream. It’s just a dream Joe understand? And then in a little bit he would open his eyes and look into the darkness around him and the dream would be gone. That system might work with the rat. Instead of imagining himself running and yelling for help the next time the rat came he would just think to himself this is a dream. And then he would open—

But that wouldn’t work. He couldn’t open his eyes. In his sleep in the middle of the rat dream he might think himself out of it but how would he be able to prove he was awake if he couldn’t open his eyes and look around into the darkness?

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1. List any differences between the following claims:

·         Joe believes a rat has crawled over him, and is eating from his open wound.

·         Joe knows a rat has crawled over him, and is eating from his open wound.

·         Joe is certain that a rat has crawled over him, and is eating from his open wound.

2. Why should we trust our senses and experiences to tell us about the world? Why shouldn’t we?

3.  True or False: Descartes decides it does not matter if we are dreaming right now or not.

.          If true, an example?

.          Does Joe from Johnny Got His Gun agree?

Reference

Trumbo, D. 1994. Johnny Got His Gun. New York, NY: Citadel Press. First published 1939.

Describe three to four benefits that may be realized from such an alliance.

Strategic Alliances

Using the same manufacturing company you selected for the Week Two Assignment, address the following points:

  1. Identify a strategic alliance your chosen company has formed and discuss how three to four of the issues from the following list have been addressed by the alliance:
    • Adding value to products
    • Improving market access
    • Strengthening operations
    • Adding technological strength
    • Enhancing strategic growth
    • Enhancing organizational skills
    • Building financial strength
  2. It is common for a strategic alliance to be formed with a third party logistics provider (3PL). Describe three to four benefits that may be realized from such an alliance.

Your paper must be four to five pages (not including title and reference pages) and must be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the approved APA style guide. You must cite at least three scholarly to the textbook and the Forbes web site.

Identify a strategic alliance your chosen company has formed and discuss how three to four of the issues from the following list have been addressed by the alliance

Strategic Alliances

Using the same manufacturing company you selected for the Week Two Assignment, address the following points:

  1. Identify a strategic alliance your chosen company has formed and discuss how three to four of the issues from the following list have been addressed by the alliance:
    • Adding value to products
    • Improving market access
    • Strengthening operations
    • Adding technological strength
    • Enhancing strategic growth
    • Enhancing organizational skills
    • Building financial strength
  2. It is common for a strategic alliance to be formed with a third party logistics provider (3PL). Describe three to four benefits that may be realized from such an alliance.

Your paper must be four to five pages (not including title and reference pages) and must be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the approved APA style guide. You must cite at least three scholarly to the textbook and the Forbes web site.

IncredibleApps will be managed more professionally and efficiently than other mobile app companies, which are usually run by software experts who have no business acumen or savvy.

w that you’ve gotten a basic understanding of the Elevator Pitch, it is time to put your new knowledge to use by completing this exercise.  This exercise is worth two (2) weighted points.

Please read the Company Background information below for a new company called IncredibleApps.  Then write a short elevator pitch for IncredibleApps using Rhonda Abrams’ “6 Components of an A+ Elevator Pitch” and the 9 C’s of Chris O’Leary as your guide.  Make sure that the elevator pitch includes all six of the components listed in Abrams’ article and also be sure to apply the 9 C’s to your pitch.  You will be graded on:

  • inclusion of all 6 of Abrams’ components
  • usage of the 9 C’s

Your elevator pitch should be approximately 3-6 sentences, but the most important guide is that it reads well and could be spoken to your audience in the duration of an elevator ride.

Good luck!

Company Background

This company develops mobile corporate applications for iPhone and Droid phones.  Founded by engineers who believe in the power of a free and openly available Internet, their target market is Fortune 1000 companies who wish to have a mobile app for their company, but who don’t know how to develop one.  This business situation is similar to the early days of the Internet, when many companies that wanted corporate websites had to pay technical experts to build them because the companies didn’t know how to. 

IncredibleApps intends to provide premium “Nordstrom’s level” quality and service, and therefore expects to be able to charge a corresponding high price.  IncredibleApps has assembled the best mobile app developers in the industry and this will be the key to their business success.  In addition, IncredibleApps will be managed more professionally and efficiently than other mobile app companies, which are usually run by software experts who have no business acumen or savvy.

At the end of the day, IncredibleApps intends to become the premier mobile app provider for Fortune 500 companies worldwide and continue to develop mobile ap

Identify a strategic alliance your chosen company has formed and discuss how three to four of the issues from the following list have been addressed by the alliance.

Strategic Alliances

Using the same manufacturing company you selected for the Week Two Assignment, address the following points:

  1. Identify a strategic alliance your chosen company has formed and discuss how three to four of the issues from the following list have been addressed by the alliance:
    • Adding value to products
    • Improving market access
    • Strengthening operations
    • Adding technological strength
    • Enhancing strategic growth
    • Enhancing organizational skills
    • Building financial strength
  2. It is common for a strategic alliance to be formed with a third party logistics provider (3PL). Describe three to four benefits that may be realized from such an alliance.

Your paper must be four to five pages (not including title and reference pages) and must be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the approved APA style guide. You must cite at least three scholarly to the textbook and the Forbes web site.

Analyze the dynamics of competition using Porter’s Five Forces Model of Competition.

Assignment 2: Harley-Davidson: External and Internal Analysis

Instructions for this assignment: Perform all of the elements listed below.

This assignment has you complete two parts of a strategic business plan. To see how those parts fit into a full business plan, click here for a strategic business plan outline.

Part I – Analysis of the External Environment

As part of the Strategic Business Plan, you have been asked to:

  • Identify and analyze the major driving forces for change in the external environment of the motorcycle industry.
  • Analyze the dynamics of competition using Porter’s Five Forces Model of Competition. Correctly assess the dynamics of competition.
  • Provide at least three statistics about the size of the motorcycle industry such as revenue, growth rate, number of units sold by manufacturer/country, etc.
  • Summarize the strategic issues firms in this industry face and identify their biggest threats.

This section should be titled “The Analysis of H-D’s External Environment.”

Part II – Internal Environment Analysis

Financial

Gather the financial information necessary to do a complete ratio analysis and the Balance Score Card (BSC) key metrics information.

If you were going to create a BSC, what would be the key metrics you would measure in each of the four BSC areas:

  • Financial
  • Customer
  • Internal Business Process
  • Learning and Growth

Perform a ratio analysis using H-D’s five-year financial performance. Interpret the meaning of the ratios and financial performance.

This section should be titled “The Analysis of H-D’s Current Strategy: Two Views.” Be sure to include the ratio analysis. You may also include other graphics to support your narrative.

Competitors

Based on your analysis, you must decide which two competitors present the biggest competitive threat to H-D.

Perform a financial ratio analysis for the competitors after looking at trends in financial performance over five years, and compare the trends to industry averages.

Be sure you have a clear ranking of the industries’ competitors.

This section should be titled “Competitor Analysis.” Be sure to include the financial ratio analysis. You may also include other graphics to support your narrative.

This assignment should be 4 to 8 pages in length.

Compare the chosen theory(ies) with two other theories and explain why certain elements or entire theories were rejected.

In week 2 assignment, you had  summarized the community and the health issue as identified in the Scholar-Practitioner Project(New York State Department of Health. (2006). Examples of community health assessments and report cards.)—Community Health Assessment, for this section of the SPP, you will:

State concisely one or more possible theories that might guide the intervention and explain why you chose that theory(ies).

  • State the key objectives of the intervention and how they link to the theory(ies) or parts of the theory(ies).

Explain how the theories could drive the intervention. Which elements of the theories work well and which do not apply to your intervention?

  • Compare the chosen theory(ies) with two other theories and explain why certain elements or entire theories were rejected. (Health behavior theory HBT and transtheoretical model (TTM) )
  • Describe strengths and weaknesses of the theory(ies) you chose.
  • 4 pages and 6 references.
  • please see the attched document, use it to complete the paper.

Differentiate between Empiricism and Rationalism.

Assignment 1: Empiricism and Rationalism

Respond to the below prompt and post your response in this Discussion Area. You should quote or paraphrase from specific pages in the course text to support your claims about philosophical ideas and concepts, using correct APA citation. Start reviewing and responding to your classmates and the facilitator as early in the week as possible.

Write a 1–2-page explanation of the Cartesian Method and identify some of the potential problems with, and appeal of, this approach. Try to illustrate key aspects of this method with your own examples.

Submit your essay to the W3: Assignment 1 Discussion