Liability and the Use of Force

1. Describe the crime of solicitation and give two (2) examples of solicitation crimes, and explain how corroboration requirements are used in solicitation statutes.
2. Some conspiracy statutes require evidence of an overt act by one of the co-conspirators. Examine what the justification is for such a requirement, and in what type of case might an overt act not be required.
3. Explain why the Fourth Amendment applies to the use of force by a police officer, and how the “reasonableness” standard compares to a “substantive due process” approach.
4. Discuss the amount of force that may be used in the defense of property today, what is meant by the “castle doctrine” and “make my day” rules.

Incredible Technology: How to Bring Extinct Animals Back to Life

Read the following article attached to this assignment and write what your thoughts about it. What are the pros and cons of such research? Do you think it is the duty of humans to bring back life of extinct animals? What if humans were responsible for their extinction, as it is the case for the dodo and the passenger pigeon? If successful, do you think the animals would be identical to the extinct species? If you have any other comments, please feel free to share them. IF YOU CAN FOUND THE WEBSIDE LET ME KNOW OR YOU CAN GO TO GOOGLE AND TYPE Technology: How to Bring Extinct Animals Back to Life.
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http://www.livescience.com/38972-how-to-resurrect-extinct-animals.html . Incredible Technology: How to Bring Extinct Animals Back to Life

Autism

The last two decades has seen a sharp rise in the number of individual’s diagnosed with autism and autistic spectrum disorders. There have been numerous theories about what has contributed to this rise, ranging from early-life overexposure to mercury, to adverse reactions to vaccines. Some suggest that the increase in cases of autism may simply be the result in advances in our understanding of neurological functioning and more precise assessment tools. The exact causes of autism and what may contribute to the increase of identified cases remains inknown, as well as a hotly debated issue. Somwthing similar happened in American during 1980s, when there was a significant increase in the number of children diagnosed with attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Once again, people worried that ADHA was caused by exposure to toxins, post-natal vaccines and a host of other factors.
What are your thoughts on the matter outlined above? Should doctors rethink the current practices of child vaccinations? What might be the cause of autism and what steps might be taken to better address the matter? Explain. Include any in-text citations and references.

Crisis In your Community

Read the article then address the following issues: Bartley, A.G. (2007). Confronting the Realities of Volunteering for a National Disaster. Journal Of Mental Health Counseling, 29(1), 4-16.
Assume that you are volunteering for a crisis hotline in my local community(Small town in North Dakota, population about 3,000 people). What cultural populations or subgroups are unique to my community? If you are responsible for training new hotline workers, what will they need to know before answering the hotline in my community? How might you prepare them? Remember to in-cluse in-text citations & references.

Employing Strategy in Competitive Environment

Include cover page, introduction, no bullets only paragraph style answers, type each question in bold and then answer, double-spaced, times new roman, font size 12, one-inch margins on all sides, number pages, head pages, reference page. Note: Please use only legitimate academic resources.

External and Internal Environments

Please write on any company other than Citigroup Inc. because we have already written on that.

Choose an industry you have not yet written about in this course, and one publicly traded corporation within that industry. Research the company on its own Website, the public filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission EDGAR database (http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml), in the University’s online databases, and any other sources you can find. The annual report will often provide insights that can help address some of these questions.

1. Choose the two (2) segments of the general environment that would rank highest in their influence on the corporation you chose. Assess how these segments affect the corporation you chose and the industry in which it operates.
2. Considering the five (5) forces of competition, choose the two (2) that you estimate are the most significant for the corporation you chose. Evaluate how well the company has addressed these two (2) forces in the recent past.
3. With the same two (2) forces in mind, predict what the company might do to improve its ability to address these forces in the near future.
4. Assess the external threats affecting this corporation and the opportunities available to the corporation. Give your opinions on how the corporation should deal with the most serious threat and the greatest opportunity. Justify your answer.
5. Give your opinion on the corporation’s greatest strengths and most significant weaknesses. Choose the strategy or tactic the corporation should select to take maximum advantage of its strengths, and the strategy or tactic the corporation should select to fix its most significant weakness. Justify your choices.
6. Determine the company’s resources, capabilities, and core competencies.
7. Analyze the company’s value chain to determine where they can create value using the resources, capabilities, and core competencies discussed above.

External and Internal Environments

Please write on any company other than Citigroup Inc. because we have already written on that.

Choose an industry you have not yet written about in this course, and one publicly traded corporation within that industry. Research the company on its own Website, the public filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission EDGAR database (http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml), in the University’s online databases, and any other sources you can find. The annual report will often provide insights that can help address some of these questions.

1. Choose the two (2) segments of the general environment that would rank highest in their influence on the corporation you chose. Assess how these segments affect the corporation you chose and the industry in which it operates.
2. Considering the five (5) forces of competition, choose the two (2) that you estimate are the most significant for the corporation you chose. Evaluate how well the company has addressed these two (2) forces in the recent past.
3. With the same two (2) forces in mind, predict what the company might do to improve its ability to address these forces in the near future.
4. Assess the external threats affecting this corporation and the opportunities available to the corporation. Give your opinions on how the corporation should deal with the most serious threat and the greatest opportunity. Justify your answer.
5. Give your opinion on the corporation’s greatest strengths and most significant weaknesses. Choose the strategy or tactic the corporation should select to take maximum advantage of its strengths, and the strategy or tactic the corporation should select to fix its most significant weakness. Justify your choices.
6. Determine the company’s resources, capabilities, and core competencies.
7. Analyze the company’s value chain to determine where they can create value using the resources, capabilities, and core competencies discussed above.

The Constitutionality of the Use of Racial Profiling, Seizure, and Detainment in the War on Terrorism

Provide the facts of Padilla v. Rumsfeld, Ex Parte Quirin, and Hamdi v. Rumsfeld. Then assess whether Quirin justifies the treatment of detainees at Guantanamo Bay and explain why or why not. Discuss whether there are additional rights being denied detainees at Guantanamo Bay according to the Padilla case.
Finally, discuss the additional rights given to detainees in the Hamdi case.
Please try and use Darmer, K., Baird, R., & Rosenbaum, S. (2004). Civil Liberties vs. National Security In A Post 9/11 World. Amherst: Prometheus Books as one of the sources