Category: Essays

Forensic psychologists deal with two particularly controversial issues: judging whether a defendant is competent to stand trial and whether a defendant was legally insane at the time he or she committed an offense. Both issues require evaluations of the defendant’s mental state. A defendant is deemed competent to stand trial if he or she has the ability to function with full awareness and understanding in a trial. If a defendant cannot assist in his or her own defense, or does not understand the legal proceedings, he or she usually is declared incompetent. How does a forensic psychologist determine a defendant’s mental competence? Does mental illness or mental retardation automatically signify a defendant is incompetent? What if a defendant is competent with medication, but incompetent without it?

The insanity defense also raises a number of controversial issues. A successful insanity defense proves that a defendant was unable to distinguish right from wrong or understand the consequences of his or her actions. This defense usually stirs fierce debate because it is difficult to assess insanity, especially at the time of the crime, which could have been months or years before the trial.

For this assignment, review the Week 4 Application Case Study in the Learning Resources and analyze whether the insanity defense or a claim of incompetence to stand trial might be more successful in this case. This assignment is due by Day 7 of Week 5. You should begin analyzing the case now to submit the assignment by next week.

To prepare for this Assignment:

Review Chapters 8 and 9 in your course text, Forensic and Legal Psychology, and focus on the issues surrounding competence to stand trial and the insanity defense. Also consider criteria psychologists frequently use to determine whether a defendant is competent to stand trial or legally insane.
Review the Week 4 Application Case Study provided in this week’s Learning Resources
Search the Walden Library, and select one peer-reviewed article related to competency to stand trial and one peer-reviewed article related to the insanity defense.

The Assignment (3-page minimum):

Review the Week 4 Application Case Study provided in this week’s Learning Resources, and identify factors in this case that might be relevant to the defendant’s competence to stand trial or use of the insanity defense.
Identify circumstances under which a defendant might be found incompetent to stand trial and the circumstances that might warrant the insanity defense.
Explain whether or not the insanity defense might be successful in the case.
Make sure you briefly summarize both articles you selected from the Walden Library, and apply the findings to this case.
Explain whether or not the claim for incompetence to stand trial might be successful in the case.
Be sure to provide references in APA format for the two peer-reviewed articles you selected from the current literature.
Remember, this application is a two-week assignment and counts twice as much as your Week 1 Application Assignment. Therefore, your response to this assignment should be more substantial than your response to the Application Assignment in Week 1.

Support your Application Assignment with specific references to all resources used in its preparation. You are asked to provide a reference list for all resources, including those in the Learning Resources for this course.

You are a health information management student who has been asked to summarize and explain the concept of database management to your class. Your presentation should last no more than 20 minutes and must include discussion of significant areas within this topic. Explain what areas you would include in your presentation and why they are important. Explain what areas you would emphasize and examine why they should be emphasized.

Your report should be 2- to 3-pages long (excluding the cover page and reference page), supported by the readings from Module 5 and at least two additional scholarly sources. The CSU-Global Library is a great place to find these sources

Compile a Healthy People 2020 report in which you will identify one of the ten leading health indicators located at www.healthypeople.gov/2020 or www.cdc.gov.

2. Identify the main goal of Healthy People 2020.

3. Explain the specific goal addressing the health indicator you have selected.

4. Explain the impact the health issue has on individuals and/or society.

5. Identify methods to address the health issue you have selected.

6. Identify resources to help improve the health concern.

7. Use the American Psychological Association’s format to cite your sources.

8. Use a minimum of five credible sources within your report.

9. Your report must be a minimum of five pages, not including the title page and the reference pag

Consider the series L/R circuit below:
What is the time constant of the circuit with S1 closed?
What is the eventual steady-state current with S1 closed?
What is the value of the circuit current at the first instant S1 is closed? (t = 0s)
What is the value of the circuit current exactly one time constant after S1 is closed?
How long after S1 closes will it take before the circuit current reaches its steady-state value?
For the same circuit, assume that the switch S1 has been closed for more than five L/R time constants. If a 1MΩ resistor is placed across the terminals of the switch, calculate:
The approximate time constant of the circuit with S1 open.
The peak inductor voltage VL, when S1 is opened.
The di/dt value the instant S1 is opened.
How long it takes for the current to decay to zero after S1 is opened (approximately)

For this project, you will write a Java program that demonstrates exception handling. Your program will accept from the user ten values and place those numbers in an array. The numbers in the array will be added together and the result displayed to the user. The program will also perform division. The program should compare the values for elements 1 and 2 in the array and divide the larger number by the smaller number. It should compare the values for all odd/even elements and divide the larger by the smaller value. The program should use exception handling to avoid division by zero errors or out of range errors (dictated by the variable’s data type) which would cause the program to stop due to the error. The program should prompt the user for a second set of ten numbers. When the user enters 9999 the program should terminate normally.

For this project, do the following:

Create a new project in your IDE named “ExceptionHandler.”
Write code to accept numbers as described above from the user. Your code should ensure that only numbers are accepted.
Write code to add all values together and to divide larger numbers by smaller numbers in odd/even elements. Results should be displayed. Loop to get another set of ten numbers from the user until the user enters 9999 as the first number.
Use exception handling to handle division by zero and out of range exceptions.
In the catch blocks, be sure to display the cause of the exception to the user.
Make sure your exception handler will handle any other errors as a default.
Create a UML activity diagram that illustrates how your program works. Your diagram must include all the data items in your program.
Use good comments to describe how the program works.
Make sure the program runs correctly before submission

Select one debated topic from the three below, and construct a 500-word (minimum) academic essay that provides an overview of the debate—making certain to include key individuals, events, acts, the time period, the location, and why the debate was initiated. Identify the victor and why you feel they “won” the debate. Considering current events, what events experienced today are similar to your selected debated topic? Explain whether political, religious, or economic concerns were the most dominant motivation.

Debated Topics (choose one)

1. The appropriate action of the colonists in response to taxation imposed by the British crown 2. The proper response by American colonists concerning the standing presence of British officials and soldiers 3. The ability of the colonists to rule themselves while still respecting the king’s authority

*For Kim Woods Only****** Assignment 1: LASA 2 – Ethical Systems and Me

What a busy five weeks we have had! We have learned to use moral reasoning and examined many ethical theories in this course. These include virtue ethics, utilitarianism, social contract, deontology with goals (Hinduism and Buddhism), deontology with divine authority (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam), relativism (individual and cultural), and deontology with a categorical imperative (Kant).

Think back about your impressions of each of these ethical systems and write a 1,000 to 1,250-word essay that addresses the following questions below. Be sure to write good introductory and concluding paragraphs in your essay. 1.Summarize the principle components of each of the seven ethical systems studied in this course (listed above), including the principle ethicist involved in developing the system. Use two or three sentences for each ethical system. 2.Which ethical system is most prevalent in the United States today? In the World? Explain your answer and support your response. 3. Which ethical system most closely matches your personal ethical system? Why do you think so? Explain your position. 4.Please give a short, personal example that supports your decision to identify your ethical system (3 or 4 sentences) and explain why it does so. 5.Examine your response to previous assignments in Modules 1 thru 4 in this course. Are there any inconsistencies or conflict between positions you took in earlier assignments and the ethical system identified in this paper? For example, monotheists (Christians, Muslims, and Jews) believe in universal maxims. Relativists do not think universal maxims are possible. One cannot, for example be a Christian and believe no universal maxims exist, which is a relativist position. Monotheism (Christianity) and relativism are polar opposites. If inconsistencies exist between your earlier answers and this paper, how do you resolve them in your ethical decision-making process in the real world? 6.Add at least three references to support your analysis in this paper.

Post a 4-5-page (1000-1250 -word) paper to the M5: Assignment 1 Dropbox by Monday, February 8, 2016. Include a title and reference page (not included in the 4-5 page count). All written assignments and responses should follow citation rules for attributing sources using APA format. Please use Microsoft Word spelling/grammar checker before submitting your essay

According to the text, crime has been part of the human condition since people began to live in groups. Ancient documents indicate that conduct we now call murder, theft, or robbery was identified as criminal by civilizations that existed thousands of years ago. Criminal laws regulate human conduct and tell people what they can and cannot do and, in some instances, what they must do under certain circumstances. In this assignment, you will explore different types of criminal conduct and the goals of criminal law.

Write a four page paper in which you:

Determine whether or not a conviction is feasible when an alleged perpetrator does not have the required mens rea but has engaged in the actus rea. Provide a rationale to support your position.
Explain the distinction between diplomatic immunity and legislative immunity. Next, support or criticize the premise that diplomatic immunity is vital for Americans abroad.
Argue for or against the theory that the courts should not hold a defendant of questionable competency to the standard sentencing guidelines. Provide a rationale to support your response.
Identify the four (4) goals of criminal law, and discuss the manner in which these four (4) goals effectuate the purpose of protecting the public and preventing the conviction of innocent persons.

5. Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar type Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Describe the nature and history of American criminal law.
Explain the role of individuals and federal, state, and local government agencies in crime fighting and prosecution of criminal offenses.
Analyze the essential legal elements of criminal conduct.

· Use technology and information resources to research issues in criminal law.

· Write clearly and concisely about criminal law using proper writing mechanics.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric

Case Analysis

In this assignment, you will discuss the issues pertaining to informed consent in conducting evaluations and apply ethical decision making to a scenario in which there is a professional ethical conflict.

Tasks:

Review vignette 3 from the following article:

Ethical and Professional Conflicts in Correctional Psychology

After you have read the vignette, answer the following questions in a 2- to 3-page paper:

Should the evaluation, which is requested by the warden, be completed? Why or why not?
Would your answer change if the psychologist were not a member of APA? Why or why not?
Support your answers with appropriate references in APA style

For this assignment, draw on all of the work we have done together throughout this term.

First, choose either Crevecoeur’s Letter or Barack Obama’s November 7, 2007 speech (“Agenda to Reclaim the American Dream”). Describe their vision of life in America in terms of both its promise and its problems. Discuss their visions of America in terms of Adams’ definition of the American Dream.

Next, choose two of the other texts we have read in the previous modules. Evaluate how the ideas, arguments, and problems presented in these texts compare to those presented by Crevecoeur or Obama. For instance, you might want to choose a text that confirms Crevecoeur’s (or Obama’s) vision of America and another text that challenges or problematizes that vision.

Finally, assess the possibilities or impossibilities of achieving the American Dream as represented in these texts and the course generally. Has the progress of American life confirmed the possibility of the American Dream, or have the persistent challenges, divisions, and conflicts shown its impossibility? What progress has been realized and what still needs to be done?

Write a 5–6 page paper in Word format (not counting title and reference page). Include an APA formatted title page and reference page. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M5_A1.doc. By Monday, February 8, 2016, deliver your assignment to the M5: Assignment 1 Dropbox.

All written assignments and responses should follow APA rules for attributing sources.

Assignment 1 Grading Criteria

Maximum Points

Define the concept of the American Dream presented by the chosen author.

36

Explain the potential problems that arise from the vision this author presents.

48

Analyze the conceptions of the American Dream presented by two other authors and provide support for these claims using the appropriate texts.

88

Draw meaningful conclusions about the possibility of achieving the American Dream by comparing and contrasting the visions presented.

40

Describe how these visions still impact our conception of America today.

24

Organization (16 points): Introduction, Thesis, Transitions, and Conclusion

Usage and Mechanics (16 points): Grammar, Spelling, and Sentence Structure

APA Elements (24 points): Attribution, Paraphrasing, and Quotations

Style (8 points): Audience, and Word Choic