Connecting Your Learning

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Connecting Your Learning
Competencies Addressed in This Assignment
Competency 1: Dissect criminal justice ethical issues and practices.
Competency 2: Apply human rights standards.
Competency 3: Compare different ethics systems in a criminal justice community and leadership context.
Competency 4: Articulate how personal biases affect ethical approaches to criminal justice dilemmas.
Competency 5: Communicate effectively in writing.
Overview
Throughout the course, you have analyzed the ethical dimension of policing practice, examined the basis for personal and professional ethics, and reviewed the guidance provided by professional codes of practice and human rights standards. Your study of the ethical principles and how they are applied in a policing context highlighted the major ethical problems, such as discrimination, corruption, deception, racial profiling, and use of excessive force.
Instructions
For this assignment, prepare a 46-page paper (11.5 pages per competency for Competencies 1 through 4), focused on the course competencies and address two key areas of learning for each competency. Competency 5 will be showcased through your coverage of Competencies 14.
Ensure that this paper showcases your learning proficiency and describes the importance of your learning relative to application in a career context.
Requirements
Your paper should meet the following requirements:
Written communication: Must be free of errors that detract from the overall message.
References: Include one reference per competency.
APA formatting: Format resources and citations as per current APA style and formatting guidelines.
Length of paper: 46 pages (11.5 pages per competency for Competencies 1 through 4), not including the title page or the references page.
Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.

Federal Judges Enforce or Interpret the Law?

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Federal Judges Enforce or Interpret the Law?
Competencies Addressed in This Assignment
Competency 1: Dissect criminal justice ethical issues and practices.
Competency 3: Compare different ethics systems in a criminal justice community and leadership context.
Competency 4: Articulate how personal biases affect ethical approaches to criminal justice dilemmas.
Competency 5: Communicate effectively in writing.
Overview
Those who are strict constructionists believe that judges should enforce, not interpret law. This is considered an extreme view where an individual has no rights unless they are specified in the Constitution or are present in some other legal source. An interpretationist (or activist) utilizes a looser reading of the Constitution and reads into it rights that the framers might have recognized or that they believe should be recognized due to evolving standards. Critics of activism say that just because it has been used for good causes does not mean this is always the case. Proponents of activism argue that it is needed to counteract overreaching of federal powers.
For this assignment, assume you are a judge with the appropriate jurisdiction to decide the following case. You were raised in a very strict and sheltered household and must decide whether a particular piece of artwork is obscene. The artist has painted a series of sex scenes, including bondage, sadomasochism, bestiality, and necrophilia, interspersed with paintings of nude children at play. She states that her art has redeeming social qualities because it is a statement of the many faces of humanity. The series of paintings is being displayed in a public gallery supported by city and federal funds. The district attorney has filed for an injunction to close the show due to obscenity.
Instructions
Prepare a three-page memorandum to your clerk, who will draft your opinion, detailing the following:
Explain your ruling in the case, including the rationale for your decision.
Determine how you will dismiss any personal bias in reaching and explaining your decision.
Explore, as part of your dicta (non-legally binding opinion), whether you agree with the statement, “If the judicial system is not independent of political powers, and is a pawn or agent of political power, then due process is a sham and the very essence of democracy is threatened,” in the context of constitutional rights and other potential influences on your decision.
Requirements
Your paper should meet the following requirements:
Written communication: Must be free of errors that detract from the overall message.
APA formatting: Format resources and citations as per current APA style and formatting guidelines.
Length of paper: Three pages, not including the title page and the references page.
Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.

Mid Term

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 Class – Please review Chapter 21: The Role of Root Cause Analysis in Public Safety ERM Programs Case and provide response for following questions.

1. Identify an emerging crime issue in your community using data available from sources such as local newspapers, online police reporting, and so forth. Frame the situation, and then identify the restraining and driving forces that may be impacting the issue.

2. Using your force field analysis, develop a cause and effect diagram for the situation.

You are required to respond to the questions thoroughly, in 300 -to-350 words for each question. Be sure to include at least three reference sources. APA rules for formatting, quoting, paraphrasing, citing, and listing of sources are to be followed. 

2050 dq resp to KARM

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MAIN POST
Discussion 5: Thoughts on Anxiety Dx? Initial Post Due 2/23/20

Please post your thoughts about this week’s readings on anxiety disorders.  Be sure to reference the assigned readings in addition to the video.
One area you might discuss is the area of shyness as a mental disorder.

Karmyn RESPOND TO THE MAIN POST

            When you think of Anxiety Disorder, you do not associate a person being shy. You do not think about them having anxiety to the point they cannot speak up for themselves, or they tend to stay to themselves. Just like many other disorders, these individuals are not healthy and are struggling with the most straightforward task. They cannot go out for more than a few minutes at a time; they cannot even perform the task of writing a check, because they are afraid someone is watching. I can understand why people become unemployed and or wanting to be self-employed. Being self-employed would help the individual stay to themselves and not have to deal with the outside world. 
            Having anxiety disorder is easy enough to understand how it exists within a person. Anxiety is a disorder that runs in the families; it can also be a disorder that can be passed along genetically to a person. According to Freedom From Fear (2011), people go through a situation where they can be humiliated, criticized, or rejected socially. According to Freedom From Fear (2011), a person starts to feel they are losing control in a situation, then comes embarrassment and shame. Out of all the emotions a person feels, and the traumatic events they go through, it starts to become a conditioned response. 
Many individuals with anxiety do not report their symptoms due to not recognizing them or out of fear of being labeled neurotic. According to Freedom From Fear (2011), anxiety can cause an affected individuals neurochemistry to become imbalanced. Many individuals with an anxiety disorder or heightened anxiety use caffeine or other stimulants to combat the associated fatigue, which can then lead to more anxiety, particularly when they drink too much and start to experience side effects, such as interrupted sleep at night.
Treating Anxiety Disorder
            According to ADAA (2018), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is an example of one type of psychotherapy that can help people with anxiety disorders. It teaches people different ways of thinking, behaving, and reacting to anxiety-producing and fearful objects and situations. Cognitive therapy and exposure therapy are two CBT methods that are often used, together or by themselves, to treat social anxiety disorder. According to ADAA (2018), cognitive therapy focuses on identifying, challenging, and then neutralizing unhelpful or distorted thoughts underlying anxiety disorders. Medication does not cure anxiety disorders but can help relieve symptoms. The most common classes of medications used to combat anxiety disorders are anti-anxiety drugs, antidepressants, and beta-blockers.
References

Anxiety and Depression Association of America. (2018). Symptoms. Retrieved from https://adaa.org/understanding-anxiety/generalized-anxiety-disorder-gad/symptoms
(Links to an external site.)
Freedom From Fear. (2011, May 13). Social anxiety documentary: afraid of people. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmEJEfy5f50