Regulatory And Policy Impact

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Choose a current health policy from your state that is being considered as a legislative act.
Explain the pros and cons of the proposed health policy from the perspective of the patient, family, or community and its role in reducing the cost for health care insurers.
Explain the government’s impact on the cost of health care.
Explain what regulatory authority will implement or enforce this health care policy.
Describe the differences between federal, state, and local health care regulatory responsibilities in the chosen health policy.
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Analyzing the majority opinions

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You are a judge in the fictitious state of Barbieland. As a judge, you are called on to make decisions on very controversial issues. Based on the laws of Barbieland, juveniles are considered adults at the age of 16. The first controversial issue you must deal with is a convicted juvenile sex offender. In your state, juveniles can be sentenced to death for sexually based offenses. Shortly after his conviction, the Supreme Court ruled in Roper v. Simmons, to abolish the death penalty for offenders less than 18 years of age.
If you agree with the decision or if you support the dissenters, Justices O’Connor and Scalia, respectively, then explain your reasons for the same.
Analyze the majority opinions and explain the factors on which the rulings are based. Analyze the dissents and explain the factors on which the dissents are based.
Explain the ethical principles that underlie your opinion about this Supreme Court decision.
To view the Roper v. Simmons case, please complete a “key word” search using the search engine of your choice for: Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551 (2005)
The death penalty has now been abolished and the offender’s sentence has been commuted to a ten-year sentence in prison with the possibility of early release if he completes all mandated requirements including a sexual rehabilitation program to prevent further sexual aggression.
If the offender is released early, what form of deterrence should be imposed and why?
Support your discussion with analysis of recidivism rates, imposed deterrence, and other trends related to sex offenders.
 
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An ethical researcher

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What does it mean to be an ethical researcher?
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Chain of custody

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You are an administrative officer in a criminal justice agency, and a citizen calls you up to complain that one of your officers destroyed evidence instead of collecting it and impounding it into the evidence room. The agency has a policy that all evidence is to be impounded (seized) and transported to the evidence room. Additionally, state law prohibits the destruction of evidence.
Scenario
A coffee shop manager found a baggie of marijuana and a vial of hash oil that was left in the public rest room. The manager called your agency, and an officer was dispatched to the shop. The officer interviewed the manager and then explained to him that it was impossible to determine who the owner of the drugs is and that no charges could ever be pressed. Subsequently, the officer suggested that it would be best to flush the marijuana down the toilet and drain the hash oil down the sink. The manager agreed to the officer’s terms, and the officer instructed the manager to destroy the evidence. The manager destroyed the evidence in the presence of the officer.
Interview
You summon the officer into your office and ask him what happened. The officer explained that the manager agreed to destroy the evidence and that the officer made sure that he never personally touched it or destroyed it. The officer said that it would have been a waste of time to inventory the drugs, and do all of the paperwork, and transport the drugs to the evidence room downtown.
Begin your research by doing a Google search of the term chain of custody, and then answer the following questions in a 2-page paper:
Should an administrative investigation be conducted to determine if the officer violated any agency policies or state laws? Why or why not?
If the owner of the drugs is unknown and if no charges can be pressed for possession of drugs, is it genuinely a destruction of evidence case?
Was the officer ethically or legally obligated to impound the drugs, or was officer discretion more appropriate to determine if the drugs should be destroyed on the spot?
If identified drugs are not fully accounted for by officers by inventorying them and then impounding them, then is it possible for the drugs to be illegally used or resold on the black market?
Why do agencies have policies for impounding evidence?
What does the public expect in a case like this?
 
 
 
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