Wk 3 Individual Assignment: Course Project: Part 1

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Submit a 500- to 700-word proposal of your volunteer or interview arrangements.

Include details about your course project such as the following:

What organization did you select?
With whom are you meeting?
What questions will you ask?
What does volunteering entail?
What date(s) and time(s) is it scheduled for?
Explain how it is tied to your leadership purpose.
Include at least two citations from your book or something from the class.

Format your citations according to APA guidelines.

Corrections

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One of the recent developments facing the public administration of corrections is that there has been an increasing call by public officials and the citizenry to privatize the prison systems in the United States.

In a 5-page-paper, address the following:

From the perspective of a public-sector correctional administrator, make 2 arguments for keeping the jails in public hands.
From the perspective of a private-sector correctional facility manager, make 2 arguments for turning the correctional system over to the private correctional industry.
Briefly discuss the types of challenges that each sectorboth public and privatemay face.
Are there any legal issues, either criminal or civil, that need to be addressed before privatization can occur?
Support your viewpoints from your readings and other appropriate outside sources. Be sure to reference all sources using APA style.

Criminal Activity and the Illegal Drug Industry

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Compare and contrast the organizational structure of the mafia with that of a motorcycle gang. Do you think that drugs are their main source of income? How do they distribute their goods?

Assignment Guidelines

Address the following in 3 pages:

Research mafia organizations within the United States.
What is their involvement in the illegal drug industry? Explain.
How are drugs transported and sold by mafia organizations within the United States? Explain.
What criminal activities result from this drug trafficking? Explain.
Research the Colombian drug cartel.
What types of crimes are commonly committed by members of these types of organizations? Explain.
Regarding criminal activities, how does international drug trafficking compare to drug trafficking within the United States?
Compare being charged under RICO to being charged under IRS violations. 
What are the penalties of each, and is there any civil redress in either one?
Be sure to reference all sources using APA style.

Liability Issues

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The emergency medical service (ambulance) in a small town is operated by a nonprofit organization and staffed mostly by volunteers.  There is one paid part-time employee that directs the program.  At a meeting of the volunteers, one volunteer asks a question about liability. The concern raised relates to individual liability and whether there is liability insurance.  The director states there is no liability insurance.

The director is now considering liability insurance. Create a presentation for the director.  Identify and articulate the issues related to costs, risks, and other associated issues.

Please made sure that it is in APA format.

The final paragraph (three or four sentences) of your initial post should summarize the one or two key points that you are making in your initial response. You will be writing three or more discussion posts per week.

Your main post must be two to three substantive paragraphs 150-200 total words and include at least two APA-formatted citations/references. Please follow up with two subsequent replies to colleagues. Each reply should consist of a relevant paragraph containing 100 words or more.