Explain how social and criminal justice systems promote social equality and fairness for all and how this impacts your issue and resolution.

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The focus of the capstone project is to solve a contemporary social and criminal justice issue through the application of information from a variety of related fields, which may include sociology, law, psychology, and ethics. In developing a proposed solution to a modern social and criminal justice issue, you are encouraged to use scholarly and primary sources, multimedia, and interviews with professionals in the field (if possible) to identify and devise a workable plan.
Within the Final Capstone Project, complete the following:

Identify a clear thesis statement to address your chosen criminal and social justice issue.
Summarize your chosen social and criminal justice issue.
Propose the resolution to the social and criminal justice issue.
Examine the operations of the criminal justice system as it relates to your chosen issue and resolution. This may include operations related to crime scene investigation techniques and security; the collection, preservation and presentation of evidence; and processes related to correctional institutions, incarceration, and release.
Analyze how the criminal and social justice theories (in relation to the United States Constitution) and landmark U.S. Supreme Court decisions impact your chosen issue and support your resolution.
Explain how social and criminal justice systems promote social equality and fairness for all and how this impacts your issue and resolution. Consider how poverty, racism, and religion apply to contemporary social and criminal justice.
Assess how the centralization of criminal justice agencies in the United States, The Patriot Act, the U.S. Homeland Security Act, and international aspects of social and criminal justice impact your issue and resolution.
Identify and describe at least two careers in criminal justice (existing or to-be-created) for agencies that may be involved in addressing the issue and resolution you have chosen.

The paper must be at least 20 pages in length, excluding title and reference pages, and formatted according to APA style. You must use at least ten scholarly resources (at least four of which can be found in the Ashford Online Library) other than the textbook to support your claims. You may consider referencing documentaries, contemporary news reports, multimedia, and interviews with professionals in the field. Cite your sources within the text of your paper and on the reference page. For information regarding APA, including samples and tutorials, visit the Ashford Writing Center, located within the Learning Resources tab on the left navigation toolbar, in your online course.
Writing the Final Capstone Project
The Final Capstone Project:

Must be at least 20 double-spaced pages in length, and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..
Must include a title page with the following:

Title of paper
Student’s name
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Date submitted

Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.
Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.
Must use at least ten scholarly resources, including a minimum of four from the Ashford University Library.
Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Evaluate the effectiveness of the legislation in place to curb terrorist acts for empowering law enforcement. Has the legislation provided leverage to security and law enforcement professionals?

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Prompt You are a government executive or high-ranking government official and have been tasked with giving a presentation to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security about the high threat risk of a specific terrorist group to the United States. The subcommittee is specifically interested in learning more about the designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations as determined by the U.S. Department of State‘s Bureau of Counterterrorism. The subcommittee would like to be briefed on both historical and current intelligence of the specific terrorist group, including the group’s evolution and history of ideology. It would also like to be briefed on specifics of the group, including methods by which the group secures financing and recruits, and methods by which it selects and attacks specific targets. Finally, the committee would like to hear about the effectiveness of current legislation attempting to thwart the group’s attacks, as well as some recommendations for more effectively combatting the group.  
 
You will provide this information to the subcommittee in the form of a presentation, creating a visual using a platform of your choice, such as PowerPoint. Also, because verbal communication is important in inter-agency collaboration, you will narrate your presentation or provide speaker notes. Finally, be sure to include sources to support the claims and reporting in your presentation, as the subcommittee will want to ensure the information is backed by valid intelligence.  
 
Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed: 
 
I. Introduction: Provide context for your presentation, introducing the group you will be discussing, and why you are giving the presentation.  
 
II. Group Background: To provide even more background to the audience, you will explain the history and evolution of the terrorist group, as well as its current motivations and trends.  
A. Describe how the group was created, as well as its growth throughout the years to present day, providing specific examples. Consider how the group’s leadership, size, and geographic placement have evolved. 
 B. Describe the evolution of the group’s ideology from its creation to present day, providing specific examples. How have the group’s ideals, goals, and beliefs changed, and why?  
C. Describe the group’s current motivations for committing acts of terror, and the evolution of its motivations. How have the group’s motivations changed over time, perhaps in relation to religion or politics? Why does the group go to extremes to prove a point or gain attention?  
D. Analyze the group’s history and identify trends based on the group’s motivations, growth, and ideology. Consider any trends relating to religion, politics, economy, or culture. How has the group’s history informed these trends and motivations?  
 
III. Methods: Here, you will explain to your audience how the terrorist group has managed to survive, speaking specifically about funding and recruitment.  A. Describe how the group historically and currently obtains funding, providing specific examples of the evolution. What are its sources of funding?  
B. Describe how the group historically and currently recruits new members, providing specific examples of the evolution. Is there a specific population that makes up the recruits? 
 C. Describe how the group historically and currently spreads its message and gains publicity, providing specific examples of the evolution. Does it use social media, publications, demonstrations, etc.?  
D. Predict the group’s growth potential through an analysis of funding, recruitment, and publicity tactics. If you predict it will grow, how may it gain recruits and money? If you predicted it will shrink, how may it lose recruits and funding? Justify your prediction.  
 
IV. Target Selection and Strategies 
A. Describe the group’s historical and current methods of selecting targets and determine patterns present in the targets it selects. How does the group select its targets?  
B. Describe the group’s historical and current attack strategies and determine patterns present in the targets it selects. What strategies does the group use when committing terrorist acts?  
 
V. Legislation 
A. Describe historical and current legislation that has been created to curb terrorist threats, and identify specific legislation that relates to your specific group.  
B. Evaluate the effectiveness of the legislation in place to curb terrorist acts for empowering law enforcement. Has the legislation provided leverage to security and law enforcement professionals? Are there specific tools that emerged that have assisted in countering terrorism? Provide specific examples in your answer.  
C. Evaluate the effectiveness of the legislation in combatting terrorist acts by the specific group. Provide specific examples in your answer.  
 
VI. Threat 
A. Project future actions through an analysis of the group’s historical and current methods of selecting targets and attack strategies. Based on your gathered intelligence, what are some likely targets for the terrorist group?  B. Describe how great of an immediate threat the group is to the United States based on your research, supporting claims with sources.  VII. Recommendations: Make recommendations to the subcommittee on how to better combat the group, based on all the intelligence you have gathered. 
A. Make a recommendation for hindering the disbursement of the group’s message and cutting off the group’s funding and recruitment, based on your research. How might you put a stop to funding and recruitment? How will you stop the group’s message?  
B. Make a recommendation for improving critical infrastructure of high-value targets that would be of interest to the terrorist group, based on your research. What types of areas should be protected, and what level of protection should be in place?  

Example: https://learn.snhu.edu/d2l/common/viewFile.d2lfile/Database/MzQ3MDQ4MA/CJ%20430%20Final%20Presentation%20Example.pptx?ou=84492

What is the most important characteristic a project manager must have to be successful?

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question 1
 In this discussion, please address the following:

What is the most important characteristic a project manager must have to be successful? Explain your answer.
Should a project manager only concern be their project and their project only? Explain your answer.
Should a project manager be more of a “leader” or a “manager” when it comes to their project? Explain your answer.

question 2
 Separation of Church and State is a tenet of American Government. Discuss how Augustine and Aquinas might view the current relationship between the government and religion. 

Describe how the supervisor should state minimum job requirements when he or she requests new employees to be hired into the department.

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You have just been hired as the human resources (HR) manager by your company’s chief executive officer (CEO). During your interview process, the CEO indicated that in the last 2 decades, the workforce demographics of her company have changed dramatically. Although this had been occurring, both the previous HR manager as well as all of the company’s front-line supervisors have remained as they had been for years: primarily white males, now in their 50s and early 60s, from a Judeo-Christian background. The CEO indicated that at a frequent rate, workplace strife had been increasing, and it seemed to be related to the changing demographics of the workforce itself. The CEO asked you to compile a training manual that consists of sections targeted at the training of the existing front-line supervisors. Later on, there will be sensitivity training as well as to help all employees understand the changing workforce and what it might mean for them.
Diversity Training Manual: Overview
The content of the final complete manual will need to cover diversity issues, specifically the following forms of discrimination:

Religious
Ethnic
Gender
Age 

There also must be information regarding the following information:

Recent trends
Forecasts about the changing general population
Legislation covering these type issues 

There will need to be subsections that deal with the following information:

Customs and values of each group
The need for sensitivity to differing values and customs
Legislation affecting supervisor regulations 

Diversity Training Manual: Part I
Given that the training manual will be dealing with several diversity issues, prepare the table of contents and write the first part of the manual, which should deal with some useful background for the company’s supervisors and managers.
The first parts that the CEO wants completed are as follows:

A preliminary outline of the entire manual (this may change as you work on the project)
The table of contents
The following sections regarding the demographics of the U.S. population should be included: 
o Current statistics
o Recent trends
o Forecasted trends 

Using the Web sites listed, present information about trends in the U.S. populations regarding the following information: 

o Immigrant versus native
o Religion
o Age
o Race 
Use the following Web sites:

Web site 1
Web site 2
Web site 3

Diversity Training Manual: Part II
As the new human resources manager, you are now ready to complete the next section of a diversity training manual that is targeted at making your workforce supervisors more aware of current racial diversity issues (e.g., the dramatic increase in the Hispanic percentage of the workforce) and how the supervisors should address them. The goal is to reduce potential tensions in the workplace among employees of different races.
Part II is to be titled, Historical Issues of Different Races in the Workplace and How to Handle Them.
This section should discuss the following:

Different races now or likely to be in the workforce of the future, based on the U.S. populations racial demographic changes
Particular issues that create tensions among the different groups
How supervisors need to address these issues that could potentially cause tension

Diversity Training Manual: Part III
As a continuation of the diversity training manual, you (as the new manager of human resources) should now create portions that specifically address gender issues and are targeted at training and raising the sensitivity of all supervisors regarding potential gender issues. It should include a section on how the supervisor should or should not handle certain gender-based workplace issues. For example, can the supervisor hand out work assignments that he or she feels are better suited to different genders? Can he or she write a job requirement that only one gender can meet, such as a strength requirement?
This section of the manual must, at a minimum, address the following information:

A few general facts about the U.S. population’s gender mix and the gender mix found in notable segments of the workforce should be included. Make sure to include all sources of information.
The essence and applicability of the landmark Griggs v. Duke Power case dealing with stated job requirements should be addressed. Click here to read the Griggs v. Duke Power case. 
Describe how the supervisor should state minimum job requirements when he or she requests new employees to be hired into the department.
Explain how the supervisor might communicate to his or her department (of all male employees) when a female is about to become part of the work team. 

References
Griggs v. Duke Power Co., 401 U.S. 424 (1971). Retrieved from the FindLaw Web site: http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=401&invol=424

Passel, J. S., & Cohn, D. (2008, February 11). U.S. population projections: 2005-2050. Retrieved from thePew Research Hispanic Trends Project Web site: http://www.pewhispanic.org/2008/02/11/us-population-projections-2005-2050/

Pew Research Religion & Public Life Project. (n.d.). Reports. Retrieved from http://religions.pewforum.org/reports
Pierce, R. (n.d.). Dealing with a changing workforce: Supervision in the 21st century. Retrieved from the Business Expert Webinars Web site: http://www.businessexpertwebinars.com/content/view/593/29/