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Week 4 Discussion Attachment 

"White-Collar Crimes Do Hurt" Please respond to the following:
•Suggest three (3) key elements of identifying white-collar crimes. Next, determine at least two (2) federal criminal statutes that government agencies commonly use to convict white-collar criminals then specify two (2) main reasons why government agencies commonly use the statutes in question. Justify your response.
•Review three (3) types of costs (i.e., financial, physical, and social) that result from white-collar crime. Next, debate which costs you believe result in the greatest loss to society. Provide support for your response

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The U.S. Court System is a complex system that includes both federal and state-level courts. The federal system includes the judicial branch of the government. This system is designed to help society interpret the U.S. Constitution and provide guidelines for society. Court cases may concern many different topics and have an unlimited number of outcomes. 

Use the Internet or Strayer databases to research a civil or criminal court case in which you are interested.

Write a five to six (5-6) page paper in which you:
1.Summarize the seminal facts of the case that you chose.
2.Explain the main laws that have been violated in the case that you chose.
3.Describe the possible penalties that could be associated with the laws that you just described.
4.Explain whether your specific case was heard in the state or federal court system, and include any related jurisdictional requirements. Explain the fundamental reasons why it was necessary for the case to be heard in that particular court system.
5.Summarize the outcome of the case, and indicate whether the judge or jury made the decision.
6.Discuss whether or not you believe that the outcome of the case was justified. Provide a rationale for the response.
7.Use at least (3) quality academic resources. Note: Wikipedia and other 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:
•Examine the organizational frameworks and decision-making environment in the judicial process.
•Examine the rule of law in the American court system and in the judicial process.
•Detail the history and organization of the levels of the American court system and the issue of jurisdictional boundaries

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"The Court as Representing Public Opinion"  Please respond to the following:
•From the first and second e-Activities, describe key strategies that a judge would utilize in order to reconcile the discrepancy in perception of the George Zimmerman’s guilt or innocence. Provide a rationale for your response.
•From the third e-Activity, discuss whether or not you believe Attorney General Eric Holder should have challenged the voting laws in the state of Texas enacted after the Supreme Court struck down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act. Analyze at least two (2) key issues related to Texas’s new voting laws that the Attorney General highlighted. Provide examples of rights covered by the Voting Rights Act to support your rationale

E-Activity below

•Watch the video, “Legal vs. Moral Guilt: Frustrations Highlighted by Juror B29”, located at http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/george-zimmerman-juror-29-interview-gma-frustrations-highlighted-19779656.  Be prepared to discuss.
•Watch the video, “Zimmerman Juror: 'My First Vote Was Second-Degree Murder’”, located at http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/george-zimmerman-juror-29-interview-gma-vote-degree-19779607. Be prepared to discuss.
•Read the article, “Texas voter ID law violates Voting Rights Act, court rules”, located at http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/texas-news/texas-voter-id-law-violates-voting-rights-act-court-rules/278074827. Be prepared to discuss.

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"We’re All Addicted to Something" Please respond to the following:
•Use the Internet or Strayer Library to locate and review one (1) article which discusses the use of marijuana to treat medical illness. Next, specify three (3) fundamental advantages and three (3) fundamental disadvantages of using marijuana to treat medical illness. Next, take a position on whether or not the use of medical marijuana should constitute deviant behavior. Provide a rationale to support your response.
•Compare and contrast three (3) social attitudes towards abuse of illegal drugs vs. prescription drugs. Next, examine one (1) tactic that legislative bodies (federal and state) have taken in order to curtail the abuse of illegal and prescription drugs. Provide evidence to support your response.

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According to the text, there are nearly 815,000 suicides in a year in the world. The truth of the matter is that this number is probably much higher due to underreported instances of intentional death. As a result of technology, a new trend in suicide is death due to “cyberbullying.” In this case study, you will review suicide as a result of cyberbullying. 

Read the article titled “Police file raises questions about bullying in Rebecca Sedwick's suicide”, located at http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/18/living/rebecca-sedwick-bullying-suicide-follow-parents/. Next, view the legality of cyberbullying located at http://criminal.findlaw.com/criminal-charges/cyber-bullying.html

Write a three  (3) page paper in which you:
1.Examine three (3) elements of cyberbullying and then determine whether or not defendants, Katlyn Roman and Guadalupe Shaw should be charged with a cyberbullying crime. Provide a rationale to support your position.
2.Based on what you learned about the relationship between suicide and depression from the text, support or refute the following statement: “People who die by suicide are usually experiencing undiagnosed depression”. Support your opinion.
3.Analyze the significance of why suicide is becoming a more prevalent area of interest due to the wide-use of social media. Next, debate whether or not suicide will remain a focal point or receive the notoriety necessary for agencies to continue working to get support for individuals who are considering suicide. Provide a rationale to support your response.
4.The text states that suicide rates vary around the world. Based on the text, propose two (2) possible causes for the differences around the world. Next, give your opinion as to whether suicide should be considered a deviant behavior. Justify your response.
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:
•Properly classify suicide and suicidal tendencies.
•Describe the procedures for handling mental illness in the criminal justice system.  
•Use technology and information resources to research issues related to the criminal mind.
•Write clearly and concisely about the criminal mind topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

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According to the text, heterosexual norms represent the guidelines for determining sexual deviance. In two different cases Joran van der Sloot’s heterosexual deviance has left him as a criminal suspect in one case involving Natalee Holloway, and as a convicted murder in another case involving another woman, Stephany Flores. In this case study, you will explore heterosexual deviance as committed by Joran van der Sloot.  

Read the article titled “Joran van der Sloot” located at http://www.biography.com/#!/people/joran-van-der-sloot-573934#synopsis.

Write a three  (3) page paper in which you:
1.Specify the key turning points when van der Sloot began his descent into deviant behavior. Next, determine whether or not you believe “sexual deviant” is an accurate label for van der Sloot. Support your position.
2.Debate whether or not the privilege of van der Sloot’s birth allowed a murderer to walk among everyday citizens. Justify your response.
3.Analyze the significance of two (2) characteristics of sexual deviance that are applicable to van der Sloot. Next, based on the characteristics you deemed applicable to van der Sloot, speculate whether or not there was a point that medical intervention could have helped van der Sloot overcome or better control his sexual deviance. Provide a rationale to support your response.
4.Suggest two (2) rationales for society’s changing attitudes towards what is deemed acceptable sexual behavior. Next, predict two (2) possible outcomes of the changing attitudes towards sexual behavior and its resulting influence on crime in the United States. Justify your response.
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 major components of heterosexual deviance.
•Recommend improvements to how heterosexual deviance is being reconciled by the legal system.
•Use technology and information resources to research issues related to the criminal mind.
•Write clearly and concisely about the criminal mind topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

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"Functional Alcoholism" Please respond to the following:
•Read the article titled “DUI Offense Basics”, located at http://dui.findlaw.com/dui-charges/dui-offense-basics.html. Next, give your opinion as to whether the standards for use of the “field sobriety test” versus the “chemical test” are too subjective for a police officer’s use. Next, analyze the manner in which a judge could refute an officer’s choice to use either test or its results during court proceedings. Justify your response.


•Based on Chapter 9 of the textbook, suggest three (3) reasons why alcoholism should or should not be classified as a disease. Next, speculate on one (1) approach for addressing the ethical issue(s) that may arise as a result of your determination. Provide support for your position

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"Role of the Jury"  Please respond to the following:
•From the e-Activity, summarize at least two (2) arguments presented for and against granting Sandusky’s motion for a new criminal trial. Identify the most likely factors that you believe would support the judge’s decision to grant a new trial. Provide a rationale for your response.
•John, a married, law-abiding, father of two children is serving as a juror in a trial where a child had been murdered. From lecture 3, determine the significant impact that a juror from the described demographic could potentially have in the outcome of this particular criminal trial. Provide rationale in your response.

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Write a three to four page paper in which you:
1. Explain the four major categories of computer crimes and provide at least one example of each.
2.explain the most common forms of digital crime.
3.determine the category of computer crimes or cyber terrorism that presents the greatest overall threat at the present time. Provide rationale to support your response. 
4. Summarize the roles and responses that the US government, court systems, and law enforcement agencies in combating computer crime. Next suggest one additional way that the law enforcement agencies can better contract computer crime.
5. Use at least 3 quality references for this assignment
6. APA format

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"Influences on Judicial Decision Making"  Please respond to the following:
•Attorney Joe Smith has established regular interactions with many of the local judges in the town where his practice is located and has built professional relationships with them. Discuss at least two (2) advantages that Joe’s professional relationships would afford him if he wants to postpone a case until a more favorable judge is available. Provide a rationale for your response.
•Given the discussion on legal subcultures in Chapter 12 of the text, identify at least two (2) of the relative strengths and weaknesses found in legal subcultures. Describe the primary reasons why you believe your chosen attributes aid in the decision-making process of court systems. Provide a rationale for your response.

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"Changing Trends in Suicide" Please respond to the following:
•Based on Chapter 10 of the textbook, examine three (3) types of suicide then compare and contrast these three (3) suicide types. Next, determine whether criminalization of suicide would be a reasonable social control to prevent suicide. Provide support for your position.
•Propose three (3) instances when experts would consider suicide a “mental illness” versus a simple “intentional act”. Next, analyze the significance of determining when suicide would be considered a “mental illness” versus a simple “intentional act” then speculate on two (2) fundamental consequence of not having these parameters established. Justify your response

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Case Study 5: Mental Disorders
Due Week 10 and worth 160 points

According to the text, mental disorders may be caused organically or via chemical or genetic causes. In either case, if left untreated the cost is usually dire. In this case study, you will explore a mental disorder that was not properly controlled via the case of Adam Lanza. 

Read the article titled “Adam Lanza”, located at http://www.biography.com/#!/people/adam-lanza-21068899#synopsis. Next, view the article that discusses Lanza’s psychiatric treatments titled “Lanza's Psychiatric Treatment Revealed In Documents”, located at http://articles.courant.com/2013-12-28/news/hc-lanza-sandy-hook-report1228-20131227_1_peter-lanza-adam-lanza-nancy-lanza.

Write a three  (3) page paper in which you:
1.Compare and contrast three (3) key similarities and three (3) differences between mental illnesses and mental disorders. Provide one (1) example of each similarity and difference to support your response.
2.Speculate whether or not Adam Lanza’s engagement with violent video games was a stressor that caused him to act out his obsession with mass murders. Next, hypothesize whether or not Adam Lanza would have been a good candidate for treatment of his mental illness if he had not committed suicide. Justify your response.
3.Since Lanza was diagnosed at a young age with a mental illness, suggest one (1) action psychologists should have suggested that could have prevented the assault that occurred at Sandy Hook elementary. Support your response.
4.Differentiate between the key characteristics associated with functional mental disorders, minor mental disorders (i.e., neuroses), and manic-depressive behavior. Next, support or criticize the notion that one disorder is more severe than the other. Justify your response.
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:
•Recommend improvements to societal stigmas associated with physical disabilities.
•Evaluate the importance of reconciling and distinguishing both physical and mental disabilities and how they are perceived by society.
•Use technology and information resources to research issues related to the criminal mind.
•Write clearly and concisely about the criminal mind topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.