law Guilty But Insane For this week’s assignment, you will evaluate criminal justice in selected countries. Since mens rea refers to criminal intent, the concept of guilty but insane sounds like an oxymoron to most people. Chapters 1 and 3 in the course text discuss international perspectives on criminal law. Find additional credible sources to research criminal intent in Great Britain and Norway. The Daniel McNaughton and […]

  Selecting 1 of the 3 topics, you will be required to submit a 300-word minimum main topic posting. Please add your references to the main topic posting (required). You are encouraged to do research on the topic from other resources. You will be responding to a minimum of 2 classmates for this assignment. Each classmate’s response should be a minimum of 100 words. Your option […]

  Prior to beginning work on this discussion, watch the Heists: Cybercrimes with Ben Hammersley video below. There are many obstacles for a criminal justice professional or a private citizen or corporation to collect evidence at an electronic crime scene. Last week we examined how traditional notions of crime scene preservation may transfer into the world of cyber crime investigations. This discussion requires you to […]

  Prepare a report with a minimum of 1,000 words for the following case study. Case Study: Insurance and Genetically Inherited Diseases, After reviewing the case study, consider the following questions in your report. Discuss whether or not that it is unethical for insurance companies to charge higher premiums to high-risk individuals. Discuss whether or not insurance companies are acting responsibly when they require customers […]

  As her New Year’s resolution, Julie decided it was finally time she got in shape. Years ago, she ran regularly, but more recently, work and family have dominated her time. Julie still thought running was her best option; she lived in Florida with its year-round good weather, and the only financial investment was a good pair of running shoes and the right clothes. Having […]

 psychologydiscussion Chasing the Scream tells the story of Hannah, a woman who experienced marked trauma in her life. Hannah stayed at the Portland Hotel Society, which provides safe housing for individuals struggling with substance misuse. The book states, “To the prohibitionists, Hannah is a failure, because she continued using drugs. To the Portland Hotel Society, she was a success, because she knew she was loved.” […]

  Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read Chapter 10 of the course text, watch the video Crime Spotting: Joy of Stats (1/6) (Links to an external site.), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en2ix9f8ceM&feature=youtu.be (this is the link) review the media piece How Prohibition Encouraged Women to Drink (Links to an external site.) https://daily.jstor.org/how-prohibition-made-womens-drinking-more-acceptable/?cid=soc_fb_JSTOR (this is the link) and the journal article, “Bootlegging Mothers and Drinking Daughters: Gender and Prohibition in Butte, Montana”.https://www-jstor-org.proxy-library.ashford.edu/stable/2713337?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents (this is the link) In […]

  What types of touching do you find invasive and unacceptable? What can you do to discourage such unwanted touching? In medicine, touching patients is necessary to perform many procedures, how do you think it best to approach touching patients and ensure that your touch is not perceived as invasive or unacceptable? Please respond in 150 words or more to this week’s question. Also, respond […]

 Discuss and describe the five stages of personality development from Freud’s perspective.  With which stage do you agree with most? With which do you agree with least?  Be sure to substantiate and support your response. (Response should be no less than 150 words in length and information from our textbook should be used to support the responses.  Citations must be included in the body of […]

  Research serves as a guide by which to study, describe, and quantify an array of social and physical phenomenon. Theory, which is best described as a set of propositions or hypotheses that specify the relationship among a subset of variables, serves as a way of offering an intellectualized general commentary on that which is observed. Using material found in Chapter 3 of this week’s […]