Category: Essays

Article #26, William J. Chambliss, “The Saints and the Roughnecks”
Article #28 Steven H. Lopez, Randy Hodson, and Vincent J. Roscigno, “Power, Status and Abuse at Work: General and Sexual Harassment”
Article #30, Emily LaBeff, Robert E. Clark, Valerie J. Haines, and George M. Dickhoff, “Situational Ethics and College Student Cheating”
Article #31, Michael L. Benson, “Denying the Guilty Mind: Accounting for Involvement in a White Collar Crime”

Limit 5 pages

According to Lopez and his colleagues, “chaos” and “physically demanding” work tend to facilitate bad behavior in the workplace. Briefly explain their reasoning—what is it about chaos and challenging environments that facilitates bad behavior?

Then, consider the environments described by Chambliss and LeBeff and her colleagues and Michael Bensen. In what respects might “chaos” and (physically or otherwise) challenging environments help to explain the norm-breaking behavior described in these articles?

According to Lopez et al., what sorts of organization changes can reduce deviance? In your informed judgment, what sorts of change in the environments described in the other articles might help decrease deviance?

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The Week 5 Homework 2 Assignment meets the following course objectives:

Apply a sociological perspective to the social world.
Analyze contemporary social issues using the sociological imagination and use sociological theories and concepts to analyze everyday life.
Demonstrate the ability to identify, locate, and retrieve information related to the topics in the course.
Develop written communication skills and critical thinking skills.
Apply American Psychological Association formatting and citation style when completing course assignments.
Purpose:

The primary goal of this exercise is to apply your developing sociological knowledge and skills to the analysis of a current event.

Directions and Suggestions:

Choosing a Current Event. A current event refers to something that is happening in the world at present (i.e. the war, the presidential inauguration, 1:4 teenage girls contracting an STD, etc), and they are usually described on the news and in mass media. You must choose a report (written, from the radio, or televised) of an event that has been reported on within 3 months of the assignment deadline. Remember, the event you choose must have some relevance to the study of society, and you must properly cite the source from which you got your report.

Describe the Current Event. Second, you will need to provide a brief summary of the current event. This should include details such as location, timing (i.e is this an ongoing event, does it appear to be a one time event, is this an example of an event that happens frequently), people involved, and any analysis offered by the report(er).

Analyzing the Current Event. The final step in the process is conducting an analysis of the current event using knowledge you have gained from the course to-date. The most important thing here is that the analysis should not just be your opinion about the current event, but grounded in sociological theory and prior research. You will need to use at least 6 sociological concepts covered in this course to analyze the current event (i.e. social construction, stratification, social control, crime, deviance). (hint: sociological concepts should be clearly identified, defined AND then applied; ANY paraphrasing or direct quotes used from another source should include APA formatted in-text citations and a full citation at the end of the essay)

References. Remember you must cite the source from which you found your current event report as well as any of the readings you directly or partly referenced.

Proper APA citation style for a TV episode is:

Director. (Year originally aired.) Episode Title. Series Title. Production Company. Date aired when you saw it.

Example: Frankonovic, F. 2008. The War in Iraq. The Evening News. WPIX New Jersey. February 20, 2008.

Proper APA Citation style for a magazine or newspaper article (not a journal) is:

1- Author’s last name, followed by a comma and the first initial and

middle initial, ending with a period. 2- Year of publication followed by a period. 3-Title of

article ending with a period. 4- Name of newspaper/magazine in italics 5-date of publication followed by a comma 6- page number of article within the publication ending with a period.

Examples:

-Magazine

Jana, Reena. 2000. Preventing culture clashes – As the IT workforce grows more diverse, managers must improve awareness without creating inconsistency. InfoWorld, April 24, 95.

-Newspaper

Rimland, Bernard. 2000. Do children’s shots invite autism? Los Angeles Times, April 26, A13.

Proper APA citation style for an electronic resource is:

Author. Year. Title of page. Title of Source/website. Retrieved on [Date accessed] from: complete url.

You must provide the date accessed as electronic sources change frequently. The page title is for the specific page you used, while the source title is the broader set of pages. The date is the copyright date, which is often found at the bottom of the page (a good place to find the author, as well).

Example: Ng, Maya. 2005. Doing Sociological Research. Guides for Sociology Students. Retrieved on February 21, 2008 from: mc.maricopa.edu/mymcc/1423.html.

If the author does not appear, replace the author with the page title. If the date does not appear, replace it with n.d. If you can’t figure out the difference between the page title and the source title, they may be the same.
Example: “Great Titles for Papers.” n.d. Great Titles for Papers. WEBSITE accessed April 2, 2005.
https://www.greattitlesforpapers.com

More detail on APA citation style may be found under Materials and Resources in the Resources folder.

Format and Grading. This should be 2.5-4 pages long, double-spaced, 11pt font (arial or times new roman), with 1″ margins. Your essay will be graded based upon (1) the clarity of your presentation of your chosen current event and its relevance to the study of society; (2) the insight fulness of your general analysis of the current event from a sociological perspective, and (3) your usage of ideas and examples from the class to frame and develop your analysis. Specifics are available in the rubric below.

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Part 1 needs to be 500 words) Identify and provide a summary of three law review articles that you have identified which relate to the issue in the pending U.S. Supreme Court case that you have selected for part A) (approximately 450 words).

A) In the summaries of the law review article, after describing the broad themes of the articles, focus on the part of the article that is specific to the topic of your paper.

B) For each summary provide a citation for the article:

e.g: Lincoln, A. (1863). Gettysburg Address, Journal of Famous Stuff, 87, 13-50.

The numbers at the end of this reference refer to the volume number and the range of page numbers.

Part 2 NO MORE THAN 3500 Use 3 relevant law review articles and find and use 3 relevant appellate court decisions

2) Use APA style for the paper and list of references. Consult the following website for APA style basics: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

a) There should be four major sections in the paper:

1) Title Page

2) Abstract

3) Main Body, and

4) References. Examine the page on this APA website for “General format”

b) Use APA style for in-text citations. Examine the page on this APA website for “in-text citations”. As stated earlier frequent referencing in the paper is a must, for all assertions in the paper there should be a reference to some authority.

3) Main Body of Paper should include:

a) There should be an introductory paragraph that provides:

a. a clear identification of the thesis statement of the paper, i.e. what this paper is about.

b. an outline of what the paper will discuss.

b) For the main body of the paper:

1) Discuss how the selected law review articles and cases contribute to the discussion of the issue in the pending Supreme Court case that is the topic of your paper.

a) Topicality of this law review material and cases will be a part of the grade for the paper.

b) In this paper there needs to be demonstrated integration and evaluation of the law review articles and cases.

2) Discuss how the material from the O’Brien textbook contributes to the discussion of the issue in the pending Supreme Court case that is the topic of your paper.

a) Summarize the discussion relevant to the issue in the pending case found in the O’Brien textbook. The relevant material in the textbook may not have been assigned as reading for the course.

b) Identify the relevant material in the textbook by author and page number(s).

3) Paraphrase materials in your own words There should be no lengthy quotes of materials. Language of constitutional and statutory provisions is absolutely unneeded for this paper.

4) Use appropriate referencing. Frequent referencing in the paper is a must, for all assertions in the paper there should be a reference to some authority.

c) There should be a summary and conclusion to the paper.

4) Use a reference page to identify the sources (statutes, appellate court opinions, and law review articles) found for the paper.

a. Reference list format:

1) Statutes (If one is used for the paper, though not required.):

(Example 1: R.S. MO § 565.020: First Degree Murder)

(Example 2: 42 U.S.C. §1983: Federal Civil Rights Act)

2) Law Review Articles.

a) Use this format: Author last name, 1st initial (Year). Article Title. Journal Title, Volume Number, Page Numbers)

b) Example: Lincoln, A. Gettysburg Address. The Journal of Famous Stuff, 45, 205-267)

The numbers at the end of this reference refer to the volume number and the range of page numbers. The first page is easy enough to find on Lexis-Nexis. Keep in mind that Lexis-Nexis attempts to identify for the reader all the page numbers of the printed version of the article by brackets and an asterisk, such as: [*404]. Thus, the last page number can be located by scrolling to the end of the text of the article (usually prior to the start of the footnotes).

c) References for law review articles and cases must each be annotated (that is a brief summary or explanation (about 75 words each).

3) Cases.

a) Use this format: Party 1 v. Party 2, Volume # Reporter name Page # (Court, year)

b) Example: State of Missouri v. Wallace, 482 S.W.3rd 816 (Mo. Sup. Ct. 2013)

c) Example: Wallace v. Missouri, 649 U.S. 236 (2010).

d) Example: Students v. Wallace, __U.S.__, 23 S.Ct. 4596 (2014). (The spaces here indicate that in this recent case volume and page numbers in the U.S. Reports have not yet been assigned.)

5) Use complete sentences. Spell check and thoroughly proofread your paper.

6) This paper should be submitted by the due date. Use the link in the assignment links folder (in the Term Paper Assignment folder) for submitting this part of the assignment as an attached MS Word document. The term-paper assignment should not be longer than 3500 words.

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DVST6902: Development: Communication and Education

This essay gives you the opportunity to research in depth the significance of education, such as in language policies, in ‘nation building’ and in the politics of development. Choose one and develop an essay of 2,500 words. Decide between one of these questions! You get to pick!!!!!

1. “A global partnership for development”: what lies behind the rhetoric? Explore the relationships between aid agencies (bilateral, multilateral and/or NGOs) and governments of recipient nation states. Develop your argument with examples from education and/or language policies.

2. How do religion, identity and culture interact with education? Use specific examples to construct your argument.

3. Explore the ways in which a nation state of your choosing negotiates the “individualist and collectivist” futures of its citizens through education.

4. The international community and national governments embrace education as an important building block for development, as confirmed by EFA and the MDGs 2 and 3. Yet, education embodies hope AND disappointment. Account for some of the failings of education.

5. Schooling is not always about reading, writing and arithmetic. How does this statement apply to education in an area or country of your choosing? You may also choose to compare and contrast sub-national areas, countries or a sub-/region, bearing in mind the word limitations.

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Aim of Study The increase of women involved with the criminal justice system (CJS) is become a concern for government, advocacy groups, communities, and society as a whole. This increase has had direct observable consequences on the CJS (e.g., prison overcrowding, substandard services for women), and as a result, there has been growing media attention on the problem. This course and the final research project can be seen as a simulation of a job assignment/contract as follows: With the increasing media attention to women in the CJS, there is mounting pressure for the government to respond effectively to the issue. A new Commissioner has been appointed for NSW Corrections. They want to know what the empirical literature says about women offenders. Your job is to provide a systematic and critical review of the existing literature, analyse the findings from empirical studies on the topic, and formulate recommendations for NSW Corrections. Research Question: 1.What is the impact of parental monitoring on female juvenile delinquency? 2.Is the impact of abuse(sex&physical) a predictor of the female juvenile delinquency? Structure: 1. TITLE 2. INTRODUCTION Provide a brief background of the relevant literature to contextualize your paper. Use what you wrote in your proposal, but you will most likely need to elaborate. What is your rationale for conducting this research? Why is this research important? Make sure that this brief literature review is linked to your research questions and leads to the aim of study. 3. AIM OF STUDY Your aim of study section should be brief and specific. It should flow from your introduction. For example: “The current study aims to examine women’s experiences with …”; “The goal of this study is to understand how women involved with the criminal justice system…”; “In order to improve criminal justice policy for women, the current study will assess…”. First, you should present your general aim of study. Second, you should provide explicit research questions. a. Research question 1: This is where you have to be specific. What you are going to do should be clear from this question. This should be directly linked to your results and tables. For example: “What is the prevalence, frequency, proportion of women offenders who have experienced x…?”; “What is the impact of x on women’s recidivism?; What is the strength of the relationship between x predictor and girls’ involvement in delinquency?: “Is there evidence that x outcome is a result of mothers’ offending?” b. Research question 2: Some of you might have two research questions, but it is unlikely that any will have more than two because the project will be too substantial for this class. If you have a second research question it should be very closely linked to the first one. For example, you may look at a different predictor or outcome measure, but the question will be the same. Or, you might look at prevalence in you first research question and strength of the predictor in the other. 4. METHODOLOGY a. Analytical Strategy: Describe the analytical strategy (i.e., systematic review) selected to conduct this research and answer you research questions. Justify your choice in this strategy using references. “The analytical strategy used in the current study is a systematic review. This strategy was selected because…”. b. Search Strategy: Databases searched, other ways of identifying studies (e.g., bibliographies, keywords used to search electronic databases. Could be helpful to use tables here. c. Selection criteria: Inclusion and exclusion criteria for studies in the review. For example, countries, time periods, languages, types of study (peer-reviewed, reports, theses) sample types (clinical, qualitative, quantitative, epidemiological, longitudinal), sample size. d. Screening: How many studies were identified? How many were screened? Why did you eliminate? How did you get to your final number of studies? Could be useful to make a flowchart for this. For an example, see Murray J, Farrington D, Sekol I, Olsen RF. Effects of parental imprisonment on child antisocial behaviour and mental health: a systematic review. Campbell Systematic Reviews 2009:4 5. RESULTS a. Description of Studies: Describe the characteristics of the studies included in the review. What is included in this section will depend on your research questions. Here are some examples: How many studies did you find? How many quantitative vs. qualitative studies? How many women/girls does this include? What is the range of sample sizes in the studies? How many studies for each outcome/predictor you’re examining? Overall, what is the quality of the studies you found? What measures were used for offending, recidivism, your predictors or risk factors? Are they comparable? How old were the women/children? You could use a table to describes the studies you included in the review. b. Analysis of Studies: Describe and analyse the findings from the studies included in the review. Include at least one table in this section. This is where you should answer your specific research questions. Compare, contrast, and summarize what the studies found regarding your research question. Are there any patterns in the findings based on sample size,type, date of study, age of women/girls, ethnicity, country, methods used? In this section you are only discussing what the findings are, what the different studies indicate. 6. DISCUSSION a. Summary of findings: Provide a one-paragraph summary of the research project. Remind the reader of your aims, what you did, and what you found. For example: “The current study aimed to examine the role of the mother in the intergenerational transmission of offending. Using a systematic review, several important predictors were identified that…” b. Implications & Recommendations: Based on what you found, what are the policy implications of your study? What are your recommendations for NSW Corrections? Are there types of programs you would recommend? Are there certain risk factors or predictors of offending that are more important than others? What specific post-release needs should be targeted to help reduce recidivism? You can refer to your findings briefly here, but don’t repeat the results section. This section should be about what to do next. c. Limitations: Every study has limitations. What are some of the limitations of your study? Think of the analytical strategy, selection criteria, samples in the review, methods used in the studies, findings, and quality of studies in the review. Are your findings generalizable to Australia and NSW? What about bias? 7. CONCLUSION Provide a very brief conclusion for your study. Did you find anything new, surprising, different from the existing literature? What should future studies do? Do we need additional systematic reviews on a different topic or with different research questions? Should more qualitative or quantitative research be conducted with specific populations of women? Is there an area that is very under-researched that you noticed? Are there any gaps in the existing literature? Essentially, what should be done next to further this research area? 8. REFERENCES

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Please follow instruction given.
Film Response: Students will watch one of the movies listed below, paying careful attention to one of the actor’s listed. After watching the film the student will then choose an actor/film from the Film Response # 1 or 2 list (that you did not write about before) and also watch that film. The objective is to compose a paper comparing and contrasting the two actor’s acting style, believability and physicality. You can do some brief cited research on the actors training if you’d like but it’s not necessary. The important thing is to focus on what similarities or differences you see in each actor by watching each film. Did you believe or prefer one actor to the other? Make sure you choose two movies you’ve never seen and that your own response to the two actors in each film is apparent in the paper. Minimum word requirement is 600 to 750 words, but feel free to expand if needed. Again, if research is used cite all sources!

Again as in the first response paper, research is not necessary.. I am more interested in your own evaluation of the similarities and or differences between the 2 actors in the films you choose. Please pick an actor/film from the list in Response 1 or 2 that you did not choose earlier this semester and try to choose an actor/film from the list for Response 3 that you have not seen before so it’s a fresh viewing experience. Focus on the the actor in the film listed for response 1 or 2 and how they contrast and or compare to the actor’s performance in the film for Response 3. Strive for 600 to 750 words, about 2 and 1/2 to 3 pages, typed and double-spaced. Use only the actors/films on the lists provided on the syllabus. Again it’s important to for me to see the actors in these films through your eyes.

Two lists will be given as additional files, please choose one from each list and compare.

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c23:
1: how are marriages arranged and decided on in cambodia?
2: why did khmer parents push their children, especially their daughters, to get married during the pol pot era?
3: discuss the responsibility that khmer parents feel to see their children married and settled. what causes them to feel this responsibility?
4: what causes intergenerational conflict and tension between khmer parents and their american children?
5: do you think that the intergenerational conflicts about marriage and marriage choice will continue between second generation khmer americans and their children? why or why not?

c30:
1: discuss how cambodian american women negotiate cultural expectations with demands of life in america.
2: discuss reasons why cambodian american women do not report cases of domestic abuse.
3: what type of gender role reversals have occurred in cambodian american communities? how have these gender role reversals affected the lives and experiences of cambodian american women?
4:why do some cambodian american grils join gangs?
5: what policy recommendations would you make to address the issues of cambodian american women and domestic violence, as well as cambodian american gril gang activities?

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(Note: Do not include any references.) You are a human in a virtual environment. You are going to learn next to many other students who will bring multiple perspectives to the online learning environment. Your university community will provide support to you, just as you will provide support and different perspectives to the other students in your classes. Positive social change is a pillar of university’s philosophy. In this assignment, you will develop a reflective paper about ways you will utilize your learning from this course in your future success.
Reflection Assignment Guidelines:
1. Write an introductory paragraph.
2. Write 1 paragraph: To begin you are going to focus on the body paragraphs of your essay. This is where the main ideas are developed. Ask yourself these questions to develop this section about Today I am… (Who are you as a university student?, What tools has this university provided?, How do the tools provided and supports available play into your plan?, What did you learn about yourself in the Self-assessment (file uploaded)? How is that going to feed into your plan for success?, What has this first course done for you? What might this course do for you moving forward?) In your paragraph, try to talk about specific instances, Assignments (file uploaded), Discussions (file uploaded), challenges that lead to the class having the impact it did. If you learned something significant about yourself from a self-assessment and/or particular assignment, then make sure you mention it by name and explain what happened. Don’t feel like you have to answer each and every one of these questions. You get to decide what to talk about in this paragraph, but do it in a specific way, by using examples.
3. Write 1 paragraph: Think about how you can use this class to help yourself and classmates in a section that is called I promise to… This is the paragraph/section where you specifically explain how you are going to proceed from here. What is your plan for success in this university and beyond? How will you make sure that you execute your plan and achieve the goals that you set? Think about these additional questions as you develop this third part of your essay: (Here is why I am not going to walk away, Here’s how I will help myself, Here’s how this university will help me get there, Here’s how I be part of positive change)
4. Write 1 paragraph: Your journey with this university should not be solitary. Yes, you sit alone at a computer and type long into the night to meet deadlines…but you are not alone! There is a vibrant community of educated, dedicated, and interesting people who can share ideas, give advice, or listen. Ask yourself these questions as you work on this section about How I will become part of the university community: (How you might identify a mentor (colleague with different professional skills, someone in your profession, or a university faculty member) to support your educational efforts? How could a mentor have a positive impact on your education and what role would you like him/her to take? How you might become a mentor to others in the program?)
5. Write a concluding paragraph.

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Develop a 1-2 page background report on the problem that you are solving. This report should be very concise and packed with information. Bulleted lists might be very helpful. The idea is to develop a detailed understanding of the problem…what exactly is the problem? Who are the clients? What is the market for its solution? What technology is available? Is it important? What are the constraints? What have people tried in the past? How do we cope with this problem now? This may seem like a lot to put in 1-2 pages but if you really think about the problem you should be just fine. Make every sentence count.

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What is the relation between reason and the emotions in the classical theories of Descartes, Spinoza and Hume? This must be written as a philosophical paper. Main source is the book; What is an Emotion by Robert C. Solomon. Please when using quotes from the book put down the page number down and site properly. Use this book as much as possible. Make sure it has a very clear thesis that is a direct response to the question.

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