In a 3- to 5-page paper, identify early theories of domestic violence that preceded the feminist intervention and the subsequent feminist theories of domestic violence. Analyze how early feminist theories of domestic violence rejected earlier alternative psychological and family violence theories and how that eventually led to criminal intervention as the primary solution to domestic violence. Specifically, include discussion on the impact of attorneys Laurie […]

Search for a current issue in which a portion of the federal bureaucracy is embroiled. It can be ICE, the VA, the FBI, the IRS, DoJ, EPA, or any regulatory or federal law enforcement agency making headlines or blowing up Twitter at the moment.  How important are the mass media and social media in influencing political culture and political outcomes for this agency, bureau or department? Find the mission […]

Discussion Questions: How can “a stable, relatively predictable environment in which an individual or group may pursue its ends without disruption or harm and without fear of such disturbance or injury” be created by security administrators for both individuals and larger groups/organizations? What examples could you offer related to each category and their impact on providing the proposed security environment? 

The reading this week discusses strategy and how ERM can be integrated with an organization’s overall strategy. Prepare a research paper on some of the various issues, protocols, methods, frameworks you found and discuss how – if possible – organizations can use ERM as a strategy. It is perfectly acceptable if you deem ERM cannot be used as a strategy, just back up your claim […]

Please write a one page review of Dan Barrett’s a article entitled Skimming the Surface.  Be sure to respond to the following points in your review:  Identify and explain reasons why citing sources in research papers often does not work; Describe some of the non-traditional views of plagiarism that Barrett raises; Discuss some of the ways in which teachers share in the blame for their […]

1. Should the rights of minorities (numerical minorities of any kind) trump the rights of the majority, or visa versa?  Please include commentaries from the Federalist Papers as well as concepts developed by Madison and Jefferson.  Make sure to interconnect national security laws such as the Patriot Act and the National Homeland Security Act.  Please be specific in your defense of your selection.  Include what […]

For this week’s blackboard discussion, I’d like you to read & consider “Performance Measurement Sea Change” in “Managing Local Government:  Cases in Effectiveness”. As we talked about during class this week, “Performance Measurement” is a key public sector trend and an area of intensive focus for many municipalities. Building on our class discussion, please craft a brief response to the following questions, which stem from […]

Discuss the recent public policy decisions made in Texas with respect to abortion. Find at least one Op-Ed on the issue and explain and assess the author’s arguments. Be sure to consider HB 2, HB 214, and SB 8 in your post. What do you think are reasonable regulations with respect to abortion that the State of Texas should enact or has enacted? Why? What […]

In Week 3, you chose a topic area (Homeland Security) and problem or challenge within that area. Throughout this course, you have researched the dynamics of the problem. The final piece of your project is to develop a viable solution that considers resources, policy, stakeholders, organizational readiness, administrative structures and other internal and external factors, as applicable. Using the papers you have written throughout this […]

For the following assignment, you are asked to write about the concepts you have learned in Unit VII. At the beginning of the unit, you examined the federal bureaucracy, its structure, and how it works. Following that, you studied information about the judiciary, its structure, and how it works. In addition, you studied the power that the judiciary can wield within the federal bureaucracy. After […]