Transnational Crime Explore a culture that has been linked to criminal behavior. At one time or another all cultures have had some link to criminal behavior, whether that’s organized crime, drug trafficking, terrorism, or civil disobedience. In a 12 – 15 PowerPoint slide presentation (excluding title and reference slides) complete the following:  Identify one culture or ethnicity that has ties to transnational crime, and […]

write a memorandum to a decision maker, such as the President of the United States, a member of Congress, a chairperson of the SEC, or a state governor, on how to reform corporate ethics in American business today. As we have seen, legislation such as Sarbanes-Oxley has received considerable media attention but has not prevented significant catastrophes such as the global economic meltdown of 2008. […]

Focus of the Final Paper You are the manager of Acme Fireworks, a fireworks retailer who sells fireworks, puts on ground display fireworks, and large aerial display fireworks. The company started in the owner’s garage two years ago and now has 15 employees that you manage. The company started as a sole proprietorship, and the owner has never changed the entity. The owner has informed […]

You are a new associate at the law firm of Dewey, Chetum, and Howe. John, a former researcher at PharmaCARE, comes to your office. He has concerns about PharmaCARE’s use of AD23, one of the company’s top-selling diabetes drugs. Two (2) years ago, after PharmaCARE’s research indicated that AD23 might also slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, John and his team of pharmacists began reformulating […]

The student will interview a forensic scientist trained in one of the disciplines covered in the course OR a forensic specialist/forensic technician responsible for processing major cases (i.e. homicide, suicide, automobile crash that results in fatalities, etc.). In this interview, the student will ask questions to gain further understanding of the scientific principles used in the field/lab work. The student, using basic APA style formatting, […]

u will submit the Research Paper and Presentation. The paper should be a minimum of 1700 words in length, excluding the title page, abstract, and reference page. The presentation is to be a seven slide PowerPoint, and this will primarily focus on a specific aspect of forensic science. The Research Paper and Presentation is due no later than Thursday 11:59 PM EST/EDT. Students are responsible for the […]

Ethical codes are not universal across professions or even governments. A wide variety of social and cultural factors might influence an individual’s code of ethics. Likewise, for an organization, social and cultural factors in combination with its mission could influence its code of ethics. Laws, codes, and regulations even differ between state and federal governments. Consider, for example, gift giving to public servants. In some […]

You are the emergency manager for Plainsville, Colorado. (Draw details from the previously outlined scenario.) You have served as part of the mayor’s commission to consider the vulnerabilities of the rail line that runs through your community. The commission had just started considering the risks associated with poor track maintenance, plus the enormous potential consequences of a train derailment, when your state fusion center notified […]

Research and discuss (with references) the movements by our government to censor freedom on the internet.  As a basis of discussion use U.S. Supreme Court decisions (NEW YORK v. FERBER, 458 U.S. 747 (1982)) and Osborne v. Ohio.  To build arguments and counter-arguments, lookup and read about what happened on April 16, 2002, when the Supreme Court of the United States in “Ashcroft v. Free […]

You are a member of a special behavioral science unit for Homeland Security. The director of a large geographical sector in the United States would like a report for his division heads on the differences between the sociopath and the psychopath. He would like to have a comprehensive report about this phenomenon in mental health. It is imperative that the personnel who come in contact […]