Choose a high profile case, your choice must be approved by your instructor. In 1200 words, examine the following:

1. Summarize the high profile case you have chosen.

2. Describe how rational choice or trait theory apply to the case; if both apply, explain how they apply, and if neither applies explain why.

3. Explain how rational choice or trait theory can be used to explain why the people committed the crime.

4. Describe how rational choice and trait theorists would view this specific case.

5. Explain significant studies used by the theorists and how the studies might apply to understanding the case.

Use three to five scholarly resources to support your explanations.

Please remember to include the HTTP or DOI or ISBN for your references

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

Reading Assignment for the week

1. Read Chapters 4 and 7 in Introduction to Criminology: Why Do They Do It?

URL:

https://www.gcumedia.com/digital-resources/sage/2020/introduction-to-criminology_why-do-they-do-it_3e.php

 

2. Watch “On the Trail of Evil: A Journey to the Center of the Brain” [Video file] In Films on Demand (2011).

URL:

https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://digital.films.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?aid=12129&xtid=52777

 

3. Read “The Assumption of Rational Choice Theory in Alfred Adler’s Theory of Crime: Unraveling and Reconciling the Contradiction in Adlerian Theory through Synthesis and Critique,” by Shon & Barton-Bellessa, from Aggression and Violent Behavior (2015).

URL:

https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://dx.doi.org.lopes.idm.oclc.org/10.1016/j.avb.2015.07.004

 

 4. Read “A Descriptive Model of the Hunting Process of Serial Sex Offenders: A Rational Choice Perspective,” by Beauregard, Rossmo, & Proulx, from Journal of Family Violence (2007).

URL:

https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=25654232&site=ehost-live&scope=site

 

 5. Read “The Unusual Suspect: The General Factor of Personality (GFP), Life History Theory, and Delinquent Behavior,” by van der Linden, Dunkel, Beaver, & Louwen, from Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences (2015).

URL:

https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=pdh&AN=2014-41514-001&site=ehost-live&scope=site

  

 

Suicide is recognized as a critical problem within the jail environment for inmates faced with the issue of initial incarceration, but the issue of prison suicide has not received comparable attention. Although the rate of suicide in prisons is lower than in jails, it remains disproportionately high.

Your job is to conduct research on prison suicide and develop a policy to be implemented at your respective prison.

Assignment Guidelines

Address the following in 5–7 pages:

• Part 1: The first section of your paper will be based on research.
  • How prevalent is the incidence of prisoner suicide? Explain in detail.
    • What factors seem to contribute the most to prisoner suicide? Explain in detail, and use scholarly and academic resources to fully support your arguments.
  • What are the characteristics and histories of victims of prisoner suicide? Explain.
  • Where and under what circumstances is prisoner suicide likely to occur? Be detailed in your response, and provide examples to support your arguments.
  • Why are prison officials obligated to address the problem of prisoner suicide? 
    • You must research and identify studies of both state and federal inmates.  
• Part 2: Develop a policy/program aimed at prevention of inmate suicide in your prison.
  • Identify and describe key correctional departments and others, such as line staff, who should be involved in implementation of the policy and the role they should play.
    • Be specific and detailed in your response when explaining the importance of line staff.
  • The policy should address major components such as:
    • Training
    • Identification
    • Referral
    • Assessment
    • Intervention
  • In your policy, identify the types of records that are to be maintained.
• The policy should reference state and national standards.
• The policy should also reflect staff and budget considerations.

You should research standards set by the American Correctional Association, American Medical Association, and American Public Health Association, National Commission on Correctional Health Care Standards.

Be sure to reference all sources using APA style. 

 

Here is where the magic starts to happen. You have revised your PSA; you have found great sources; you have read these great sources and they have given you great ideas. You are now ready to put it all in a pot and mix it up. 

As the source party handout explained, your sources really need to have roles, and they need to converse with you. A common anxiety with student writers is that your secondary source says what you think already, so you aren’t sure what to do but plop in some quotes and move along. But this is not so: you are entering into a scholarly conversation, and you want your voice to be heard. When you use a quotation from an expert in the field, it is to legitimize your own claims, or to extend your claims, or even to challenge your claims. It’s important to not think about your writing in black and white: there is no one true argument, but a multitude of perspectives.

Expectations of the secondary source integration:

• 1,500 words, properly formatted
• Uses three secondary sources, one being peer-reviewed
• Writing from PSA must be revised
• SSI writing must be integrated into the existent PSA writing, not just pasted on the end of the PSA
• Uses MLA style, which includes parenthetical citations directly following a quotation, and block quote format for quotations of 4+ lines. ALL of your MLA questions can be answered on Purdue OWL. Read it and double and triple check your work. Style and formatting are important in writing.
• Puts sources in conversation
• Introduces quotations and then follows them with an analysis and application of the quote
• Maintains your critical voice 
• Includes a works cited page 

 You will need to find sources that substantiate/complicate your claims in your primary . source analysis, as stated in the prompt. the step one arp is attached

In Topic 3, you identified three sources to support a discussion of the integration of servant leadership, ethics, and entrepreneurism as they relate to the industry with which you are familiar. 

Write a 750-1,000-word essay describing your vision for your career once you have completed your master’s degree. In this paper, address the following:

How will each of the Three Pillars—servant leadership, ethics, and entrepreneurism— be integrated and impact your business practice in the future?

How will the Three Pillars enable you to contribute to the greater social good in your industry and within the community?

This assignment requires a minimum of three scholarly sources, which may include the three from Topic 3 “Annotated Bibliography” assignment.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

Note: Because of the reflective nature of this assignment, first person is permitted.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Course Materials if you need assistance. Document will be check for pla

 

 Kindly read and respond to the two discussions below, respond with 100 or more words each  

 

1. In my perspective, Functionalism is the way society is and how we can all benefit from one another to coexist and thrive, “seeing society as a living organism”, while Conflict Theory seems to be the results of certain interactions within smaller groups, leading to a larger group (Interactionalism)  and how that collective is seen as society institutions like family,  government, education, religion, media. All the concepts are seen to be  collective intertwined within another, as if each concept is dependent  upon another to thrive, understand, and exploring the various effects  upon citizens. The example of the “helicopter in the sky” for Interactionalism  helped me better understand the concept itself. Observing how a smaller  collective interacts and then noticing how those interactions come into  play within society as a whole is an overall perfect example of the  concept itself. 

 The most useful concept from the major sociological perspectives would be Interactionalism.  Beings thrive on interaction, especially physical as a basic need to  survive – socially. With the personal experiences I have encountered,  the way an individual interacts within a small group will grossly  dictate and determine their actions moving forward. Think about how  children are raised within the home and how the interactions within  their family members not only shapes them as whole person but how they  interact and treat others, to their beliefs and understandings, to how  education and government is seen through their perspectives, and how the  individual fits into the living organism known as society. The pillar  of the foundation of sociology and what is shown to be the most  effective is human interaction. As a college graduate, the specific  interactions made with certain individuals helped elevate or descend the  social ladder within the realm of networking. As the phrase states,  “it’s not always what you know, but who you know”.

2. The functionalist and conflict perspectives address a much bigger  picture than the interactionist perspective. The interactionist  perspective places importance on the everyday interactions between  individuals and their environments or each other, applying what is  observed in those interactions to understand social behavior. The  functionalist and conflict perspectives look at the big picture and how  humans act as large groups, often relating that back to the behavior of  individuals and what to do as an individual. The main difference between  the conflict and functionalist perspective is their view on social  change. The functionalist perspective often argues that, for better or  for worse, any given aspect of society exists because it serves a  function that ensures the survival of that society. Therefore, it is a  fruitless effort to advocate for drastic and sudden societal change. Any  societal change will come naturally as a society sheds aspects of it  that are no longer contributing to its stability. A good analogy to  understand the functionalist perspective is in section 1.3 of chapter  one of the third edition of the Openstax online textbook. It compares  each aspect of society to “[h]ow each organ works to keep your body  healthy (or not).” (Openstax 1.3) The  conflict perspective argues that the natural state of society is  inequality, oppression, and class conflict. Therefore, sudden social  change is necessary to achieve an ideal society because it disrupts the  natural state of society.

One example of the functionalist perspective is observing education  as an aspect of society that contributes to the stability of a society.  The government pays for public education, and public education increases  the affluence of individuals, which leads to more taxes for the  government. The stability of the society is upheld because the  government gains financial stability and the people reap the benefits of  an education.

I think that the conflict and functionalist perspectives are the  most useful. If I was to pick between the two, I think the conflict  perspective is the most useful in analyzing society because it advocates  for change, while the functionalist perspective does not. This means  that you can use what you learn employing the conflict perspective to  impact society, but the same cannot be said for the functionalist  perspective.