Discuss, in detail, how technology has evolved over the past 20 years in regards to criminal profiling and forensic science, and the way it is being used successfully today by law enforcement.

Midterm Assignment
This written assignment consists of two essay questions. Students are expected to develop a 2-3 page essay per question(excluding title and reference page). A minimum of 2 peer-reviewed, scholarly sources per question are to be utilized for the assignment. Sources should also be up-to-date (less than 10 years old). Direct quotes are not permitted.
Topic 1: Profiling involves allowing the physical evidence to reveal to an investigator what behaviors occurred, then thinking about what was intended by the commission of those behaviors. It has been proven time and time again that the majority of investigators are chronically unable to overcome their own perspectives and biases when faced with one or more disturbing violent crime scenes. How do you feel the investigative community can overcome these negative outcomes?
Topic 2: Discuss, in detail, how technology has evolved over the past 20 years in regards to criminal profiling and forensic science, and the way it is being used successfully today by law enforcement.
Citations/References: You must use proper APA format for citations and reference listings.

Will labor-based economies survive the increased use of robotics or devolve into social unrest?

A research paper
Steps for writing the research paper:
a) Choose a topic in managerial economics.
b) Submit the topic and the outline of the paper by email
to the instructor anytime for approval.
c) Make sure you include real-world exampels in your
discussion.
d) A minimum of 6 references besides the textbook are
required. Liberty University library has excellent resources for your search
for journals.

1. States the topic the author is going to address. The introduction provides a clear overview of the paper’s contents.
2. The issues raised in the topic are properly treated. Different viewpoints have been considered, analyzed, and treated. The author provides personal inputs.
3. The conclusion offers a good summary of issues treated in the paper and does offer suggestions for future study.
4. The transitions between paragraphs and sections are clear. Proper headings are used.
5. The bibliography contains at least 6 scholarly sources. The paper is in current APA style.

What are some differences in the understanding of reincarnation in Hinduism and Buddhism?

The purpose of the comparative paper is to
provide students with an opportunity to undertake a deeper investigation into a
limited topic within the field of comparative religion. Comparative religion comprises a systematic
study of the variety of beliefs, values, and practices encountered in religions
around the world. A rigorous attempt is made to maintain objectivity in the
analysis of religions. This requires, at the very least, an authentic attempt
to understand the beliefs, values and practices of the religion being studied
by using language and concepts drawn from that religious tradition. Essays that
are primarily a defense or critique of the beliefs, values and practices of a
particular religious tradition, or that explain or evaluate religious phenomena
from the standpoint of another religious tradition or of a secularist ideology,
are outside the scope of comparative religion and are thus unacceptable for
this project. The concern is not just with what the followers of a faith
believe and do, but also with an understanding of why they do so, through an
appreciation of the form of life and world outlook that they constitute. The
result of writing an essay in comparative religion should be, among other
things, improved intercultural understanding.

Choice of Topic:
Essentially,
students may choose to answer any well-defined question about any of the
religions covered in the course prior to the due date of the paper, present or
past, subject to the following guidelines.

·
Topics must be appropriate to the
subject. Extended essays must address the beliefs, values and practices of
religious traditions and show a genuine understanding of the religion from the
standpoint of its adherents. Essays that are only indirectly related to
religion—for example, legal issues relating to school prayer, the wearing of
religious symbols, or the scientific validity of “creation science”—are not
acceptable.
·
An essay in comparative religion is not
an opportunity to write an essay of a confessional, evangelizing, or apologetic
nature. This means that students should avoid topics that involve making
judgments about the truth-value of religious beliefs.
·
Essays should not be purely descriptive
but should shed some light on why people believe and/or act as they do, or on
the relationship between the religion and the culture of which it is a part.
·
The research question should be well
defined. Topics that are too broad nearly always result in essays that are
superficial, purely descriptive, and riddled with errors and misconceptions. Do not, for example, simply compare
Hinduism and Buddhism in general. All other things being equal, the
narrower the research question, the better the paper will be. It is better to
say more about less than less about more.

Here
are just a few examples of research questions the meet these criteria:

·
Why did Buddhism develop from being
aniconic (not using representational images for religious purposes) to iconic
(using representation images for religious purposes)?
·
What are some differences in the
understanding of reincarnation in Hinduism and Buddhism?
·
What is the difference in the role of
scripture in Hinduism and Mahayana Buddhism?
·
How do the ethical teachings of the
Buddha compare with the ethical teachings found the laws of Manu?
·
How do the Buddhist exemplars of the
arhat, the bodhisattva, and the buddha compare and contrast and why might
certain Buddhist communities emphasize one kind of exemplar over the others?
·
How do the teachings of Shankara on the
Atman compare and contrast to the teachings of Ramanuja?
·
How has Buddhist sacred architecture
changed as Buddhism moved into different cultural environments and what
accounts for this change?
·
How do Hindu and Buddhist funeral
rituals compare to one another and what accounts for the similarities and
differences.

Treatment of the Topic:

The
first step in preparing an extended essay is to formulate a well-defined
research question. Essays that pose a question that might reasonably be
answered in different ways are generally better than those that simply discuss
a topic, even one within the limits defined above. Many methods of
investigation are possible. Students might, for instance, analyze and interpret
a sacred text, image, or ritual. Or
students may analyze the role of a particular doctrine within one or more
theological systems. Students are encouraged to use both primary and secondary
sources. Secondary sources should be consulted in order to locate the topic
being studied within a broader context. Students should be aware that few
religious traditions are monolithic, and so naïve analyses of “Christianity” or
“Buddhism” are unlikely to attain the depth necessary for an excellent extended
essay. Students should be as specific as possible about exactly what they are
studying.

How the paper should be organized:

The
paper should be organized into an introduction, body, and conclusion. The
introduction should be one paragraph where the student introduces the topic, offers
a thesis statement, and provides a “road map” for the rest of the paper. The
thesis should be stated explicitly in the first paragraph as the main insight
the student will demonstrate in the paper. In order to be significant, the
thesis should not be something that is obviously true, but
something that requires the comparative analysis in order to demonstrate.
The body of the paper should be several paragraphs long (this will be the bulk
of the paper). There are many ways of organizing the body of the paper
depending on the topic. But the overall purpose of this section is to support
the thesis given in the introduction with evidence. What counts as evidence
will depend on the topic, but it may include an analysis of some text, ritual,
work of religious art, etc. The conclusion should be one paragraph where the
student addresses why the topic is important (answer the “so what?” question)
and perhaps indicate additional related questions for future research. The
paper should be 1000-1500 words in length.

What can you tell your patient about prenatal care in teenage mothers and about infant mortality in the United States?

Nature vs. nurture is an important and controversial topic in human development. It is necessary to understand the key themes and the role it plays in real life. After considering the material from this module, think about prenatal development and environmental factors. Use the information you have learned from the module as you respond to the scenario.
Consider the following scenario. Respond to all of the questions in 500–600 words using APA (7th ed.) formatting, where appropriate. Provide a response to all of the questions listed and include supporting evidence based on information from this module or other relevant sources.
Scenario
You are a nurse at an outpatient clinic. You overhear your teenage patient talking to her friend on the phone saying that prenatal care is a waste of time for a mother who is young and healthy.
Questions
What can you tell your patient about prenatal care in teenage mothers and about infant mortality in the United States? Your answer should include something about:
Fetal alcohol syndrome
Spina bifida (folic acid)
Which prenatal development stage do you think is the most sensitive time for gestation? What happens during that stage, and why is it important?
What other behaviors of the mother may affect the health of a child before, or very early in, pregnancy? Include some of the following in your answer: exercise, diet, drug use, and smoking.

Explain how the onset of the Great Depression (i.e., in the U.S.) and the end of Prohibition affected organized crime?

The response to each question should be 500 words (not counting sources and references) and each questions should have at least two different sources properly cited in accordance with APA 7.

Question1 : Provide an
overview of a domestic or Transnational organized criminal organization other
than the Mafia analyzing the type of criminal activity in which they are
engaged and then judging its success.

Question 2: Assess what if any impact the growth of the Internet has had on organized
crime during the past 2 decades

Question 3: Analyze why
methamphetamine has proven to be a profitable drug for Mexican organized crime.
Conclude your response by including (and justifying) a number of steps you
believe Mexican and U.S. lawmakers must take if the production of this drug is
to be curbed.

Question 4: Interpret how
the onset of the Great Depression (i.e., in the U.S.) and the end of
Prohibition affected organized crime?

Write an evaluation of the patient’s symptoms and presenting problems within the context of at least three theoretical orientation (e.g., cognitive, behavioral, humanistic, biological, sociocultural, evolutionary, psychoanalytic, integrative, etc.).

For this assignment, you will take on the role of a mental health professional providing a consultation to a colleague. Your colleague in this case happens to be a licensed clinical psychologist. Carefully review the PSY645 Fictional Mental Health Consultation Scenario
(Links to an external site.)
which provides information on your colleague’s patient and specific questions your colleague has posed to you as a consultant. Once you have reviewed the scenario, research a minimum of two peer-reviewed articles in the University of Arizona Global Campus Library related to the situation(s) presented in the scenario and how these have been approached and treated in previous cases.
Write an evaluation of the patient’s symptoms and presenting problems within the context of at least three theoretical orientation (e.g., cognitive, behavioral, humanistic, biological, sociocultural, evolutionary, psychoanalytic, integrative, etc.). NOTE: Be clear that you are writing about theoretical orientations and using the theoretical orientations to explain the client’s symptoms and presenting problems. Do not use the theoretical orientations to discuss any therapy or treatment approaches. Your application of the theoretical orientations should answer the question: How did this client develop the symptoms and current presenting problems? For example, “Based on the cognitive perspective, how did this client develop the symptoms and current presenting problem?” “Based on the humanisitic perspective, how did this client develop the symptoms and current presenting problem?” Etc. To conclude, justify the use of diagnostic manuals and handbooks besides the DSM-5 that might be used to assess this prospective patient.
The Mental Health Consultation:
Must be two to three double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and must be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Writing Center
(Links to an external site.)
.
Must include a separate title page with the following:
Title of paper
Student’s name
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Date submitted
Must use at least two peer-reviewed sources in addition to the course text.
Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Writing Center.
Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Writing Center.

Explain the background behind the experiment, and the reason why you did this experiment.

Title: It needs to be an actual title describing what you did, not just the name of the experiment.

Purpose/ Abstract:

Why is it important? What did you do? What significant value did you find in the experiment?
It shouldn’t just be a summary. This is just a hook for people to read your paper. Remember you already did the experiment, don’t say “we will test” you have to say “We tested” PAST-TENSE!
DO NOT MAKE IT A SETENCE LONG
(Less than 500 words)

Introduction:
Explain the background behind the experiment, and the reason why you did this experiment. State your hypothesis explicitly, either in the into or in a separate heading labeled Hypothesis. This section should be more than 2 paragraphs. Cite properly!

Materials and methods:

This is a step-by-step section. If another researcher wanted to do the same experiment, could they have replicated it? It should explain every single thing you did. The size of this section might vary, depends in the experiment you did. Do not list steps like a recipe, rather write this as a narrative. Do not analyze any data.

Results:
This is where you talk about your data, without analyzing it. Make sure you have a graph or a table of your results. You need to have a label on the top of every figure and short description under.

Discussion:
This is where you bring everything together. You will connect your results with your purpose. Make sure this is clear for the reader to understand your thinking. Why did these data support your hypothesis or why they didn’t. This section should be longest part of your paper. Why did this experiment work? How could you make it better?

Conclusion:
Lastly have a few-sentence summary about the whole experiment. This is almost like a follow up to your purpose. Wrap up the entire experiment and why it is important in the study of human physiology

References:
These sources must come from peer-reviewed scientific papers ONLY! NO youtube, websites or lectures!
They must be formatted correctly in alphabetical order (numbering is optional)
Here are some examples from my research:
Seebacher, F. and Franklin, C. E. 2011. Physiology of invasion: Cane Toads are constrained by thermal effects on physiological mechanisms that support locomotor performance. Journal of Experimental Biology 214:1437−1444.
Tinsley, R. C., Stott, L. C., Viney, M. E., Mable, B. K., and Tinsley, M. C. 2105. Extinction of an introduced warm-climate alien species, Xenopus laevis, by extreme weather events. Biological Invasions 17:3183−3195.

Don’t reference a single paper, and also don’t reference 50 papers. 4-5 is sufficient
Make sure to have proper in-text citations

*Side notes:
-Double-spaced
-Header including last name and page number
-Each section is labeled (purpose, hypothesis, introduction, etc).