Best Writer

Answer the following controversial forum using at a minimum one scholarly source ( Journal Article, case law, book, reader, etc…). The resource must be cited in your forum context and referenced at the conclusion in APA format. The initial forum will be no less that 250 words, with a cited and referenced response to another student of 150 words.
Did the defendant have criminal intent?
Read the case State v. Phipps (1994) and in an academic forum discuss whether or not Phipps lacked criminal intent. The case can be found here: http://caselaw.findlaw.com/tn-supreme-court/1012276.html

Review the following article regarding the arrests and trespassing charges that are being filed against migrants along the U.S. – Mexico border: https://www.npr.org/2021/07/23/1019706421/texas-arrests-border-crossers-trespassing-charges. In a 1-2 page essay, explain Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s actions. Do you think that he is justified in his actions despite the fact that states do not have the legal authority to enforce immigration law? Remember to write your essay in the APA style of writing, citing and referencing sources.

Question?
In addition to a background check, a written exam, a polygraph test, and a physical agility test, hiring police officers also depends on psychological tests and an interview process that evaluates (1) personal history, (2) negative information from other agencies (such as previously failing a polygraph), (3) employment background, (4) criminal behavior, (5) financial information, (6) illegal drug use, (7) alcohol use, and (8) illegal or deviant sexual behavior. Police work is multifaceted. Law enforcement (investigating complaints, making arrests, prosecuting suspects, and crime prevention) accounts for roughly 10% of police activity. Maintaining order (intervening in family and neighborhood disputes, keeping traffic moving, and responding to disturbances of the peace) accounts for roughly 30% of police activity. Providing social services to the community is even more time-consuming. However, these proportions may vary if officers are involved in the approach known as community policing. Describe how and why community policing is a practical approach to policing a society.

Students must follow the APA writing style, particularly:
Parenthetical and Narrative In-Text Citations.
References.
Heading Levels.

On March 1, 2005, the United States Supreme Court ruled that it was unconstitutional to execute juvenile offenders. However, dozens of individuals with mental impairments have been put to death. For this essay 1-2 pages, compare and contrast being in support of executing the mentally ill, then opposing the execution of the mentally ill. Use the following website as an academic reference: https://www.amnestyusa.org/issues/death-penalty/. After explaining both positions, prepare in writing your position. Remember cite and reference all relevant source information in the APA style of writing.

Florida’s Stand Your Ground Law
Watch and listen to the following discussion surrounding Florida’s Stand Your Ground law:https://www.npr.org/2021/02/04/964172326/florida-lawmakers-debate-to-repeal-infamous-stand-your-ground-law. After analyzing the points made by the guests construct an explanation essay 1- 2 pages explaining if the Stand Your Ground law in Florida should or should not be repealed by Florida’s lawmakers. Cite and reference all relevant source information in APA format.

Assignment Instructions:
This assignment has three parts. First, you will interview a pharmacist in your local retail pharmacy or the pharmacist at the facility where you currently work. Address the specific topics by using the list of questions below. You must include the answers to the questions in Part I: The Interview Transcript (below). Next, you will integrate the findings from the literature related to the type of technology used by the pharmacist. Last, you will provide a summary of what you learned as a result of doing this assignment. The final paper should be broken down into the following three parts (I, II, and III):
Part I: The Interview Transcript
Interview the pharmacist using the questions Please provide a transcript of the interview in this part.
What type of technology (technologies) does your pharmacy utilize?
How does the technology you use enhance internal and external communications between pharmacists, technicians, physicians, advanced medical care providers, and nurses?
Describe the process from the time the pharmacy receives an order to the time the medication is dispensed?
What are some of the processes or policies that are implemented to ensure patient safety?
What challenges, related to the use of technology and electronic information, have you experienced? What solutions have you implemented, or changes have you made in your practice to address these challenges?
How has informatics helped and/or hindered patient education and awareness?
Part II: Integrate the Findings from the Literature
Perform research on the type of technology (the type of platform used, equipment used to document, or applications used, etc.).
Select two academic articles to support your discussion for Part III: Summarize What You Have Learned
Part III: SUMMARY (3-4 paragraphs): Elaborate as to what you learned about the specific type of technology utilized by the pharmacist; explain its uses and functions, pros and cons, etc.
Summarize what you’ve learned by explaining both the positive aspects and negative aspects of the technology used by the pharmacist you interviewed.
Important note to students: Pay close attention not only to the details of this assignment but also to the spelling, grammar, and syntax of your work as your finished paper will be the artifact submission for your ePortfolio in week 7. You are encouraged to use your Galen resources such as Grammarly, APA Style Central, etc. to complete this assignment.

The goal of this assignment is to evaluate theories and to understand the differences between theories.

Emile Durkheim and contemporary functionalists

Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Karl Marx

Emile Durkheim and Karl Marx

Karl Marx and Max Weber

Description of Assignment: We will choose two theories/theorists we have learned about and write an essay comparing the similarities and differences between these theories. Some possible pairs are are listed in the box below. These topics are suggestions. You may choose a different pair.

Here is what you do. Review again the class readings and other materials about these two theories/theorists. You can write the paper solely based on class readings. Additional research is welcomed but not required. Any additional sources used must be “scholarly” sources written by researchers. After understanding the material, develop an essay first describing each theorist and their signficance in sociology, and then comparing them in terms of their strengths and limitations. The paper should have the following sections:

Title: Write a catchy/interesting title that captures the topic. “Paper Assignment 1” is not an acceptable title. Doesn’t count toward the page requirement.
Introduction: Write an introduction in which you will state the theories/theorsts you will discuss, explain why they would make a useful comparisons, and the objectives of your paper. (0.5 page)
Description of the Theories/theorists: State which theories/theorists you are using and describe their theories one by one. Give definitions for the core concepts in their theories, and summarize the main idea/argument/proposition made by them. (2 pages)
Compare and Contrast: Discuss the similarities and differences between these two theorists, their theoretical orientations, and their main concerns. Where do they make similar arguments and where they are likely to disagree? While making the comparison, include your authentic voice in evaluating their strengths and limitations as theories. This is not about which theory you “like”; your evaluation should focus on whether they accurately and comprehensively represented and explained social facts of their times, whether their theories reflected empirical realities, and/or in what ways their concepts are useful even today (applicability over time). (1 page)
You must cite sources including the class readings. Reference list should be prepared in APA style, or in ASA style. Reference page Emile Durkheim and contemporary does if NOT count toward the page reent.r APA style guide:

OVERVIEW
Write a 1,500-2,000 word argument essay based on the Writing Guide found in A4-h of A Writer’s Reference. Your essay should be written in MLA format (double-spaced, Times New Roman, etc.). This essay builds from all the skills you have worked on this semester: critical reading, summarizing, paraphrasing, quoting, paragraphing, analysis, argumentation, and synthesis developed into an essay using the Writing Process.
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL
1. A Writer’s Reference A4-h
2. Multiple Source Essay Planner
3. Previous course materials will be helpful for this assignment. Consider reviewing:
-Summarizing notes and tips
-Help! I’ve been asked to synthesize!
-Quotation notes
-The MEAL plan
INSTRUCTIONS
First complete Multiple Source Essay Planner. For this essay, everyone in the class will have the same topic and the same list of sources to work from, but what areas of the topic you focus on and which sources you choose to use will be up to you and will help make your essay unique. Your essay should answer the following question:

What is wrong with our education system and how could it be fixed?

Though your essay must address the topic, you should feel free to focus on an aspect of the topic that interests you. For example, your essay might consider how expensive college is and how it could be fixed, the structure of K12 instruction, gender differences in how students are directed from K12 through higher education, or another focus of your choosing. Review pages 4-13 in A Writer’s Reference for examples of narrowing a topic to a thesis statement.

Your own ideas are your most important source for this essay; however, you will want to achieve an academic tone. As such, it means that if you use anecdotes (stories) of your own experience, limit the use of first person to the introduction as a technique to engage readers. Anecdotes might be used later in the essay, but 1) should not be the only source of evidence used to support a claim you are making, and 2) be recast in a more objective third person voice. Regardless of whether you decide to include such stories, however, your essay will be comprised mainly of your own ideas through your analysis, comparison, and evaluation of your other sources and through the framework you create with your introduction, conclusion, and topic sentences.

In addition to your own ideas, you must use at least FOUR of the sources found in the Course Readings Module in Canvas (available at the bottom of the course homepage).

You should develop your essay as described in the reading in sections A4 and C2 of A Writer’s Reference. Your essay should smoothly synthesize your chosen sources with your own ideas in order to create a new, insightful perspective on educational reform.

A note on synthesis in a full essay: We’ve been practicing with synthesis by writing body paragraphs that include information on the same topic from several different sources. Your essay should include at least some synthesis for your chosen sources; however, it is not necessary that EVERY paragraph include multiple sources. The most important consideration is to organize your essay by topic, not by source. In other words, if only one of your sources addresses a given topic, it is fine to use it in a section by itself, but where multiple sources address the same topic, they belong together. It’s also okay to use different amounts of information from each source; you might use one article in several paragraphs and another only once.

As you organize your materials and decide where each of your chosen sources will fit into your essay, you will also have to make decisions about when to use summary, paraphrase, and direct quotation. In particular, be wary of using too much direct quotation–ask yourself whether what you are quoting is really worthy of preserving word-for-word, or whether paraphrase would work just as well. (One direct quote in a paragraph is usually plenty, and not every paragraph needs one. A good guideline is that no more than 10% of any piece of writing should be in another person’s words–and less is often better!)

Whichever you choose, make sure your summaries and paraphrases contain no unmarked borrowed language from the source, your direct quotations are accurate and punctuated correctly, and that all three have the author’s name and where appropriate, a parenthetical citation.

You will work through this process by engaging in the Writing Process, starting with the Pre-Writing/Freewriting and Outlining Assignment you completed last week. Then you will put the plan into place by drafting your essay. You should spend some time with careful revision to ensure that your essay accomplishes the goal of the assignment and supports your thesis. After ensuring that the essay is doing what it should, you will want to engage in careful proofreading to be certain that the essay says what it is supposed to say.

You need to be sure to cite your source, both in-text/parenthetically anytime you incorporate ideas/words from the sources and at the end on the Works Cited page. The Work Cited entries are provided for you in the Course Readings ebook in Moodle, but you will need to incorporate the in-text/parenthetical citations according to the specifications in A Writer’s Reference..

Please also review the Writing Guide in A Writer’s Reference on page 112 and the sample argument essay on page 107. After you have written your essay, you may wish to engage the services of the Writing Center or Tutor.com, support services provided through the Center for Academic Engagement. Finally, review the rubric before submitting the essay.

This assignment requires the submission of a preliminary annotated bibliography of works that you anticipate might be included in your final research proposal.
At this point, a minimum of 15, properly formatted annotated items are required. See the attached sample annotated bibliography for formatting details. Upload your submission as a file attachment.
Note: You are required to apply the Chicago Style Guide (Notes and Bibliography) format for this assignment. https://www-chicagomanualofstyle-org.ezproxy1.apus.edu/tools_citationguide/citation-guide-1.html

Prepare a research proposal based upon a topic of interest.
Be sure your research proposal includes the following:
A statement concerning the problem the research study will address as well as justification and evidence to verify that the problem exists.
A purpose statement that outlines how you will address the problem.
A list of the research questions, including hypotheses if a quantitative or mixed study. A description of the research methodology you have chosen (i.e., quantitative, qualitative, or mixed) and a justification of this approach as best suited to address the problem and answer the specific research questions.
A discussion on the research design you have proposed (e.g., case study, quasi-experimental, etc.) and a justification of this design as the best choice and its ability to align with other aspects of the study.
A description of the data collection process, with justifications, to include a discussion of the population and sampling technique and any instruments you plan to use (e.g., survey, interview protocol),
An overview of the process for data collection and any challenges you envision.
A brief discussion of the proposed analysis techniques.
A brief discussion of how reliability and validity (or trustworthiness) will be maintained.
A brief discussion of the limitations and ethical considerations, including how limitations, biases, and ethical considerations will be addressed.
Scholarly sources to support your proposal. These are sources you located as part of your Annotated Bibliography in Week 2, as well as other relevant research.
It is also important that you ensure there is alignment between the components of your paper.
Length: 12-15 pages, not including title and reference pages