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Write a paper based off a movie and a book you provide having to do with philosophy.

The goal of this assignment is to set you up for success in designing research inquiries moving forward. Part of a solid research idea and proposal is having a workable research question that is narrow enough that it can be addressed in the space provided (for example a 15-20 page research paper versus a 50-page thesis), and written in a way that is open-ended and free from bias.
1. Start your assignment with an introductory paragraph about your research topic and why it is of interest and a research “puzzle.” You want to guide your reader from your research area to your research topic, then on to your general research question, and specific research question.
While there are many ways to frame a research question, at the graduate level, your research questions should be 1) open-ended and start with “How,” “Why,” “What,” or “To what extent;” 2) should incorporate the variables you seek to assess and their relationship; and 3) should indicate how you intend to test the nature of that relationship. You want to make sure that your question has an appropriate amount of complexity so that it requires a significant amount of research and analysis. A simple Google search should not be able to answer your research question.
Too broad: How can personal ambition in politics be harmful?
Too narrow: What is Vladimir Putin’s position on ballistic missile defense?
Too vague: What is Vladimir Putin’s “operational code?”
Appropriately Complex and Focused: To what extent has Vladimir Putin been motivated by a drive for power compared to his predecessor Boris Yeltsin, and how has Putin’s personal ambitions shaped Russia’s relations with the United States?
2. Next, provide a purpose statement that conveys your intentions about what you hope to produce. See the references in your Lessons for additional insight. Often within the literature, this discussion is usually called out by a phrase like the following: “This paper examines . . .,” “The aim of this paper is to . . .,” or “The purpose of this essay is to . . .”. Remember that a purpose statement makes a promise to the reader about the development of the argument but does not preview the particular conclusions that the writer has drawn. Your purpose statement should demonstrate what you are hoping to find out, and also explain what you want your readers to understand (motivation or argument of the research). Later on, when you go to write a paper, a trick to help keep your paper focused around your purpose or argument is to paste it into the header or footer while you write.
This formula and example set from the Baruch College Writing Center may be helpful:
I am studying…
(Narrowed Topic)
…because I want to find out…
(Research Question)
….so that readers understand…
(Motivation or Argument)
Differences in Boston-based and Philadelphia-based abolitionist rhetoric…
…why Boston-based abolitionists emphasized broad themes of social justice…
…how previous scholars may have overlooked the role of free black Bostonians in shaping anti-slavery ideals.
The origins of the Glass-Steagall Act
…why lawmakers supported its passage…
…that their motives resulted not from careful economic analysis but rather from ideological preconceptions about the role of commercial banks in society.
(From Baruch College Writing Center “Focusing Research Topics Workshop” www.writingcenter.baruch.cuny.edu)
3. Pull out the dependent (DV) and independent variable(s) (IV) that you are interesting it looking at. This needs to be specific and you need to discuss ideas for how you might go about measuring the impact that the IV as on the DV. You need to focus on one or two specific variables (and discuss how they are defined), otherwise, your research will quickly spin out of control as you will not have the capacity to effectively address the relationship between all the variables. The PRS Group offers a good list of variables they use in their research. This list is just an example of variables to show you what a variable might look like and how it might be defined.
Hypothesis: A statement for how a change or condition in one or more independent variables cause(s) a change or condition in a dependent variable.
Not all studies or research papers require the use of a hypothesis. In most cases, hypotheses are used when a study is conducting an experiment or when a study is quantitative in nature. However, this is an important skill to develop in case you do go on to complete quantitative research or conduct a formal experiment.
In this next step, you will develop a hypothesis that reflects your educated guess as to the relationship between your selected variables. You may use an “if” “then” statement or you may formulate it as a narrative statement. Finally, explain why these are the important variables to look at within this research project. Why focus on these variables and not other variables?
By the time you are done, you should have at least 3-4 pages of content (double spaced in times-new roman font 12), not including the title page, and a “references list or bibliography” page. Your writing should be consistent with the professional/academic writing style. For a refresher on the conventions of academic writing please refer to the latest Turabian writing guide or APA writing manual. Since multiple writing styles are in use within this course, on your title page, please note which style you are using within your assignment. This will help me cater my comments to the style you are using. The style you use needs to be the one that is used within your program of study.
Please contact me if you have any questions.
You can also consult: Turabian (2013) Chapter 2 and Hypothesis Writing
http://www.experiment-resources.com/how-to-write-a-hypothesis.html
Use the filename (no spaces) yourlastnameWeek3.doc for uploading this file to the Assignment.
As you proofread your assignment I encourage you to work with Belcher, Wendy Laura. 2009. “Editing Your Sentences” In Writing Your Journal Article in 12 Weeks: A Guide to Academic Publishing Success. Sage. This resource has a nice step by step process for enhancing your writing and you can find it in the course content section.

Note: This assignment will be something that you draw upon to help you complete your final assignment, which is a research proposal. For that assignment you may use the same research question you developed here or create another one.

For this assignment, you must locate one article in which a
criminal justice official faced scrutiny surrounding an incident that
questioned his or her ethical decisions. The article you review must be at
least two pages in length. This does not need to be a criminal incident.
Discuss the incident, the ethical dilemma, and what you think the outcome
should have been. Also, what training may have helped this individual and this department?
Describe the types of ethics and conflict resolution training that the agency
should implement to prevent future ethical issues in the department.
Your response must be at least two pages in
length and include at least one source besides the chosen article. All sources
used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted
material must have accompanying APA citations.

Code of Ethics
Prepare a code of ethics for a fictional criminal justice
agency that includes a minimum of eight elements. If you are not a member of a
criminal justice agency, research the type of agency you wish to join to get an
idea of which elements should be included. Once you have compiled the code of
ethics, respond to the following questions:
Why did you include each specific element? Discuss the
elements you believe set the foundation for ethical behavior.
From an officer’s standpoint, why is a code of ethics
an important part of working within the community?
From an agency standpoint, why is a code of ethics an
important part of determining practical solutions to everyday issues in a
diverse society?
Once you have written the code of ethics, how would you
train officers to ensure compliance? How often should you offer follow-up
training? Why?
Your completed assignment must be a minimum of three
double-spaced pages in length (one page for the code of ethics and two pages
for question responses).
Please use a minimum of two credible sources to
support your reasoning, one of which may be the textbook. All sources used,
including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material
must have accompanying APA citations.

Many differences exist between prisons, jails, and detention
centers; differences also exist between managerial styles in federal, state,
local, and private facilities. Compose an essay in which you address the following
topics:
When every inmate reaches a prison with different
crimes, backgrounds, and abilities, and different prisons offer distinct
treatments, programs, and counseling, how can a state ensure an inmate is
incarcerated in a facility with maximum efforts at rehabilitating and
reducing recidivism?
How might social and cultural backgrounds affect
grouping of prison populations?
How would a decentralized system differ from a
centralized system in relation to managing workers in a state-run prison?
Which process would be most effective in a private prison?
Your essay must be at least two pages in length.
Be sure that you include an introduction in your essay. Include at least two
outside sources, one of which may be your textbook. All sources used, including
the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have
accompanying APA citations.

Compose an essay comparing the process of how a first-time
juvenile offender versus an adult offender might be handled by police, the
court system, and probation and parole systems. Describe how the functions of
each system differ between juveniles and adults, making sure to address the
emphasis on rehabilitation in each system. After analyzing the systems, address
the following questions:
Are there options in the juvenile process that might
benefit offenders in the adult system to reduce recidivism? How might
these be adapted to improve the system?
Are there options in the adult system that might
benefit offenders in the juvenile process to reduce recidivism? How might
these be adapted to improve the system?
Your essay must be a minimum of two pages in length. Be sure
that you include an introduction in your essay. Include at least two outside
sources for your essay, one of which may be your textbook.
All sources used, including the textbook, must
be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying APA
citations.

Slide 1 – Your name and half a
minute audio description of your knowledge about Macro Economics before you
started this course.
Slide 2 – First new concept you
learned in this course. Provide definition, why its is it important in general,
and what is it usefulness/application in your daily life. Give an example. (one-minute audio)
Slide 3 – Second new concept you
learned in this course. Provide definition, why is it important in general,
and what is it usefulness/application in your daily life. Give an example. (one-minute audio)
Slide 4 – Third new concept you
learned in this course. Provide a definition, why is it important in general,
and what is it usefulness/application in your daily life. Give an example. (one-minute audio)
Slide 5 – Describe your knowledge about Macroeconomics at the end of the course in no more than half a minute

Watch the video and respond to the following questions: 1) Does Dr. Heinrich make a good point when he refers to the costs saved by sterilizing incarcerated women? Why or why not? 2) Does Dr. Heinrich seem to believe people are born into criminality or that it is a product of environment? 3)Sterilization services continue to be offered to incarcerated women, can these women give informed consent during imprisonment? Should we also offer these services to incarcerated men? Why or why not?

Must watch the video.

Discuss the various types of network organizations and how
this can impact the environmental process. Some environmental areas to consider
can be through creating new organizations, technological changes, ecological
processes, and much more.
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For this
assignment, you will locate an article that discusses how emotional
intelligence, intelligence quotient, and/or social intelligence are important
to police-community relations.
The
article must be a scholarly journal article. Do not use articles from
newspapers, news outlets, blogs, websites, or Wikipedia as these sources are
not academically acceptable.
When
working on your article critique, please keep the following requirements in
mind.

The
article must be a scholarly journal article.
The
topic must be appropriate for the course or the audience.
You
should identify whether you are in support of the article’s premise or
not and why.
You
should then apply a proper analysis, which is predicated upon some
knowledge of the topic, and a review of the contravening arguments made
by other researchers or experts.
This
is followed by you putting forth your critical evaluation of the
premise(s) of the article and your position, supported by the
literature.

Some
of the questions you should ask about the article include the following:

What
biographical data about the author of the article is important?
What
is the purpose, tone, and format of the article?
How
can the work be interpreted?
Based
upon your review of the literature, is there any information in the
article that is inaccurate or incomplete?
In
what way was the article successful? Did the author succeed in what he
or she was trying to accomplish?
How
does the author fail? What did you find in your review of the literature
that brings you to that conclusion?
Are
there any historical, psychological, geographical, gender, racial,
cultural, religious, or sexual considerations that have an impact on the
article?

Your
article critique should contain the following elements:

APA
title page (p. 1);
content
beginning on p. 2, and there must be a minimum of 3 pages of content,
not including the title or references pages; and
APA
references page.