Sociology

You will be submitting a research paper based on a topic within police-community relations. More specifically, narrow the focus of your research paper to how the police relate to a specific group within a community. For this assignment, you will create an annotated bibliography, which requires you to research, select, and read three peer-reviewed journal articles. Newspapers, news outlets, blogs, or anything from Wikipedia or any of its affiliates etc. are not acceptable. Your articles should address the following elements: one or more of the theories regarding conflict and conflict management and how they can be applied to policing, one or more of the different approaches to police-community relations, and how police-community relations are impacted by police officers themselves. In addition, substantive annotated bibliographies should address the direction, intent, and conclusions of the subject under review (your research paper topic), and explain how the individual articles are going to be applied to your final research paper. The annotations for each source should consist of at least 100 to 150 words.

research design is like a blueprint for conducting research. It guides the researcher in determining when and how often the data will be collected, what data will be collected and from whom, and how the collected data will be analyzed. While there are several research designs available, the most common designs associated with quantitative research include true experiments, quasi- experiments, pre-experiments and correlations. Instructions: First, select one quasi-experimental design and develop an example of a study that would require that design. Identify the independent and dependent variables, and discuss the necessary conditions required for that design. Then, answer the following questions: How could you change this study to make it a true experiment? What would be the advantages of using a true experimental design over a quasi-experimental design? In what situations might a quasi-experimental design be preferred over a true experimental design?

Joseph Cerneau was a mason that came to America and begain preforming his own version of ritual work. This paper should discuss how his work which was pronounced illegitimate, became integrated with masonry and how it influenced the Freemasons thereafter.

**A typical essay heading is not required.  Only the response / review to the reading.  The link to the article is added below. **  Please NO PLAGIARISM! This will be checked.  The report published by PEW Research center in 2013 on  “The World’s Muslims: Religion, Politics and Society.” gives you an insight into the diversity of Islam as it is practiced around world today. Your task for this week is to write a response in 250 words:  Describe any three aspects of the diversity of Muslims in the world today? (you must draw from and engage with the reading PEW Center report. 2013. The World’s Muslims: Religion, Politics and Society (complete report)  http://www.pewforum.org/2013/04/30/the-worlds-muslims-religion-politics-society-overview/)  All submissions (discussion posts/assignments) will be in 12-point font and within the word limit described in the assignment. Organize them for coherency, flow, and fullness. All posts/assignments must be spellchecked and checked for grammar before submission. Responses should be an engagement with readings from the text, journal articles, films, or other scholarly source (use library e-journals). When you quote or draw your ideas from another person’s work, you must cite that source. For citations use in-text parenthetic notes, footnotes, or endnotes.

Hope Scale: Take the Hope Scale:Hope Scale Instructions and Goal Scale revised 1-7-09.doc Answer the following questions after taking the Hope Scale. What did you learn about yourself? What areas have you identified for self-improvement? What is your plan and goals for change? Select either the “Autonomy” assessment or the “Personal Growth Initiative Scale (PGIS) . Autonomy self-assessment: What did you learn about yourself? Are there areas that you want to address? What is your plan and goals for change? Take the Autonomy self-assessment found in the Bolt and Dunn text Pursuing Human Strengths. Answer the following questions after taking the Autonomy assessment. Autonomy self assessment 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 not all true somewhat true very true 1 i feel like i am free to decide for mys4lf how to live my life 2.I feel pressured in my life 3. I generally feel free to express my ideas and opinions. 4. In my daily life, I frequently have to do what I am told. 5. People I interact with on a daily basis tend to take my feelings into consideration. 6. I feel like I can pretty much be myself in my daily situations. 7. There is not much opportunity for me to decide for myself how to do things in my daily life.

100 Word Essay of Comparing and contrasting Cyber culture and Puerto Rican Culture. Here is a source that my teacher gave me.   https://www.caracteristicas.co/cultura-popular/#ixzz6V0HbR3zY

Revise your Topic 5 essay outline from instructor feedback. Create an essay of 1,000-1,250 words on American-born religions. Choose one American-born religion to analyze. Include the following: Provide a sociohistorical analysis of that religion. Use the sociology of religion paradigm to analyze the American-born religion. Summarize that religion’s impact on American society. (Comp. 3.6) Describe whether or not the religion reflects a Christian worldview. Explain why. Provide an Annotated Bibliography containing four to six scholarly sources to support your analysis. Refer to the resource, “Preparing Annotated Bibliographies,” located in the Student Success Center, for additional guidance on completing this assignment in the appropriate style, referring to the indicative annotation protocol. 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. This assignment assesses Programmatic competency 3.6: Analyze the role of religion and its effect on society.

Bureaucracy Essay   The goal of this assignment is for you to use your life experience as data to understand the nature and function of a bureaucracy . In an essay of 1,000 words, describe an organization with which you have direct personal experience and which appears to fit the characteristics of a bureaucracy, as listed in Chapter 6 of Our Social World: An Introduction to Sociology. Your essay should incorporate the five items listed below and show that the organization bureaucracy meets each characteristic: Clear hierarchical levels of authority with the work assignments flowing downward A division of labor Written rules Written communications and records Impersonality Be sure to provide a conclusion paragraph to your essay. You must use a minimum of three scholarly sources.* ***I work in corrections as a nurse and the Department of Corrections is like a paramilitary system. 1. Wardens dictate to the correctioanl staff and the work is divided into shifts and the people on the shifts work all the odd hours and holidays with time off is given to senior officers. The rules are printed and post orders are in each unit. Communication is basically a need to know basis but records are kept exceptionally well. The small groups that work together have some connection but on the bigger scale staff is expected to show up for work, not complain about their personal issues, not complain about mandatory OT,   never be sick or need time off, I enjoy my job but the systems around me need to be more personable.

Create a PowerPoint presentation to explain why and how your company (The Widget Company) will increase diversity at all levels. You may create an assessment that measured the current climate, and determine what training is needed. This presentation is for the 10-member board of directors, but it may also be released to workers, at a later date, if approved. Assignment Expectations:  Length: 15 – 20 Slides 750 – 1000 words in the script Structure: Title Slide shows your name, your company name, the title and date of your presentation. Discuss where you are as a company Propose where you’d like to be as a company Explain the benefits and costs Use reference page for outside sources used References: As needed

Q1: How do you think the arbitrator ruled?  Why?  What is the supporting evidence?   Vacation disagreement goes to the Arbitrator Facts: When Bruce Reaves quit his job at the end of January of a recent year, the personnel manager saw to it that his final check included all pay and allowances due as of his last day of work. Management assumed that was the last they would see of this former employee, but seven months later—shortly before August 1 of that year—Stan showed up to collect his one week of vacation pay. The personnel manager said he was not due the vacation pay. Stan may have expected that response for he had a copy of the union contract with him, with sentences in the vacation pay clause underlined. “It says here that to be eligible for a week of vacation a man must have worked 100 days prior to August 1 of the vacation year,” he pointed out. “I finished my last vacation on August 10, and worked more than 100 days before I quit, so I’m entitled to the money.” “But that clause, and the reference to August 1, presupposes that an employee would still be on the payroll when the new vacation season rolls around,” the personnel manager explained. “Maybe that’s what you presupposed, not what the union presupposed. I checked with the union and they agree with me that I’ve got the money coming to me.” As Stan was no longer an employee, he could not file a grievance directly. The union, however, filed one in his behalf, and a few months later the union summoned an arbitrator to rule on how the following contract language applied to Stan’s case: CONTRACT LANGUAGE: ARTICLE XVII—VACATIONS: Employees to be eligible for one week’s vacation with pay shall have worked 100 working days prior to August 1 of the vacation year. An employee’s vacation pay is to be based upon the straight time average earned for the months of January, February, and March or February, March, and April of the vacation year. The period selected to be on a departmental basis. Employees on leave of absence due to injury, sickness, or other need for medical care shall be considered as working during such leaves of absence for purposes of computing vacations. The company’s chief arguments were: 1.         The reference to August 1 means that only those on the rolls as employees on that date are entitled to vacation pay, provided they also meet the 100-day requirement. 2.         According to union interpretation, a man who quits after working 100 days after his last vacation can still get vacation money the following year. This was not the intention of the negotiators. 3.         The fact that the rate of vacation pay is based upon earnings during the first three or four months of the year reinforces management’s judgment that a man can’t quit in January and still collect for a vacation. The union’s answer was: 1.         According to management interpretation, a man who quits or dies at the end of July would not be entitled to any vacation money, no matter how many days he worked since the last vacation. It is not believable that the negotiators could have intended such a result. 2.         The August 1 date is merely the cutoff point for meeting the 100-day requirement. It doesn’t mean that a man who already qualified for vacation money has to be employed on that date. 3.         The reference to January through April is just a convenient way of computing the amount of vacation pay. It has nothing to do with eligibility. We will have no trouble determining the amount of money Stan is supposed to receive.