The Signature Assignment will focus on an evaluation of tort liability in a comprehensive scenario. You are hired as a consultant by a local citizen’s review board for a police department. The citizen’s review board is considering the actions of one of its officers and want to understand the civil liability that is being alleged […]

All questions are worth 20 points: Explain the Zimbardo experiment and what it might imply for correctional professionals. Is the parole officer’s role to help the parolee stay out of prison or is it to simply identify any violation? If the parolee stumbles should the officers promptly return them to prison? You are a prison […]

You have some real concerns about your co-worker's treatment of offenders.  You hear him screaming obscenities at them in his office, and one time you saw him pat a female probationer on the rear end and say, "Be sweet to me and I'll keep you out of jail."  On the other hand, no one else […]

All questions are worth 20 points:   If you are an attorney, is there a point where nonlegal moral considerations supersede your ethical commitment to your client? If you were a defense lawyer and your client was innocent, but you could not prove it, would you violate ethical barriers in service to your client? Are […]

What if you were part of the Innocence Project; what would you do if you only had the resources to help one falsely accused person? What criteria would you use to decide who to help? What severity or length of sentence would you consider? *Be sure to discuss a case that the Innocence Project has […]

All questions are worth 20 points:  Is being both a crime fighter and a public servant too much to ask of the police? Does society need to choose what they want police to be, or are both reasonable to expect? Be sure to explain your answer, providing examples as needed. Discuss the use of Tasers […]

As a patrol officer, you are only doing your job when you stop a car for running a red light.  Unfortunately, the driver of the car happens to be the mayor.  You give her a ticket anyway, but the next morning you get called into the captain's office and told in no uncertain terms that […]

 Thapa v. St. Cloud orthopedics,   File date, identify the plaintiff, the defendant, legal claims/ground by which the case was brought; identify the type of court hearing the case; the defense argument submitted; indicate the current status of the case and or the outcome of the case; how does the case affect or relate to the […]

Submit a two-pagewe textbook response to the following:  Now that online counseling is allowed in all states, apply the AMHCA (pg. 175) or ACA ethic codes regarding how you could use online counseling in an ethical manner. What are your personal thoughts on the use of technology in counseling (smartphones to be in contact with […]

  Prior to posting your primary response to this discussion, watch The First AmendmentLinks to an external site. video and read the First AmendmentLinks to an external site. article, Free Speech and Democracy in the Video AgeLinks to an external site. article, and review all the one-page Supreme Court decisions listed in the Required Resources section. […]