Fundation of Correction

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Fundation of Correction

started a career with the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, which is a part of the Department of Justice. You are a juvenile justice expert, which fits perfectly with your criminal justice degree. You have been assigned to write a paper of 3–4 pages on the following two families and the questions listed below:
The Jukes family and the Kallikak family have been subjects of studies pertaining to the nature versus nurture issue and crime. Current studies have been collected that show that juveniles who are raised in families where family members have been incarcerated have an increased likelihood of following the same path.
You can find information on these 2 families at the following Web sites, but be sure to look at more than just these 2 Web sites:

  • Kallikak family
  • Jukes family

Are the characteristics of offenders, about which you have read in your textbook and the professor has lectured, carried down through families? These characteristics may include a propensity for violence, a dishonest nature, and so on. Is it nature or nurture? Look at these studies, and describe the characteristics. Try to explain both sides of the issue (both nature and nurture) that bring out the characteristics of people who are more likely to go to jail.
Be sure to reference all sources using APA style.
 
3-4 pages

DISCUSS THE IMPACT OF CLASS, GENDER, AND POLITICS ON WOMEN IN LIBERIA.

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DISCUSS THE IMPACT OF CLASS, GENDER, AND POLITICS ON WOMEN IN LIBERIA.

Discussion—Serving International Victims

As travel and communication across the globe become easier and more frequent, service professionals often join international human services organizations to provide services abroad. Additionally, many immigrants seek human services for issues related to events that occur in their home countries. In either case, providers abroad or in large cities in the United States often encounter clients who are victims of war, poverty, or political upheaval.

It is important that, as a student of psychology, you gain an understanding of the issues involved in serving international victims. This assignment highlights the importance of understanding the victims’ culture, strengths, and potential, so that as providers you can catalyze the victims’ ability to help themselves most effectively.

Imagine you are a news correspondent for a major national newspaper. Your editor has asked you to write a review of a brief film for this weekend’s edition of the newspaper. View both parts of the brief film below, Women of Liberia: Fighting for Peace:

Use the Internet, your textbook, and the Argosy University online library resources to research international victims in this field.

Using at least one of the academic sources you find through your search to justify your ideas, address the following issues in your review:

  • Discuss the impact of class, gender, and politics on women in Liberia.

  • How did some women make a difference? What was the outcome?

  • What human service efforts had the greatest impact?

  • Why do you think the women benefited most from helping themselves and each other within their own communities, rather than accepting outside help?

Write your initial response in a minimum of 350 words. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

If a brain injury victim is unable to move the right arm, in which area of the brain would an MRI scan most likely reveal damage?

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RESEARCH HOW BRAIN SCANS CAN DIAGNOSE INJURY AND DISEASE

The past twenty years have seen advancements in technology that were critical to further understanding concepts in cognitive psychology. Two such developments are positron emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans. These scans allow researchers to “see” the brain in action.

Research how brain scans can diagnose injury and disease using the Internet and the Argosy University online library resources. Based on your research, answer the following questions:

  • How do PET and MRI work?

  • If you were showing a person words while having an MRI, what brain areas would probably be active?

  • If a brain injury victim is unable to move the right arm, in which area of the brain would an MRI scan most likely reveal damage?

  • What kind of scan do you think would be best in diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease?

  • How do the research tools (equipment and methodology) available today contribute to a greater understanding of “conscious processes and immediate experience” than was possible using trained introspection and structuralism?

PETs and MRIs also can diagnose head injuries. Consider the following scenario:

You are working at a Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital and meet with Allison. Allison is in the US Army and has just returned home from a deployment. During her deployment, a bomb was thrown into a vehicle in which she was riding. She was not severely injured but was told that she sustained a mild traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Respond to the following:

  • Define TBI for Allison.

  • Describe any symptoms that Allison might experience.

  • How do you think the army should deal with these injuries? For example, if Allison is not obviously physically impaired, should she be discharged and receive disability pay? Should she be redeployed? If Allison stays in the army, what kinds of jobs do you think she should not perform?

Write your initial response in 4–5 paragraphs. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

DIFFERENT WAYS IN WHICH YOU CAN MINIMIZE OR MANAGE STRESS IN ORDER TO SUPPORT YOUR PERSONAL OR CAREER GOALS.

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DIFFERENT WAYS IN WHICH YOU CAN MINIMIZE OR MANAGE STRESS IN ORDER TO SUPPORT YOUR PERSONAL OR CAREER GOALS.

Psychology Reflection

  • A) Referring to the two studies you chose, either from the list below or ones you located on your own, consider how the findings relate to your own situation and personal stress levels.
 
Can you learn anything from the conclusions of either study that you can apply in your own life?
 
– i. How Stress Influences Disease: Study Reveals Inflammation as the Culprit
-ii. How to Predict Who Will Suffer the Most From Stress
-iii. Stress Changes How People Make Decisions
 
B) Summarize different ways in which you can minimize or manage stress in order to support your personal or career goals. Draw from resources you reviewed throughout the course. Approach this milestone as an opportunity to reflect upon and apply what you learn this week and as an opportunity to share your knowledge and expertise based on your educational and professional experiences in the past. As a successful professional, you will need good reflective and writing skills. Journal activities offer you the opportunity to further develop these skills. Review this tutorial for information on creating a Blackboard journal entry. Journals are private between the student and the instructor.
 
Guidelines for Submission: . Your submission should be 400–500 words in length.