Emergency managers must always wrestle with the decision to evacuate populations or try to protect them in place. Another option is expedient respiratory protection. Each of these offer advantages and disadvantages for emergency planning and response purposes. Describe two advantages and two disadvantages to choosing protection in place versus an evacuation. In …
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Analyze how the Civil Rights Movements, the Vietnam War, and other social turmoil in the 1950s and 1960s affected one of the ethnic groups that we have discussed. In you’re answer consider the effect this group in turn had on the events being analyzed.
Do you think states and the federal government should use private facilities to house inmates? Why, or why not? You might want to include the considerations of (a) whether they save taxpayer money, (b) whether they are good for the local economy/bring jobs, and (c) whether inmates receive the …
You should discuss at least 5 theorists in total. Do the following: 1. Identify at least 5 theorists that you liked or disliked. Please do not exceed 10 in total. You should select a few that you liked and a few that you disliked. 2. Overview each theorist’s work. Pretend that I …
Write a formal persuasive e-mail to a community leader to address a social concern.
List and define the seven types of elder abuse that were identified by the National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA). How would you approach the Ethical Dilemmas and Considerations that might arise regarding Euthanasia, Suicide, and Assisted Suicide?
Most people think about at least some social problems from a “common sense” point of view. What do you think are the benefits we gain from the sociological study of social problems? That is, what specific insights and information can we expect sociological study to provide to us? In what ways can sociology help improve …
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Write a word handout for your colleagues in which you: Describe the population. Elaborate on risk factors in the population related to the criminal justice system. Provide advice to case managers on how to best meet the needs of the population you chose.
Perception and attention influence whether an individual displays an open or fixed mindset. From this mindset as well as from one’s physiological set, an individual creates a mental map that leads to predictive patterns of behavior. These cognitive maps provide a sense of control over what is happening in one’s world; explain how …
Knox states that “More women are deciding not to have children, or to have fewer children.” However, this is contradictory to the data from Pew Research Center posted for this week, which reports an increase in motherhood in the last decade. Using data from the textbook, the articles posted below, and any research …
