Research Molloy University’s policy regarding searches of student housing. Write a 1-2 page paper answering the following questions. Does the policy align with the Supreme Court requirements for dormitory room searches? Do you agree with the policy providing support for the university’s stance? How would you feel if your dormitory room was searched?

Read and analyze the case study titled The Gig Economy: Uber and Lyft in the Public Policy Praxis textbook. You must address all the questions under the Questions to Consider section after the conclusion of the case study. Note that the first question in the policy analysis section requires you to complete a stakeholder analysis.

Stakeholder Analysis

A stakeholder analysis helps identify individuals or groups affected by a policy issue and assess their interests, influence, and potential impact on policy outcomes. In the case of Uber and Lyft, several key stakeholders emerge.

Your essay should go beyond the obvious and be written at a graduate level making sure to properly cite sources according to APA style guidelines. Your essay must be a minimum of 900 words (excluding the title and reference page) but may not exceed 1,500 words. Any resources including but not limited to journals, magazine, and/or books must be properly cited using the APA style. Make sure to incorporate at least three of the concepts from this weeks readings. The case of Uber and Lyft highlights several important concepts from public policy analysis, including policy trade-offs, regulatory frameworks, and incremental policymaking.

Clemons, R. S., & McBeth, M. K. (2020). Public Policy Praxis (4th ed.). Taylor & Francis. https://reader2.yuzu.com/books/9781000027266

Overview

Identifying relevant sources of information that are both credible and reliable is an important skill, for academic research and also for everyday decision making. We are surrounded by information from traditional media like newspapers, television, and radio, as well as modern platforms such as social media, blogs, podcasts, and online news sites. With so many sources available, it is more important than ever to recognize which ones provide accurate, unbiased data. Developing this skill will help you better understand the issues that affect your community and consider possible solutions. This assignment builds toward Part One of the project. You will expand on it in Module Four as you continue to analyze your chosen topic and issue.

Scenario

For your project scenario, you are concerned about a particular scientific issue that is contributing to inequity within your community. In order to bring attention to this issue and advocate for meaningful change, youve decided to engage in the legislative process. Lawmakers (your local representatives) do not always have the time or specialized knowledge to fully understand complex scientific issues. Your role as a citizen scientist serves as a bridge between scientific evidence and policymaking to help inform decisions that promote social justice in your community.

To take action, youve scheduled a meeting with your local representatives. In preparation, you will write an executive summary paper using the provided template. The summary will outline the issue, explain its scientific foundation using the latest research and data, and show how it contributes to inequities within your community. This paper will serve as a guide for what you plan to share during your conversation with lawmakers.

Directions

For this assignment, you will choose a specific STEM-related issue to investigate for your project, building from the broader topic you chose in the Module One Journal assignment. You will select three or more sources you can use to investigate the issue. You will then apply the SIFT method to determine the appropriateness of one of your sources for use in your project. To help you get started, the Project Resources document in the Supporting Materials section provides examples of scientific topics and related issues.

If you select a different STEM-related issue, ensure research or data from credible organizations or sources support it. If you have questions, reach out to your instructor for guidance.

Complete this assignment using the template linked in the What to Submit section.

Specifically, you must address the following:

Part One: Sources

1. Locate Sources: Locate sources related to the STEM-related issue you chose for your project.
2. Locate at least three sources related to the STEM-related issue. You may select sources from the Project Resources document, linked in the Supporting Materials section. You can also choose your own sources that are not included in the document.
3. For each source, create an APA citation entry that would appear on a references list.
4. Connection to Issue: Explain connections between the STEM-related issue and the selected sources, showing how the sources support understanding of the issue.
5. Do the three sources directly connect to your STEM-related issue?
6. How do the three sources relate to your knowledge of the issue at this point?
7. How do the three sources relate to your desired knowledge of the issue?

Part Two: Determining Validity

First, select one of the sources you located. Next, use the SIFT method to evaluate the validity of the source and connect it back to your issue by responding to each of the prompts.

1. Initial Reaction: Describe your initial reaction to the source.
2. This relates to the first step of the SIFT method: Stop and reflect. Consider the following questions in your answer:
3. Do you recognize the source of the information?
4. Does the content of the source elicit an emotional response in you? If so, could this be the result of bias?
5. Does the source fit the purpose of your research?
6. How does this source shape your initial understanding of the issue?
7. Accurate and Reliable Information: Explain whether the source is likely to present accurate, reliable information.
8. This relates to the second step of the SIFT method: Investigate the source. Consider the following questions in your answer:
9. What do you know about where this source comes from?
10. Do you think it is reliable?
11. When was it published?
12. Is the information in the source accurate?
13. Is the source peer-reviewed?
14. Does it include references for facts and statements?
15. Who wrote it?
16. Would you consider them an authority on the issue?
17. How does this sources reliability (or unreliability) impact research on your issue?
18. Credibility: Explain whether the information in the source is credible.
19. This relates to the third step of the SIFT method: Find supporting evidence. Consider the following questions in your answer:
20. Are there other sources that support the information in this one?
21. Does the information in other sources confirm or contradict facts or statements in this one?
22. What role does this source play in supporting or challenging your understanding of the issue?
23. Original Source: Describe the original source of the information.
24. This relates to the fourth step of the SIFT method: Trace claims. Consider the following questions in your answer:
25. Is the source you are evaluating the original source of the information?
26. Does the source include the entire article, video, research study, and so on, or is it an edited or summarized version?
27. Does the source rely on another source for most of its information?
28. How does knowing the origin of this information affect your confidence in using it for research on your issue?

Part Three: Conclusion

1. Appropriate: Explain why the source is or is not appropriate for your project.
2. Consider the points below when determining whether a source is appropriate for your project:
3. After evaluating the source using the SIFT method, do you think that the source is credible and reliable enough to help you understand the issue?
4. Is the source relevant to the STEM-related issue you chose for your project?
5. Does the source have the information you need for your project?
6. Does the source show any signs of bias that affects how you interpret or summarize the issue?

What to Submit

Submit your completed . Your submission should be a 1- to 2-page Microsoft Word document with 12-point Times New Roman font, double spacing, and one-inch margins. Cite the three or more sources that you will be using for your project. Sources should be cited according to APA style both throughout and at the end of your paper.

In Milestone One you will work on the first element of your final project. In this assignment, you will identify and summarize a contemporary social issue of your choice. This social issue will become the main topic of your final project, and you will focus on the issue throughout the course as you work on your final project. You can choose a social issue from the topic list below, or you can select a social issue of your choice. After selecting your topic, provide a brief history of how the issue began, and provide an overview of the issue by answering the following questions:

• What is the impact of the issue?
• Who is affected?
• What do people think about it?
• Are there any debates surrounding the issue?

For this assignment, you may research an issue from the list provided below, an issue of interest you find in the news or media, or a social issue you have encountered in your daily life.

• Bullying
• Violent crime
• Discrimination based on race, gender, sexuality, social class, gender identity, age, or nationality
• Substance abuse (drugs or alcohol)
• Income inequality
• Inequalities in social institutions: medicine, education, the justice system, or the economy
• Social media and its effects on mental health

Now, you will narrow your focus. You cannot write a paper on drugs and alcohol, for example. This is too broad an area. It is a good place to begin thinking about your topic, but you must be more specific. For your subsequent milestones, which lead to the final project, the more specific your topic, the easier a time you will have in researching that topic. To narrow your focus, start by reviewing research about your topic from SNHUs Shapiro Library or the Pew Research Center.

If you are interested in drugs and alcohol, for example, you will need to narrow your focus. Think about all the issues that emerge from substance abuse and select one aspect, not all aspects of substance abuse, for example. Take this general topic and break it down into smaller aspects of the general subject; for example, there is an opioid epidemic, there are problems with prescription drugs and the way that they are prescribed, there are problems with alcohol abuse, and there are problems with access for different groups in terms of treatment for substance abuse. When you narrow your focus, you allow for clarity in your thinking sociologically about your subject.

Lets take this list above and see how this works for our first three thought prompts. Here are some suggested topics.

• Bullying
• Cyberbullying
• Physical bullying
• Workplace bullying
• Violent Crime
• Index crimes (murder, sexual assault, battery, robbery)
• Gang-related/organized crimes
• Inequalities and disparities in sentencing
• Hate crimes based on race, gender, sexuality
• Discrimination
• Hiring discrimination based on race
• Hiring discrimination based on gender
• Discrimination and job promotions
• Discrimination in allocation of medical information in doctor-patient exchanges
• Discrimination in mortgage applications and redlining
• Age-based discrimination
• Discrimination based on sexuality in workplace and hiring processes
• Substance Abuse
• The opioid epidemic
• Prescription drug abuse
• Legalization of marijuana
• Racial disparities in drug law enforcement
• Inequality in drug treatment resource allocation

You can choose your own topic if you communicate with your instructor, who will help you to frame your topic. Students have successfully written about childhood obesity, the correlation between social media use and mental hygiene issues for adolescents, and the lack of adequate mental health resources for communities of coloreach of these represented a real interest that the student had in the subject. Once you have chosen a specific subject, you need to apply the sociological lens to your specific topic.

After selecting your topic, explain what is happening with the social issuewhat is its impact? Who is affected? What do people think about it? Are there any debates surrounding the issue? Also, provide a brief history of how the issue began.

This milestone and your final paper are research based. You must use scholarly sources to show what research says about your topic and include in-text citations to reference the source of the information you summarize. Additional sub-topics of interest within these larger issues are included in a Supporting Resource List. You will need to refer to not only your text, but also additional supporting resources as you work on this project. SNHUs Shapiro Library and the Pew Research Center are great starting points to assist in your research. If you are selecting your topic from the provided list, reference the Supporting Resource List handout for additional research recommendations. This assignment is part of your final project, which will include a written paper and a PowerPoint presentation. As such, you should incorporate any feedback you receive from your instructor on this assignment into your final project submission. Based on the incorporation of feedback and additional elements from subsequent Milestones, you will expand upon your one-page submission in this Milestone to create a three-to-five-page paper to be submitted as part of your final project later in the course.

Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

1. Topic Selection: To begin this project, you will identify and summarize the contemporary social issue you selected, citing resources to strengthen your summary. Explain what is happening in the issue and provide a brief history of how the issue began.

What to Submit

This milestone must be a minimum of 1 page in length, a Word document, and written in APA format. Use double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. All references should be cited in APA format. For additional support with citations, refer to the resources provided in the Module Two Reading and Resources area.

I WANT TO CHOOSE THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC AS MY TOPIC

In this milestone, you will be reading and writing a short paper based on the following prompt. You will be focusing on the addiction and its effects. Consider the following in your short paper:

• Client information and presenting problem
• Identify the client (gender, age, race, profession).
• Identify the addiction that this client presents with.

1. Does she have a substance addiction like alcohol, prescriptions, or illicit drugs?
2. Does she have a process addiction like gambling, video gaming, or shopping?

• Provide the history of the addiction. (Is it a substance or process addiction?)

1. What is the background history of the addiction? Provide information about the history of the addiction that the client presents with. Scholarly research may be needed to support your work on this section. Also, remember that there are many types of addiction, and not all were defined around that time. For example, video game addiction was not officially defined until 1995, while alcohol addiction was defined in 1941.

• What is the impact of her addiction on herself, her family, her community, and/or society?

1. What are the consequences for her, her family, her workplace, and her community due to the addiction?
2. Has she lost her family, job, friends, community standing, self-esteem, credibility, freedom?

• Results
• Discuss the results of this case.

1. Did the client respond positively to the treatment?
2. Did the client relapse?

Your paper should:

• Be composed in MS Word and formatted in APA style
• Be at least 3 pages in length, not including the title page and references page
• Employ a minimum of two scholarly sources

CASE STUDY 3

dentified Client : Katie is a 35 year old woman, wife, mother of 2 young children, daughter, and rising professional.

Drug of Choice: Prescription Drugs. Mostly pain medication and soma (muscle relaxant).

Initial Contact: Lewis (husband) called to discuss the possibility of doing an Intervention with his wife, Katie. He believed she had relapsed back into using pain meds about 4 months previously. All the signs of the previous addiction were coming back. “I’ve had it. I’m not going to go through this again.” We scheduled an appointment and agreed to meet and discuss whether or not Intervention was the right option at this time. Lewis said he had been talking with Katie’s dad who lived across the country and that he was very concerned and asked if he could call me as well. We set up a time to meet again the following day.

Substance Abuse History: Katie had been to a residential treatment center 3 years before. The reason for her admission at that time was that she was abusing pain medication. She spent 4 weeks there and appeared to benefit from the program. She did not do any kind of follow-up. She did not attend any counseling or self-help (AA/NA meetings). She felt that she had gotten the pain med abuse under control and behind her. She didn’t care to go to the meetings because they reminded her of a low point in her life. Her husband did not attend the family program offered at the treatment center and agreed with Katie that they could put this unfortunate incident behind them and move on with their lives.

Katie initially began taking pain meds because of a low back pain she experienced in a car accident while in her mid-20’s. She took the medication as prescribed at the time but remembered how wonderful it made her feel about her whole life. Over the next several years there were times she had reason to visit her doctor about one thing or the other and usually was able to walk out of the doctor’s office with a prescription for some pain pills. As Katie’s life became more complicated with marriage, a child, her career taking off, and the day to day pressures of life, Katie looked for ways to make herself feel better. She began to seek out pain pills from friend, family, co-workers. If someone she knew had injured themselves in some way she was quick to inquire whether or not the doctor had given them any pills.

When Katie found out how to get pain pills through the Internet, her abuse turned to addiction in a short time. Things started moving quickly. Pain pills can be very expensive over the internet. Lewis became aware of the situation because of the financial stress on the family budget. He talked with her about this. She claimed she was only getting vitimaim. Then he talked with her parents. The parents decided to come for a visit and see what help they might be able to offer.

When the parents arrived, they along with Lewis sat down with Katie and expressed their concerns and worries. Katie after some time admitted that she in fact was buying pills over the internet and had also been seeing several doctors in her community for more pain pills. The family wanted her to enter a treatment program. She agreed and did so. That was 3 years ago.

Over the past several months, Katie’s pain pill seeking behaviors have returned. Lewis has contacted me. Frustrated and ready to end the marriage, he says that if this doesn’t stop immediately he is out of there.

Katie and Lewis had their second child about 6-months ago. Within the past 3 months, Lewis has had an accident at work were he ended up with a torn Achilles tendon and is off work and must use crutches to get around. Lewis has become the at home parent taking care of the children while Katie goes off to work. Lewis and Katie are also in the middle of a major home improvement project which Lewis is doing himself. The stress is high. The other day while Lewis was home tending to the family and remodel the FedEx truck delivered a package for Katie. Lewis had to sign for it. It felt like a bottle of pills to Lewis. He opened it. It was a bottle of 100 Vicodan (pain pills). Lewis was beside himself. He later told me that he had found evidence of FedEx deliveries several times during the past few months.Thus the call to me.

Katie’s Father called me later that day and recounted the previous history of the family meeting they had 3 years ago. He was very concerned that Katie was headed in this direction. He knew that Lewis was not a man to make idle threats. He would take the children and leave. He was scared that Katie might get worse and end up loosing her marriage, her children, possibly her job, and then what? Her life? He was making plans to come out as soon as possible. He wanted to know what he could do.

A meeting was scheduled for Lewis to come an talk with me further and discuss intervention and treatment options.

Office Meeting: When Lewis arrived at the office he brought Katie with him. He stated he had talked with her and told her that if she didn’t get help that he would not continue this way. The Father had also talked with her over the phone before this meeting and shared his concerns.

During the course of the meeting Lewis voiced his concerns again. Katie cried a low kind of little girl cry/wine and said she had stopped doing that and in fact hadn’t had any pain medication for over a week now. The notion of going into rehab was presented. Katie did not want to go back into treatment. “I can do this on my own, give me a chance to prove it to you. I can, let me try.” It was also suggested that perhaps Katie could benefit from going back into rehab program for a short stay of a week or 10-days to a relapse prevention kind of protocol. She wined and cried and got her way. Katie said she would do whatever it took so that she wouldn’t have to leave her children and her home. Lewis was unable to hold firm on Katie going into rehab. You’ll remember that he is now with his leg from the knee down in a cast, on crutches, and remodeling the home, plus taking care of the children. For whatever reasons, Lewis and Katie worked out an alternative plan. This plan consisted of her going to counseling one time per week. Remain abstinent and if any further use occurred then she would agree to a full course of at least one month of treatment in the program she had attended before.

I explained my concerns for this plan. It did not sound like a plan for success and I worried it would be a setup for failure. At any rate this was their choice and we scheduled a meeting for Katie and one for couples a few days later.

Outcome thus far: Katie kept her individual session with me a few days later. She said she had remained clean and hadn’t used any pills. Also claimed to not be experiencing any withdrawal or detox symptoms. “I feel fine, I really don’t need any kind of treatment” said Katie. “Why do you suppose you ended up at this place again in your life Katie?” I asked, “Oh I just get too stressed. I’ll be OK” she claimed. We met later in the week as a couple. They argued about money and whose suppose to watch the kids. Very little was talked about her substance abuse. Katie was a no call, no show for her second individual session. I haven’t heard from them in a couple of weeks. The prognosis is poor. I say that because I believe Katie is in need of treatment for her addiction to pain meds. Nothing was resolved in the brief therapy we did. Lewis seemed to change his mind from the concrete thinking of “Katie better get help or we’re done”. This could be for multiple reasons. Really nothing has changed. For someone who in the past had a significant pain pill abuse problem and then to relapse. Get basically no treatment and really sort of sweep it under the rug; this is going to be a problem again. Hopefully she, actually they, will get help then. And hopefully they won’t have to experience a major consequence because of her using.

Addiction is a disease. It is a progressive disease. It gets worse and worse. What they say in AA is left untreated; they’re only three possible outcomes: jails, institutions, and death.

Comment: Pain meds and other prescription drug abuse is epidemic in our country. More and more people are addicted to these drugs everyday. They are easy to come by and difficult to separate from. If you know someone who is experiencing a prescription drug abuse problem there is help available. Intervention Works!

Put yourself in the shoes of the Illinois Statewide Terrorism and Intelligence Center analysts who have just learned about the pump incident at the Curran-Gardner water plant. Use the following Getting Started Checklist questions to launch your analysis. Answer all 10 steps in the analysis.

Step 1: What has prompted the need for the analysis? For example, was it a news report, a new intelligence report, a new development, a perception of change, or a customer request?

Step 2: What is the key question that needs to be answered?

Step 3: Why is this issue important, and how can analysis make a meaningful contribution?

Step 4: Has your or another organization ever answered this or a similar question before, and, if so, what was said? To whom was this analysis delivered, and what has changed since that time?

Step 5: Who are the principal customers? Are these customers needs well understood? If not, try to gain a better understanding of their needs and the style of the reporting they like.

Step 6: Are there other stakeholders who would have an interest in the answer to this question? Who might have a different perspective and prefer that a different question be answered?

Step 7: From your first impressions, what are all the possible answers to this question? For example, what alternative explanations or outcomes should be considered before making an analytic judgment on the issue?

Step 8: Depending on responses to the previous questions, consider rewording the key question. Consider adding subordinate or supplemental questions.

Step 9: Generate a list of potential sources or streams of reporting to be explored.

Step 10: Who would you reach out to for their experience and expertise in other organizationsboth within and outside government.

For APA citation please refer to the book : Cases IN intelligence analysis structured analytic techniques in action second edition bu sarah miller Beebe and andolph H. Pherson

A A paper shows how an analyst would actually think through the problem

Assignment is about how analysts should approach the problem

when the information first appears, not about determining the final answer, Good analysts avoid jumping to conclusions

Primary goal is analytical reasoning

If you are uncertain about a topic, or if you have another idea for a topic, please email me using the MESSAGES tool. Further Directions: Identify the aspects of this particular deviance and discuss its overall impact on US society and culture. Discuss accepted policies and practices in dealing with this deviance and how attitudes have changed (if they have) over time. Last, project how you see this deviance being treated with the next 10-20 year period. Is the behavior becoming normalized? Your opinion does not determine your grade. Your grade is determined by how well you support your arguments utilizing the materials discussed in this course and research and reference material you locate on your own for this assignment. Document your facts utilizing standard APA style. **You should use a minimum of 5 to 7 peer reviewed sources in support of this paper. The paper is to be in APA format and the body of the paper is to be at least 8 to 10 pages. The body of the paper does not include the title page, table of contents, abstract, any appendix or references. The paper will be based on a 100-point scale. This is to be of high quality, free of spelling and grammatical errors, and of original work. Plagiarism will be dealt with harshly.

pick a topic that interest you for your career; which is law enforcement. write a research paper on ethical dilemmas faced by law enforcement officials focusing on police accountability and the use of force. who does it affect and how does it affect the well being of how the public views the criminal justice system. what holds these officers accounted for their actions while in stressful circumstances and still be able to protect themselves. I.e. body cameras, internal investigations, civilian review boards, and police department policy.

My professor is extremely picky, so please follow instructions carefully. He wants us to define the following key terms and answer the questions with 4 to 5 sentences each. I will attach an example from a previous chapter below (Chapter 6) to give you an idea of what a paper that gets full points looks like. Thank you.

1) Define the following key words: code of the streets; drug normalization thesis; enhancement perspective; facilitation perspective; grounded culture theory; Kingism; locura; moral transcendence; multiple marginalization; routine activities theory; selection perspective; social injury hypothesis; street organization; subculture of violence; threat; women’s liberation thesis

2) Compare and contrast perspectives of why youth join gangs and why gangs emerge.

3) Discuss how theories on crime and drug use have been applied to gangs.

4) Explain gender-specific perspectives on gangs.

5) Differentiate among the various perspectives on gang violence.