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SOCIOLOGY – Predatory Violence and Drugs and Drug Taking

https://nook.barnesandnoble.com/products/9781483377360/sample?sourceEan=9781483377360 details of the first assignment:
Watch and write a 500-word (minimum) reaction paper about the content of a video listed below.

Raising Adam Lanza (32 min 10 sec)

Raising Adam Lanza

The Killer at Thurston High School (56 min 39 sec)
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/kinkel/

Students must address and explain their responses to the following questions:

1. What was your reaction or feelings about predatory violence as depicted in the video?
2. What information do you agree or disagree with from the video in comparison to Chapter 5 of the text?
3. Can you identify with a situation, position, or opinion discussed in the film? Explain.
4. What is the most important idea or concept presented in the video as it relates to Chapter 5 of the text?
5. Discuss the deviant(s) portrayed in the video and which theoretical perspective(s) best explains their thinking and behavior. See Module 2 for reading assignment Theoretical Perspectives on Deviance and instructional video Perspectives on Deviance.

Reaction papers do not require citations. These are opinion papers rather than research papers. However, if you choose to paraphrase or quote a source, reference must be cited (parenthetical and complete reference citations in ASA format). See Resources, ASA Resources for links to ASA format requirements and guidelines. Download Sociology Evaluation Rubric from Resources, Grading to view how papers will be graded.

second assignment:
Watch and write a 500-word (minimum) reaction paper about the content of a video listed below.

Mexico’s Drug War (59 min 13 sec)
https://youtu.be/e1zh2DcPp4Y

The Pot Republic (24 min 29 sec)
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/the-pot-republic/

Students must address and explain their responses to the following questions:

1. What was your reaction or feelings about drugs and drug taking as depicted in the video?
2. What information do you agree or disagree with from the video in comparison to Chapter 9 of the text?
3. Can you identify with a situation, position, or opinion discussed in the film? Explain.
4. What is the most important idea or concept presented in the video as it relates to Chapter 9 of the text?
5. Discuss the deviant(s) portrayed in the video and which theoretical perspective(s) best explains their thinking and behavior. See Module 2 for reading assignment Theoretical Perspectives on Deviance and instructional video Perspectives on Deviance.

2:ETHICS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE

You and your partner are detectives working in plain clothes- For several days, you have been staking out an elementary school playground where an adult
male reportedly has been approaching the children- One particular morning, you have observed a man in his car parked alongside the school yard. When he
calls a little girl over to his car and she approaches him on the driver’s side, you exit from your unmarked vehicle and approach his vehicle from the
passenger side so that he cannot see you easily in his rear view mirror. When you get just behind his car on the passenger side, you observe that he has his
pants open. With his left hand, he is stroking the girl’s hair.
You call for your partner over the radio and move to arrest the suspect. Showing him your badge, you order him to close his pants and get out of his car. You
handcuff him and place him in the back of your unmarked vehicle, while your partner returns the girl to the safekeeping of school administrators-
After telling the suspect of his right to remain silent, you begin interrogating him, recording his name, address, and so forth while awaiting your partner’s
return-
When your partner comes back, he gets in the rear of your vehicle with the suspect (a violation of department regulations, unless there is reason to believe
that the passenger is suicidal). You remind your partner that riding in the back is a violation of the rules, but he stays there anyway; tells you to drive to the
station; and turning to the suspect, calls him a “maggot-” As you drive, your partner starts punching the suspect repeatedly in the face and the crotch. He
even leans back and, bracing himself against the car door, kicks the suspect in the chest and shoulders with the heel of his shoe. When the suspect turns to
avoid the blows, your partner kicks him in the back and kidney areas- Throughout this beating, the suspect offers no resistance of any kind. You hear the
sounds of the beating and, looking in the rear view mirror, you see your partner striking the suspect. After about a minute, you pull the vehicle over, open the
rear door and persuade your partner to get out of the back seat and come sit beside you in the front-
After the suspect is booked and in a holding cell, your partner tells you he will write a report that includes the assertion that the child molester forcefully
resisted arrest and sustained injuries during the scuffle to handcuff him- He tells you that he will write the report and sign it, and that you do not have to be
associated with its contents-
At his trial, the offender pleads guilty to child molestation charges and is sentenced to 3 years in prison, to be served at a treatment center for sexual
offenders. Soon afterwards, your partner is sued by the offender for physical abuse and injury. Claiming kidney damage, loss of two teeth, civil rights
violations, and psychological trauma, the convicted molester is asking a civil (not a criminal) court for an award of $2 million from your department and
$500,000 from your partner. You receive a subpoena from the court to appear at the trial. In addition, the lntemal Affairs Division will launch its own
investigation of the allegations, and it informs you that you will be called in to make a statement under oath at a hearing about the events. If the department
frnds sufficient grounds to believe that your partner acted brutally, he will be suspended, or more likely, frred; if the civil jury finds that he was abusive, he may
be forced to sell his home and car to pay the award to the victim. You may also be disciplined for failure to protect your prisoner. Comments in the locker
room by other officers make it clear that, given the nature of the victim, they expect you to do whatever is necessary to protect your partner from being held
accountable, as well as to protect yourself.
Assignment Guidelines
What are your options with regard to the above scenario?
0 List each option, and provide a brief explanation of the benefits and consequences for selecting that option-
How would you apply the following factors to the scenario?
0 Intentions
o Seemliness
o Proportionality
o Minimization

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