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Prepare: For all of your publications, you will be writing for Ashford University students. That means that you will need to understand the MAKEUP of the University. Review the Institutional Data for Student Enrollment. At the bottom of the chart, you can explore our audience by clicking the various categories under ?Filter.? This data will only tell you who the audience is. To find out more about the news habits of various groups, review the resources on the American Press Institute?s website. After you have reviewed this information, read Chapter 3: Audience Power and Chapter 9: From Consumer to Producer in Managing Today?s News Media: Audience First.

Reflect: After reviewing the characteristics of your audience and reading Chapters 3 and 9, reflect on the changing roles and responsibilities of media in society. Consider the following questions:
How has the ?two-way? conversation changed the roles and responsibilities of the news media?
How does the consumers? ability to GENERATE news media content impact the roles and responsibilities of mainstream news media?
Write: After reading and reflecting on the roles and responsibilities of the media, write a 250-word post that addresses the questions you reflected on. In your post, be sure to relate your position back to the audience that you have the responsibility of serving in creating your news media publications for this course. In your initial post, you must include at least one in-text citation from the reading material and an additional in-text citation from a scholarly source that you locate in the Ashford University Library or from another credible source. At the end of your post, include your name and a full reference for all sources cited in the body of your post. All citations and references must adhere to APA style guidelines as outlined.

Respond to Peers: After you have written your initial post, read the posts of your peers and respond to at least three of them. Be sure to identify at least one point in each argument with which you agree and at least one point with which you disagree. Your responses should address them by name, be between 100 and 150 words in length, and include your name at the end.

Assignment 1: Interviewing and Interrogating Special Populations: The Elderly
The role of the criminal justice system is to investigate, enforce the law, and protect victims, regardless of the victims’ or the perpetrators’ ages or physical condition. This presents a challenge for law enforcement in conducting investigations involving special populations, especially the elderly. The number of elderly individuals in the US population is among the fastest-growing demographics of the country.
As criminal justice professionals, we must exercise care while handling this special population. In the past, crimes committed by or against the elderly were considered insignificant and a low priority. A real consideration when dealing with the elderly is the ability of this group to be effective in prosecution. Can they handle the pressure of questioning by prosecutors and defense attorneys?
Criminal justice agencies must design methods and strategies for successfully engaging in these delicate investigations. Often, agencies do not have the required expertise in their ranks to effectively deal with the elderly and may need to consult with resources better EQUIPPED to handle their needs. Most agencies have created policies that dictate the methods used to handle investigations involving the elderly.
Submission Details:
By Saturday, January 14, 2017, in a minimum of 250 words, post your responses to the following to the Discussion Area:
Discuss appropriate techniques and strategies to use when interviewing or interrogating elderly citizens either as suspects or as victims.
Distinguish between interview and interrogation strategies used for elderly suspects versus elderly victims.
Explain the legal ramifications of each of these approaches. Compare your techniques and strategies with inappropriate approaches for the elderly population.
By Wednesday, January 18, 2017, read all your classmates’ posts and respond to at least two of them. When responding, use contradictions and counterexamples supported by class readings. You can ask questions, disagree with opinions, redirect your thoughts, or ask your classmates to rethink.
Discussion Grading Criteria and Rubric
All discussion assignments in this course will be graded using a rubric. This assignment is worth 40 points. Download the discussion rubric and carefully read it to understand the expectations.

Marla Santigo is an accountant for at Lemnah Company. Marla loves her job and spends countless hours working at the office. She enjoys working on taxes and reviewing financial records. Being an accountant was her dream and she reached hers goal after going to school evenings and weekends. Every morning she cannot wait to get to the office.
Darell Washington is a Quality Control Agent for an insurance company. He investigates potential fraud cases. He travels all over the United States investigating cases. He spends more time traveling then home. He has been doing this job for 10 years and feels the need for change. He no longer likes to be away from his family. He feels the company is full of politics and does not respect employees.
Mike Walker is a retail store manager for Outdoor Inc. He believes in the quality products his store sells. He comments that retail is a tough business but enjoys a challenge. He enjoys seeing the new products come into the store every season. His employees remark that Mike is a great manager and passionate about his job. He makes himself available to employees on days off and can often be found in the store during his vacation. Lately though, he is feeling stressed due to the demands from corporate about daily sales. He wants to succeed and get promoted but feels helpless because last quarter?s sales were down.
Working more than 40 hours, constant travelling, and being available 24 hours a day seven days a week can be a challenge to most people. This can leave them feeling stressed and burned out. However, some people find this exhilarating and thrive on the demands of the job and cannot wait for the next challenge.
Checklist:
Address the following questions in your 2?3 page essayadding an additional title and references page:
The three employees and their jobs at three different companies considered are:
Marla- Accountant; Darell- Quality Control Manager for an insurance company; and Mike, Retail Store Manager for an outdoor products company.
What characteristics of these jobs might contribute to increased levels of job satisfaction?
What characteristics of these jobs might contribute to decreased levels of job satisfaction?
The three individuals we just read about have different levels of satisfaction with their jobs, how might their levels of satisfaction relate to:
their job performance
citizenship behavior
turnover
company profit

What role do fire pumps play in extinguishing fires in large square footage (horizontal/vertical) structures i page

instruction:
conduct some research so that you can develop an idea of where you want to go with the topic and write a thesis statement. Before you write the Proposal, develop a basic outline of your ideas.

Guidelines for the Proposal : The proposal need to offer a detailed and full description of your project (as best you know it at the time of writing) in no more than 2 pages. provide at least one source of information related to their topics.

Compare and contrast online and offline sexual abusers. What are the similarities and differences between the two types of offenders?

NO DIRECT QUOTES

What role do social skills play in sexual offending? Why is it IMPORTANT to diagnose paraphilias?

NO DIRECT QUOTES
APA

Explain the differences between obscenity and pornography. Considering child and adult pornography, state the cases both for and against the belief that viewing pornography contributes to the commission of sex crimes.

Risk
Review the information for the two companies you have chosen and evaluate different types of risk associated with the businesses. How much of this information, if any do you find discussed in company reports? Is the information relevant for financial reporting purposes?
SLP Assignment Expectations
Always include the name of the organization(s), time period covered and source of information. It is IMPORTANT to answer the questions as posed. The document should be from 2 pages and written in a clear and concise manner. Don’t forget to include tables as required. Support your discussion or tables with references in APA format. You are encouraged to use Excel or other compatible spreadsheet when computations are involved. You can turn in the spreadsheet instead of the Word document. The content should be equivalent to the page length suggested for a word processing document.