Recent orders
Comparative Criminal Justice
Comparative Criminal Justice
Student’s Name
Institutional Affiliation
Course Number and Name
Instructor Name`
Due date
Comparative Criminal Justice
For a person who has committed a crime in the United States, it would be their wish to be given the least harsh punishment. However, that is not always the case, and sometimes the person is given a sentence or judgment they never expected. In a hypothetical situation where I am accused of a felony and have to be tried, there are countries I would least want to be tried in and others I would wish to be tried in. this is because some countries have rigorous legal justice. In contrast, others are very flexible and are not very rough with their legal systems. If I were accused of a felony, I would like to be tried in Great Britain. However, I would least like to be tested in China. This paper discusses the reasons as to why I would like to be tried in the United Kingdom and not in china.
The United States of America has a history that highly involves great Britain. This comes from the fact that Great Britain colonized the first 13 initial states of America. Therefore, from there, the union’s founders came up with the declaration of freedom and, later on, articles of the federation. This means that the fathers of the confederation had a significant borrowing from the English people. This includes the language as well. The other reason is that Great Britain prohibits capital punishment, and the same also happens in most of the states of America. Apart from that, in the United Kingdom, there is a very high encouragement that the locals should see to it that justice is done within the guidelines of the national government, and the same is the case in the United States. This information suggests that it is straightforward for an American to fit into the life of the United Kingdom and not feel completely lost. This also means that the laws that will bind me are somehow familiar to me, and I will know how to defend myself.
On the other hand, in China, life is entirely different from that in America. First of all, in America, there is freedom, and people can track what the rest of the world is doing. In China, it is challenging to get information from the outside world due to censorship by the government. This first of all means I will have little knowledge about their justice system. Second, china allows capital punishment, and I would hate to die young; it is better to be imprisoned than die. The other thing is that a large percentage of china, or rather the political side, does not like America because of the economic battle. Even though there is no proof that I can be treated inhumanely, the possibility is high, and I would hate that. The other thing is that the Chinese use their language, and therefore without interpretation, it will be difficult for me to understand everything they are saying. From the fact that china allows capital punishment, their justice system seems to be tough, and therefore my fundamental rights are not considered. Therefore, I would not consider being tried in this country very dangerous and not good at all.
Reference
Dammer, H. R., & Albanese, J. S. (2013). Comparative criminal justice systems. Cengage Learning.
Lincoln University of Missouri (2)
Child Abuse Survivors
Mykia D. Chaney
Lincoln University of Missouri
Child Abuse Survivors
Child abuse survivor is the group I intend to form is on helping children and teens to learn different coping mechanisms for dealing with childhood trauma and abuse. As of 2018 from the “National statistics on child abuse 678, 000 children were victims of abuse and neglect, which is terrible, & child abuse can have lasting effects forever. Population that has my interest is the younger youth meaning children and teens. I intend to create an organization that will help children and the younger youth at learning different coping mechanisms to help childhood trauma and abuse. Without lashing out on those who are helping and not to harm the population you are interested in & forming a group for”. (NCA Statistics 2018)
Type of Group
Proposed Group
I am proposing a counseling group, which is ) session there will be only 20 individuals to not overwhelm anyone with being too many people in attendance, & may cause certain triggers. Someone having anxiety could be triggered from very big groups and that is something not wanted in the group. As for the time limit of the group, sessions will be approximately 20 to 25 minutes per and how good they do from the beginning. It is dependent on keeping a time limit on the sessions just because some people may need more time than others and you do not want them to think that they are receiving a time limit on their healing process. Location preference I would prefer there be in an enclosed area or room that is very spacious. Having a nice view is good for them to go relax if they are being overwhelmed with a new area and people, I would also like for there to be somewhere they could enjoy a small snack or something during the session & that would be perfect. Although, in the beginning I will not make attendance mandatory at least not for the teens. Just because I would like to see where the teens are in their healing process as for the children that are younger. I will make kids’ attendance mandatory because they are not that great on decision making or even know where to start their healing process.( Cory et 2016 )
Ethical Standards
Brief introduction about this section of the paper. Let the reader know what you are getting ready to talk about in this section.
Social Workers’ Ethical Responsibilities to Clients
Commitment to Clients
Social workers’ primary responsibility is to promote the well-being of clients. In general, clients’ interests are primary. However, social workers’ responsibility to the larger society or specific legal obligations may on limited occasions supersede the loyalty owed clients, and clients should be so advised. (Examples include when a social worker is required by law to report that a client has abused a child or has threatened to harm self or others.) (National Association of Social Workers, 2017).
Explain why this ethical standard is relevant to your proposed group. NASW will be cited in this section.
Social Workers’ Ethical Responsibilities to Colleagues
2.05 Consultation
a) Social workers should seek the advice and counsel of colleagues whenever such consultation is in the best interests of clients. (National Association of Social Workers, 2017).
c) When consulting with colleagues about clients, social workers should disclose the least amount of information necessary to achieve the purposes of the consultation. (National Association of Social Workers, 2017).
Explain why this ethical standard is relevant to your proposed group.
Leadership Skills and Challenges
In this section, you will explain what leadership skills you will need for the group and some challenges you may face while leading the group.
Multicultural Perspectives
This section you will discuss the particular issues that may arise in your group because of culture and how you will address them. Chapter 1 or use the handouts provided in class.
Curriculum
In this section of the paper, I will go over the curriculum for my proposed counseling group for the child abuse survivors for the 4 weeks. For each week, I include a purpose, goals or objectives, topics and activities.
Week 1
Purpose.
Getting individuals focused on themselves and their purpose for being in this group
Goals or Objectives.
1. Help group members see the bigger picture to fix their problems
2. Help group members learn how to deal their trauma
Topics.
Looking beyond the abuse.
This topic is relevant because it will help the child abuse survivors not feel like their abuse is all that defines them
Activities
Group members write down why they are in the group and what they want to achieve from participating.
Each group member discuss their main goal of the group
Journal writing
Week 2
Purpose.
Creating a judgment free zone so group members can share their stories.
Goals or Objectives.
Learning the do’s and don’ts so everyone can confidently share
Getting group members to learn from each other.
Each group member shares their story
Topics.
Creating a safe space to learn from each other.
This is relevant because everyone should feel safe in the group and unafraid to share his or her stories.
Activities.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Week 3
Purpose.
Rediscovering and introducing ways to cope and practice self-care
Goals or Objectives.
1. Providing tools that group members can use to cope when they are feeling bad
2. Teaching self-care techniques specifically for trauma survivors
Topics.
Coping in everyday life.
Activities.
Coping booklet This is relevant to my group because…
Learning different ways of doing self care
Making a mall support group for one another
A game a telephone learning to phone a friend
Week 4
Purpose.
Should be related to ending the group and providing referral if needed.
Goals or Objectives.
How to use the coping skills that was taught
have them do an assessment proving that they know how to do what was taught .
Topics.
Topic is
It is relevant because
Activities.
Conclusion
Summarize your proposal. This section should include at least one reference.
References Part 4
Final paper must include at least 7 references
Appendix Part 4
Group Rules
Informed Consent (if necessary)
Activities –detailed descriptions
Handouts
Questionnaires
If you mentioned providing it to your group members, you must have it in your appendix.
Comparative Analysis
Name:
Course:
Professor:
Date:
Comparative Analysis
Many people consider comics to be a form of art mostly pictures but to do not believe it an actual form of reading. Comic books are meant to provide entertainment mainly due to their representation of figures and photographs. In recent times, however, there has arisen a debate on regarding comics as a form of reading. Reading is traditionally taken to refer to books and words. Comics incorporates images and words and demands that the reader interprets them both verbally and visually, hence stimulating the senses more. Will Eisner asserts that comics are a form of literacy that allows the reader to read while at the same time seeing the images representing the information in words. To examine this claim, we take a look at the graphic novel ‘The Complete Maus’ by Art Spiegelman.
The argument that text accompanied by images allows the reader to get a more thorough understanding of information. The novel by Spiegelman begins with a cover whose imagery is vivid, and the reader can get a glimpse of what it means. On the cover is an image of two mice who appear to be cowering and above them is the face of a menacing cat. The novel revolves around the hatred of Jews represented by mice by the Nazis who are represented by cats. Pigs in the story represent the Poles. The cover art alone is a clear indication that the cat is a threat to the mice which is true of the real situation between cats and mice usually.
The novel begins with Art interviewing his father on the events of the Holocaust. Art’s father tells him of how he met his wife, Art’s mother. The pictures show Art’s father dancing with a lady who asks him why she doesn’t invite him to his home. In the picture, the lady mouse looks wistfully back at what is Art’s father’s house. His dad had to break free from another woman known as Lucia as he loved Art’s mom, Anja. Her parents wouldn’t let her go out, so they had to meet at their parent’s homes. While reading the beginnings of this story, the pictures are quite captivating, and the reader can visualize the actual events. For example, Lucia trying to hug Art’ father while saying, “Forget her! You make me happy.” From the picture, we can see Art’s father trying to push her away, and it is evident that Lucia was quite unwilling to let go of him. She even fell to the floor begging Vladek not to leave her.
Page 23 shows Vladek instructing Art not to write any personal things in his novel. Vladek points his finger at Art to prove that he is serious while Art raises his hand in compliance with his father’s wishes. The second chapter talks about how Art went back to his father to get more information about their marriage. It talks about Anja’s ties to communists and how she was almost arrested. The pictures show her frantically trying to hide communist documents and how she ran to hide them with her neighbor, the seamstress. “I never saw the package before; one of my customers must have left it,” was the seamstress’ feeble protest (Spiegelman 28).The visuals show the arrest and make the story all the more vivid and exciting for the reader.
Page 32 shows the first image of a Nazi flag, the swastika, in a small town. Every Jew got frightened; they knew what it meant for them. Many stories abound of Jews killed and humiliated by the Germans (Spiegelman 32). Anja stayed in the sanatorium for a while, and Vladek stayed with her. When they got back, they got the news that their factory had been robbed. “It happened last month; they took everything!” The picture shows Vladek holding his face in dejection, gaining the empathy of the reader.
Page 38 shows soldiers in the march against Germany with Vladek being one of them. While telling this part of the story, Vladek begins to rub his eyes in the picture showing how emotional the memory still was for him. ‘It’s my eyes,’ he said, but he was tearing up. Vladek tells of how his father starved him and his brother so that they would not be enlisted and this tactic worked. Eventually, Vladek joined the army but was captured by the Germans (Spiegelman 50). The comic shows a picture of the captured soldiers being led across the bridge to the German’s side of the river.
They were released and taken back to Lublin where they heard terrible stores of hundreds who had been shot by the Germans. Page 71 is the beginning of the fourth chapter and shows mice hanging from ropes around their necks, signifying what was to come in the Holocaust. Vladek describes a scene in Ilzecki, ‘”I had to pass near, and they were grabbing Jews, papers or no.”(Spiegelman 80) The picture in that page is one of chaos; mice running away as cats grabbed them. Mice hanged publicly on page 83 gives an image of just how ruthless the Germans were. To avoid the gas chambers, a mother killed herself and her three children. The ghettos in which the Jews lived were to be liquidated and sent to Auschwitz; many were killed in the process. (Spiegelman 113)
Eisner explains that “In its most economical state, comics employ a series of repetitive images and recognizable symbols.” (Eisner 8). This is true of the comic book ‘The Complete Maus.’ The mice and cats to shoe Jews and Nazis respectively make them more recognizable to the reader. The animals are also a form of symbolism that requires the intellectual interpretation of the reader. Mice are oppressed by cats that are powerful.
Eisner also says that the visuals are a connection between the author of the novel and the reader. “Comics communicate in a language that relies on a visual experience common to both creator and audience.” (Eisner 7). Without the visuals in ‘The Complete Maus’, Art might not have been able to communicate his language as clearly.
The Complete Maus tells the story of a horrific event in history with a simplicity that makes it all the more profound. Reading this graphic novel with the aid of the pictures allows the reader to empathize with the characters in the story; to feel their pain and their fear. Reading the words at the same time as the images representing them conveys the message in a more precise manner. Will Eisner’s claim that “psychological processes involved in viewing a word and an image are analogous” (Eisner 8) has been validated in ‘The Complete Maus.’
Works Cited
Spiegelman, Art. The complete maus: A survivor’s tale. Vol. 1. Pantheon, 1997.
Eisner, Will. “Theory of Comics and Sequential art.” Pridobljen s http://www. floobynooby. com/pdfs/Will_Eisner-Theory_of_Comics_and_Sequential_Art. pdf (1985).