...CITY DEMOGRAPHICS AND CRIME PROFILE JO MORRIS AJS/514 April 18, 2016 Cheryl Reyes CITY DEMOGRAPHICS AND CRIME PROFILE Demographics does provide the specific necessary in obtaining knowledge that pertains to the city’s inhabitants. Acquiring this kind of information is vital of the creation of a flourishing municipality. The demographic data can offer critical material, such as the districts in which the residents reside in, high crime areas. The demographic attributes of the general public areas of expansion, class prospects, sales perspectives and the study of marketplace infiltration. The purpose of this paper is to elucidate the social and intellectual contexts, the beliefs of the populace in reference to criminal behavior the changes applied when moving away from the city center, zones of transitions, and crime hot spots, as pertained to Chicago Illinois. Chicago is approximately 2000sq miles with an estimated population of 2.74 million residents. Within the city of Chicago there is a wide range of ethnic backgrounds and multiple cultural centers. Identification and rationale for the choice of one sociologic theory that best explains the crime in your chosen city The crime rate in Chicago is affected by the socioeconomic status of the residents. As the status decreases, the crime does increases. When the economy took a turn from the worse the economic status of individuals decreased more people found themselves in poverty or low income level instead of middle class...
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...Chatham, Chicago Southside Chatham is an urban community located on the south side of the city of Chicago. The Chatham community has a population of approximately 37,000 (U.S. Census 2000). The heterogeneity and density level of the community is high. The demographic of the community consists of 98% African American, 59% Hispanic, 32% white, 7% Asian, and 1% other (U.S. Census 2000). The median income of the residents is $35,000 (U.S. Census 2000). The natural boundary for the Chatham community, are division lines set by the political system. These lines distinguish each community and establish wards. Wards are part of the larger governing systems represented by Alderman. This is an example of the political-legal approach of the structural theories. The other structural theory approach seen in the community is the power structure. The elected Alderwoman Freddrenna M.Lyle holds the power and facilitates the social networking of the community with the larger political system. Using equifinality, she advocates professionally and politically for needed resources. Her power in the community is, based on her status, reputation, and position. Mapping assets of the community will help decrease crime and poverty levels. Advertising the seven area parks and their attractiveness to tourism, along with the prolific state university and active organizations will stimulate capacity building. The Chatham community show great interest for the seniors in the area...
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...FEDERAL UNIVERSITY KASHERE P.M.B 0182, GOMBE FACULTY OF HUMANITIES, MANAGEMENT AND SOCIAL SCIENCE COURSE CODE; 4303 COURSE TITLE; DEMOGRAPHY ASSIGNMENT QUESTION; Brief Explanation of Demographic Transition Theory GROUP (5) MEMBERS FUK/HMSS/12B/SOC/1042 FUK/HMSS/12B/SOC/1043 FUK/HMSS/12B/SOC/1044 Course lecturer; PROF. UMAR BAPPAH TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Demographic transitional theory 3. Stages of demographic transitional theory 4. Criticisms of demographic transitional theory 5. Summary of demographic transitional theory 6. References INTRODUCTION Demographic transition (DT) refers to the transition from high birth and death rate to low birth and death rates as a country develops from a pre-industrial to an industrialized economic system. This is typically demonstrated through a demographic transition theory. The theory is based on an interpretation of demography history developed in 1929 by the American demographer Warren Thompson (1887–1973) Thompson observed changes, or transitions, in birth and death rates in industrialized societies over the previous 200 years. Most developed countries are in stage 3 or 4 of the model; the majority...
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...The Cultural Challenges of Doing Business Overseas EC0/561 8/2/2014 Dr. Sharghi The Cultural Challenges of Doing Business Overseas This paper will provide an analysis of Steve Kafka’s decision to open and operate a Chicago-style pizza business in the Czech Republic (University of Phoenix, 2011). This analysis will include information on the cultural differences between the United States and the Czech Republic and how these differences may affect the business climate. This paper will also review potential risks in doing business overseas and what Kafka may be able to do to mitigate these risks. In addition, trade barriers and price structures will also be discussed. Background Kafka is an American of Czech heritage, speaks fluent Czech, and has traveled to the Czech Republic on many occasions, thus giving him confidence in his understanding of the business environment and economy opportunities (University of Phoenix, 2011). Kafka also has many friends and family members living in the Czech Republic which also give him the ability to better learn about cultural differences and standard customs. The Czech Republic is a member of the European Union, NATO, the World Trade Organization, the European Bank for Reconstruction, and the International Monetary Fund, and the International Bank for Reconstruction (Doing Business, 2011). The monetary unit used is the Czech crown rather than the Euro and credit cards are commonly accepted, including the...
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...While national news media continue to focus on race in Ferguson, Missouri, where a white police officer shot and killed an unarmed black teenager, they apparently don’t think a similar case in Utah with the races reversed is that newsworthy. According to several media outlets the shooting death of Michael brown on August 9, 2014 in Fergusson, Missouri. Mike Brown an unarmed black teenage male was shot and killed by a white Police Officer Darren Wilson causing a uproar of riots, protest and discussion of police brutality and racism in United States. This incident gained national attention on social media, it was broadcast on television and newspaper worldwide. The facts and the circumstances of Mike Brown shooting incident still under federal and local investigation yet it resulted in protests and civil disorder and it also attracted attention of civil rights leaders, Celebrities, athletes, and the president of the United States also made a comment regarding this incident. According to the Washington times in salt Lake City, Utah Mr. Dillon Taylor 20 years old white male was exiting a 7-eleven with his brother and cousin when officers arrived into investigate of a person with a gun call in the area. Mr. Taylor whom was unarmed and wearing headphones at the time ignored officer’s command and he was shot by the officer who is African American. Mr. Taylor’s friends and family held protest outside of state and federal offices demanding justice. Mr. Taylor incident occurred...
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...idea, different from any below, that you want to pursue, you must obtain permission to do it. You will be asked to show that you really know: 1) your research question, 2) the limitations and advantages of your proposed methodology, 3) how your research is situated within a tradition of sociolinguistic research. General Calendar: The notations for WEEKS show a recommended schedule for working on the project without having a frantic rush at any one time. 1. WEEK 2: In class this week, you will choose a presentation. Carefully consider making your data collection project tied to this presentation. This is because you want to have a good understanding of some of the extant research on your topic around which you can structure your project. Previous research also gives you 1) good insight into how to narrow a topic of appropriate size for focused study, 2) insight into the theoretical and research questions that sociolinguists ask. 2. WEEKS 3-4: Make a final decision about your research topic. First, read the options, below, under “Project Topics.” Choose one of these, perhaps as part of a group doing the same topic. You still have to collect data and figure out how you will do other parts of the projects that are...
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...paper is open-ended. Please develop your thoughts based on the book Labor and Legality. 1. A quality paper will have a strong analysis that draws from concepts learned from the book and also from class. Your arguments should be supported by proper evidence from the book. In other words, your thoughts must be fully engaged with the reading. Thus, proper citations, a clear structure, and also format requirements listed below would be important. 1. Format requirement. 1) Your review should be 3-5 pages (with a separate references cited page), which is a small adjustment from the syllabus. You will still need to use 1-inch margins, double-spaced, 12-point font. 2) Please review the section of the syllabus labeled “2” under “expectations” for information on academic integrity. Plagiarism will not be tolerated. Use in-text citations per the Chicago Style Manual when directly quoting or paraphrasing an author and make sure to include a “works cited” section. If there is any other citation style you are familiar with, you can use that style. Please refer this link, if you want to learn about Chicago Style Manual :https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/717/01/ 1. Papers should be turned in on Compass2g by 11 am November 3rd, in order to avoid the late writing assignment penalty outlined in the section labeled “8” under “expectations.” It states that,...
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...BUS 499—Business Administration Capstone January 13, 2012 Introduction The main purpose of this essay is to analyze the social/demographic, technological, economic, environment/geographic and political/legal/governmental segments to understand the general environment facing Great Lakes. It will also describe how Great Lakes will be affected by each of these external factors. It will then analyze the lead additives industry in the U.S. using the Five Forces of Competition Model. The Five Forces will display the impact it has on the industry based on the analysis, in which it can then be determined if the industry is attractive or unattractive. Next this essay will describe who Great Lakes’ immediate, impending, and invisible competitors are and how Great Lakes measures up against these competitors. For the conclusion it will describe the main capabilities of Great Lakes. Great Lakes: Great Decision Perform an analysis of the social/demographic, technological, economic, environmental/geographic, and political/legal/governmental segments to understand the general environment facing Great Lakes. Describe how Great Lakes will be affected by each of these external factors. Social/Demographic Social/Demographic: Great decisions are constantly being debated for the Great Lakes as to what factors tend to affect the Social and Demographic segment. Socially our society determines the affects that is make on the Great Lakes. Recently a study of the people migrating in...
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...2014年4月14日 Strategic outsourcing of apple computers inc - Term Papers - Addsweetie « Study and create flashcards for free at Cram.com Upgrade | Hi cbccabc Get Access to over 1,668,827 More Essays. Upgrade Your Account Now. Essays Book Notes AP Notes Citation Generator More Search essays Home » Business & Economy Strategic outsourcing of apple computers inc By addsweetie, feb. 2012 | 2 Pages (465 Words) | 9 Views| (1) | | Upgrade to access full essay This is a Premium essay for upgraded members Strategic outsourcing involves separating out some of a company’s value creation activities within a business and letting them be performed by an independent entity. Indeed, Apple has outsourced various functions in terms of manufacturing, assembly and logistics as its contract manufacturers and outsourcing companies can perform several value-creation functions at a lower cost due to low-cost location and other competitive advantages. We are living in a globalized economy in which overhead and production costs are the single most important financial factor that can determine a product’s success or failure. Apple produces most of its products such as iPods, iPod minis and iPhone in China, thus ensuring a very low production cost and an increased US market attractiveness (Scribd, 2011).The single most important reason for outsourcing iPod and iPhone production to China is that the manufacturing costs are significantly lower than what...
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...Assignment 2 Operations Decision By: Tibebe Abettu Submitted To: Professor Lundondo Mumeka ECO 555 Managerial Economics Strayer University August, 2014 Despite outstanding technological advancements in the industry, the quality of manufactured food products has become a major concerns of the time when seen from the health and wellness perspective. In the 21st century higher income, urbanization, other demographic shifts, improved transportation, and consumer perceptions regarding quality and safety are changing the global food consumption patterns. Even though the consumption of such food products is ever increasing due to the rising population growth in the world, thanks to the advancement of information technology people has now become more and more concerned about their health and well being especially in the developed world. Some Low-fat, low-calorie food products have been there for decades but have gained greater acceptance when their nutritional virtues are being Recognized (Altschul). The growing social awareness and initiative regarding health and wellness is also gaining traction among food manufacturers around the world that many of them are changing their business models to satisfy the growing demand. Foods with low calories and low fat have gained vast popularity in the past few years. The companies that have emerged as the vital competitors in this line of business are Healthy Choice and Lean Cuisine. These companies contain a...
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...allotted. Therefore, the 2007 cost pool allocation amount divided by the 2007 generated patient revenues will result in an allocation rate of 0.02 ($100,000 / $5,000,000 = 0.02) B. Hours of housekeeping services is used as the cost driver? The 2007 cost pool allocation amount divided by the total hours (cost driver) of housekeeping services will result in an allocation rate of $20.00 per hour ($100,000 / 5,000 = 20.) 3 What is a cost-volume-profit (CVP) analysis and why is it useful to health service managers? Cost –volume-profit (CVP) is defined as the technique that is applied to an organization’s cost and revenue structure which analyzes the volume effect changes on costs and profits (Gapenski, 2008, p. 632). In addition , this analysis is also known as profit analysis which is an applied technique to the organization’s cost and revenue structure...
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...Kendall College The Peninsula Hotel Chicago A Marketing Plan • Executive Summary Set in the heart of the “Magnificent Mile”, The Peninsula Hotel Chicago is ideally situated for visitors to experience all that the city has to offer. On the doorstep of Chicago’s premier business and shopping district, the hotel is located in the center of the city’s most exclusive shops and steps from the historic Water Tower. The Peninsula Chicago has 339 luxurious and spacious guestrooms and suites furnished in a magnificent classical style. The Peninsula Hotel property is renowned for its convenient and strategic location within the city. Also synonymous with the brand are the high level of personal service guests receive, and the comprehensive business facility available in luxurious settings. The Peninsula Chicago is targeting rich businessmen, repeat executives and leisure travelers by offering them great discounts in order to bring the occupancy and revenue up for the second quarter of 2011. By analyzing the marketing environment and completing the SWOT analysis the hotel can create specific strategies in order to meet the marketing objectives. The action plan will organize and distinguish the activities during the second quarter within the marketing team. Our marketing plan is structured to enable us to achieve the strategic goals we have set for ourselves in terms of increasing overall revenue as a result of differentiating our products and services from the competition. Our...
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...Overview The Quad City Area (QCA) is a multi-cultural environment with “4,017 beauty salons, barbershops, hairdressers, and beauty schools” (Census. Gov., 2010, p. 1). A breakdown of the above total for beauty salons and barbershops data reveals that there are four beauty salons and two barber shops that are minority owned businesses in this region. According to research, these businesses purchase beauty products and hair supplies from venders in Chicago, Illinois and Los Angeles, California. Thus, operating this type of business in the QCA provides the targeted audiences of customer and operator needs. Monique’s Cosmopolitan Beauty and Hair Care, LLC clearly is a sustainable business with the competitive advantage in this market. Appendix A: Sample Cost of Doing Business Comparison, Quad Cities shows the cost of doing business in the QCA compared to Chicago and Los Angeles. QCA Profile The business opportunities in this region are ripe for the entrepreneur. According to the Quad Cities Demographic and Economic Profiles, the “population is 422,000 with 49.4% male and 50.7% female” (Quad City Chambers, 2013, p. 1). The minority population provides the following data according to the GreaterQCRegion (2010), “a) African American population 26,466, b) American Indian and Alaska Native population 1,134, c) Asian population 6,344, and d)...
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...NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES IMPLICATIONS OF POPULATION AGING FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH David E. Bloom David Canning Günther Fink Working Paper 16705 http://www.nber.org/papers/w16705 NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH 1050 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138 January 2011 Support for this work was provided by the Program on the Global Demography of Aging at Harvard University, funded by Award Number P30AG024409 from the National Institute on Aging. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institute on Aging or the National Institutes of Health. The authors thank Marija Ozolins and Larry Rosenberg for their assistance in the preparation of this paper. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research. NBER working papers are circulated for discussion and comment purposes. They have not been peerreviewed or been subject to the review by the NBER Board of Directors that accompanies official NBER publications. © 2011 by David E. Bloom, David Canning, and Günther Fink. All rights reserved. Short sections of text, not to exceed two paragraphs, may be quoted without explicit permission provided that full credit, including © notice, is given to the source. Implications of Population Aging for Economic Growth David E. Bloom, David Canning, and Günther Fink NBER Working Paper No. 16705 January 2011 JEL No....
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...awareness of health and environmental benefits derived from riding instead of driving. Table . Major U.S. metro markets[?] |CITY |LAUNCH YEAR |STATIONS |NUMBER OF BIKES | |NEW YORK, NY |2013 |332 |5850 | |WASHINGTON, DC |2012 |300 |2500 | |BAY AREA, CA |2013 |70 |700 | |BOSTON, MA |2011 |140 |1301 | |CHICAGO, IL |2013 |400 |4000 | |COLUMBUS, OH |2013 |30 |300 | Markets welcomed the new offering. Service in New York City had 9,000 customers signed up before launch and attracted $41 million in sponsorship from Citi Bank (CBS/AP 2013)[?]. 22,000 members of the D.C. service avoided 4,400,000 miles of driving a year and reduced carbon...
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