...incidents of police involved shootings. Write each of the following for your project: (5 Points) Research Question: Do officers who carry taser guns prevent of decrease police shootings? Null Hypothesis: There will be no difference between the recidivism rate of officers carrying taser guns and incidents of police involved in shootings. Non-Directional Research Hypothesis: The recidivism rate between officers carrying taser guns is different from the recidivism rate of police involved in shootings. Directional Research Hypothesis: The relationship between officers carrying taser guns is higher than the recidivism rate of incidents of police involved in shootings. 2) Which of the following is NOT a key point on sampling? (3 Points) A) The population must be clearly defined B) The property of interest must be clearly defined C) The findings must be statistically significant D) The sample must be representative of the population 3) What is the definition of sampling bias? Give an example of when a sample is biased. (5 Points) • Sampling bias is a consistent error that arises due to the sample selection. For example, a survey of high school students to measure teenage use of illegal drugs will be a biased sample because it does not include home schooled students or dropouts. 4) What are the three primary sources of data? Briefly discuss the pros and cons of each. (5 Points) ...
Words: 475 - Pages: 2
...Another Pro is high-capacity magazines should be banned because they too often turn murder into a mass murder, the next Con is gun control laws infringe upon the right to self-defense and deny people a sense of safety. The last Pro that will add is more gun control laws are needed to protect women from domestic abusers and stalkers, and the last Con I will add is gun control laws, especially those that try to ban “assault weapons” infringe upon the right to own guns for hunting and or sports. Did you know that at least five women a day are killed by guns in America, and women are at risk of being murdered increase by 500% if there is a gun in a domestic dispute. I think that if they take away our guns from us then it left us variable and it will let other people come over and invade us and if they take our guns and the military fail we have no way to defend us. Another thing if they take our guns then if we get broken...
Words: 1261 - Pages: 6
...Twenty American schools have been tainted with blood and bullets. America's youth are terrified of going to school because the one kid in English is 'weird'. Civilians can purchase firearms used in the military for whatever purpose. A gun built for shooting down an army of men is available to whoever. Yes, mental health regulations exist – but how seriously are we taking it? The answer should be obvious. Imagine having a full year without your phone flooding with news headlines; "breaking news: sixty dead in mass shooting"…."seventeen shot dead in Parkland High School, Florida." Between the ages of zero and nineteen, forty-one children and teens are shot in murders, assaults, suicides, suicide attempts, unintentional shootings, and police intervention daily. According to The Brady Campaign, even children and teens die from gun violence. Four of them are murdered, and three are lost to suicide. Every day, forty children and teens are shot and survive. Thirty-one are shot in an armed attack, and one survives a suicide attempt, and 8 are shot unintentionally. It should scare us to know that every day our youth somehow come face-to-face with a gun, and they lose their lives due to something preventable....
Words: 976 - Pages: 4
...Lindsey Kjer, Stuart Moneymaker, Christina Marquez and Josh Marr BCOM/275 April 15, 2013 Gun Control Debate Gun control is a heated topic for debate right now in the United States. Many people are pro-gun control while others are against it. One fact is: “The Second Amendment only restricts the federal and state governments from imposing gun control that would completely deprive citizens of the right to defend their homes and their right to take part in defending their liberties as members of a national militia” (Charles, 2013). There is always some level of gun control. It can rise of course, but they cannot be taken away to their entirety. There are many pros to debate as well as cons. As gun control is discussed, we will come across ethical, moral, and legal issues. The Pros of Gun Control Do we not have enough gun violence occurring in today’s society that we feel the need to grant Americans permission to bear arms? Regulation of guns is a necessary action that needs to be taken in order to save lives. Gun control is an effort to stop the rise in violent crime by strengthening laws on the ownership of firearms. “According to studies, 54 percent of Americans say stricter laws would reduce the number of deaths caused by mass shootings.” Terrorism, schools shootings and other modern circumstances cannot be prevented all together; however stricter gun laws will limit the access to firearms and decrease the rate of deaths. Many Americans own firearms as a means of protection...
Words: 2455 - Pages: 10
...have been blamed for a lot of things from making kids gain weight to making their behavior aggressive. Some of the negative effects parent’s say video games have on children are: 1. An increase in emotional disorders. What I mean by this is that video games can get a kids or anybody emotions down and keep them down for a long time. 2. An increase in behavioral disorder symptoms. What they mean by this is that kid’s behavior in school, at home, etc. can get horrible and they can act just like the video. 3. Declines in verbal performance. 4. Attention problems such as hyperactivity, ADD or ADHD. 5. Family interaction problems. Kids can get so into the video games and then try to act just how the video games plays, then it comes out in real life and they act let’s say if the game is violent the kids act just like it and their parents don’t like it at all and it causes problems. And that comes to my last point. 6. Playing violent video games can cause the behavior to become aggressive. Like in the sentence above explains this point perfect. Shooting games, fighting games can cause aggressive violence in this society. Video games can be good for kids also, especially if the parent’s buy video games that are able to teach (instruct). Video games can help in the following ways also. 1. Effects on Eyes: Action games can help with your vision. Action video games makes you pay attention to a wide range of events that are taking place on the screen. Helps with more visual attention...
Words: 954 - Pages: 4
...CAMPUS NEWS The gun control in US Is there enough gun control in the U.S.? Or should the control be tightened up? After the many school shootings in the U.S. arms control has become a much-discussed topic. The President of the United States and the Congress are in the process of discussing what should be done about the gun control. Barack Obama, the U.S. president, has presented some new proposals around the Firearms Act, which should help to prevent future shooting tragedies. In January 2013 Barack Obama presented a new plan to prevent shootings. The most important thing was to significantly improve background checks on those who buy guns. He wants to drastically improve the system of background checks. Mr. Obama believes that by improving background checks when people buy guns, there will be fewer shootings and reduce the number of mentally ill people being able to by guns. However, says Jack Levin, a professor of sociology and Criminology from Northeastern University in Boston, that background checks will not prevent school shootings since gunmen will let their parents with spotless criminal record buy guns for them. There can be spoken both for and against the use of a more thorough background check, but it's only positive that Barack Obama will improve the system of arms control. Another suggestion is that he wants to ban assault weapons and large ammunition magazines. The proposal should eliminate all sales of these weapon designs. Mr. Webster has said that...
Words: 1127 - Pages: 5
...Running head: Reduce the marketing of violent toys, games and entertainment to children. Position paper : Reduce the marketing of violent toys, games and entertainment to children. DeVry University Engl-112-61206: Composition Professor: Jamie Pacton Student: Valeriya Zakreski Violence is a physical action to injure people or property. We can read a lot of information and watch news about violence. We can say that violence is a part of our life and he human condition. But the worst fact that today, our children are involved to this part of human condition. From child abuse to murder, to school-yard bullying, violence takes its toll, often with children being the innocent. But what can cause the violence between the children? Today we can hear a lot of information about it, as: toy guns and video games affect on the children’s health and behavior, violent homes lead children to the crime. “More than 1,000 studies on the effects of television and film violence have been done over the past 40 years. The majority of these studies reach the same conclusion: television and film violence leads to real-world violence. By age 18 an American child will have seen 16,000 simulated murders and 200,000 acts of violence.” Senator Orrin G. Hatch, Utah, Chairman Committee on the Judiciary. September 14,1999. Children, Violence, And the Media. A report for Parents and Policy...
Words: 2041 - Pages: 9
...Pros in public schools are, the children learn in a group setting, there are extracurricular activities available, more curriculum opportunities, diverse social education, and the cons would be, Less independence, school chooses curriculum, high teacher student ratio. And the pros for homeschool are, teaches students to be more independent in their learning choices. And the cons are, usually more expensive than public school; teachers are not always qualified to teach certain subjects, harder to provide social interaction, colleges sometimes have stricter admission polices involving homeschooled children, You as the parent can control what they learn and when, You can show you child that learning is not boring but a fun thing, you have a smaller teaching area that u can tailor your teaching style to your child’s needs, you can give you child personal in depth attention in any subject he struggles in or excels, Create a schedule that best fits you and your child’s needs, instill you values and beliefs’ in your child and address question when they have them, protect your child from negative influences they may encounter, nurture you child’s (artistic, musical and mathematic) abilities Address big issues with your child when you feel they are ready. And the cons are, usually more expensive than public school; teachers are not always qualified to teach certain subjects, harder to provide social interaction, colleges sometimes have stricter admission polices involving...
Words: 630 - Pages: 3
...tolerance policies began in 1994 following the passage of the Gun-Free Schools Act (GFSA). It was generated in response to numerous school shootings that had taken place across the United States (US). The Gun-Free Schools Act entail policy that forces schools to expel students who possess or carry a gun(s) while they are on school campuses and/or property. Zero tolerance policies are in schools all across the United States and are coined “Zero-Tolerance Schools”. Zero-tolerance policies are found in schools ranging from elementary through universities/colleges. The court rulings, laws and policies of zero-tolerance are designed to create a safe learning environment by keeping drugs and weapons off of school property. Punishment relinquished in zero tolerance schools range from detention to expulsion from the school. Some individuals believe that zero tolerance policies go too far, as the punishment is swift and unyielding for various types of inappropriate behaviors enacted by students (Lawyer.com, 2015). This paper examines the effects of zero tolerance policies as it relate to David Silverstein, 13, was inspired to build a model rocket after seeing the movie October Sky, a biography of NASA rocket scientist, Homer Hickam. The boy took his rocket, made out of a potato chip canister and fueled with three match heads, to his school in Glendale, Arizona, where it was found in a search of his locker. School officials classified the toy as a "weapon" and suspended him for...
Words: 503 - Pages: 3
...support the privatization of jails. Pros: • Privatization lends itself for prisons to be run at lower costs. • Privatize prisons don’t have the red tape to cut through, therefore they run more efficiently. • Privatized prisons have a reason to make sure that prisoners get the help that they need which leads to better recidivism Cons: • Transparency into prison life is not guaranteed. • Could result in higher cost depending on contracted agreements for prison needs • Living conditions could be compromised B. Privatization of Public...
Words: 782 - Pages: 4
...Corporate Governance & Business Ethics Gun Control vs. Gun Violence The debate over gun control in the United States has been a topic of controversy over the years. In particular, the killing of twenty schoolchildren in Newtown, Connecticut. In December 2012 this mass shooting fueled a national discussion over gun laws. However, compromise legislation would have banned semiautomatic assault weapons and expanded background checks was defeated in the senate in 2013, despite extensive public support. Arguments for more restrictive gun laws http://gun.laws.com/gun-rights/gun-control-versus-gun-rights As society continues to diversify and human beings become more individualistic, we drift further apart from understanding each other. The gun control debate is not directly effected by this, but psychologically human beings fear what we don't understand. In a society with hundreds of cultures, differences and arguments can arise out of nothing. Words are one thing but the use of firearms is an entirely different topic. With less restrictive laws on purchasing and ownership a seemingly pointless feud could intensify into murder. Guns give a man power, with power inevitably comes abuse. There is a high rate of gun-related violence http://gun.laws.com/gun-rights/gun-control-versus-gun-rights The United States leads the world in gun violence and ownership. There is a direct correlation. This is perhaps the most obvious argument made in the gun control debate-guns...
Words: 2274 - Pages: 10
...America’s history of regulating private ownership of firearms goes back to the year 1791, when the Bill of Rights gained its final ratification. The Second Amendment of the Bill of Rights states, “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.". The true meaning of the Second Amendment is that we, as Americans, are guaranteed the right to keep and bear arms. This right must not be infringed upon. Everyone has heard countless statistics regarding firearms and violence. According to the National Institute of Justice, firearms were used in 68 percent of murders, 42 percent of robbery offenses and 22 percent of aggravated assaults nationwide in 2006. The National Institute of Justice does not clarify how many of the murders and assaults were in self-defense, or suicide. They also do not disclose how many firearms related murders were police involved. Of the robbery offenses, aggravated assaults, and murders, there is no figure placed on the amount of firearms that were legally purchased. I am certain that the amount of crimes committed with firearms were illegally were from those purchased on the black market, which is a controversial issue all on its own. The director of Cato’s Project on Criminal Justice, Tim Lynch, writes that “The defensive use of guns happens much more often than people realize,” and, “Each year gun owners prevent a great deal of criminal mayhem—murders,...
Words: 1158 - Pages: 5
...There were more than seventy mass shootings in the last thirty years. To clarify, a mass shooting is an incident involving multiple victims of gun violence(“Gun Control Pros and Cons”). The Columbine Massacre was one of these mass shootings. It occurred on April 20, 1999 in Littleton, Colorado by two high school boys. They chose to do this because they were bullied in high school. This incident left fifteen people dead and twenty-four people injured. The guns used during the shooting were illegally acquired. This is just one significant example of a mass shooting in the United States. Gun laws for possession, carrying, acquiring, buying, selling, and distributing will vary from state to state, some may be broader or more limited to existing Federal Gun Laws. Firearm Licensees are subject to the Gun Laws of the state where they are in rather than the state where the firearm permit was issued. In Pennsylvania there is no permit or registration to buy or own a gun. Known as the "gun show loophole,"...
Words: 731 - Pages: 3
...Some people say its not the persons fault, it's the guns. The school shootings and mass shootings that have been happening, people are not blaming the person but the gun or the mental issues the people have, that have been showing up in most of the recent mass shootings. Although people say guns should be banned completely to prevent the mass shootings, we shouldn't have to ban them we should just put more restrictions and laws that make it harder to get guns, that would prevent small crimes and mass murders and shootings while people can still self defend and hunt for game in america. Background and mental health checks in the gun buying process would help prevent small crimes with robberies because if the buyer has previous crimes on...
Words: 592 - Pages: 3
...other people about NOT having a gun made me put a little more emotion into my argument with others than I wanted, therefore making my argument a more emotional one. That being said, I had to look at the pros and cons of owning a gun and try to also see others’ views on the subject. I believe that from my argument the bias shown was belief bias, which is defined as “the tendency to evaluate reasoning by how believable its conclusion seems”. (Moore & Parker, 2012) To me, the conclusion was that not every gun owner kills someone and that if the proper knowledge about said gun is gleaned and adhered to, owning a gun shouldn’t be a problem. The bias that I saw from others was the bandwagon effect, which is defined as “the unconscious tendency to align one’s thinking with that of other people”. (Moore & Parker, 2012) There were a lot of people that, after the most recent school shooting, were more aware of the amount of deaths related to guns assumed that just because guns are available to the public, people all over the country were going to start killing other people with guns. Thoughts like that don’t make sense to me, because it should be common knowledge that just because someone has a gun, that doesn’t mean that they are all of a sudden going to start going on shooting sprees. Moore, B. N., & Parker, R. (2012). Critical Thinking (10th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Higher...
Words: 333 - Pages: 2
