This week we move to the court room and take a look at how behavioral and psychological issues can impact the outcome of trials through a variety of ways including expert witnesses and trail consultants. We will also investigate risk of harming self or others and the issues that impact our ability to determine who might be at the most risk.

Assignment: Can we really assess a person’s risk of harming themselves or others?

Respond to the stated question, including any relevance to and implications on the field of criminal justice. Be sure to discuss the issue(s) to which the question pertains. Remarks can include your opinion(s), but must be based on experience, research, and/or prior learning. Use this exercise to foster a rich dialogue with your colleagues about issues that are important to the field of criminal justice. If you use outside sources, be sure to cite and Reference in APA format. At least 500 words.

First World Bank Savings and Loan has decided to deploy a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) strategy to allow its employees to use their personal smartphones to access the Bank’s data instead of using smartphones provided by the company. The information technology (IT) department needs to manage the mobile operating system on BYOD devices to protect the confidentiality and integrity of sensitive information. You have been tasked by the Bank’s CIO to report on third-party Mobile Device Management (MDM) solutions, and to make a specific recommendation for the Bank to deploy.

Write 3-4 pages that do the following:

• Identifies and describes three of the most important MDM systems features that meet the bank’s need for extremely high security.
• Compare the feature sets of three commercial MDM solutions, including at least one cloud-based solution, and make a specific MDM solution recommendation for the bank to deploy.
• Describe the functional relationship between your recommended MDM solution and a smart phone (your choice) native operating system.

• Length of report: 3-4 double-space pages, excluding the references page.
• Font: Times New Roman, 12 point.
• Formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style

Your answers should not take more than 1 page, single-spaced.

Consider the following scenarios:

(1) A preschool child from an economically at-risk family has received intensive early intervention services, including academic, health, and social support.

(2) A child is born to a mother who, during her pregnancy in 2015, experienced extreme hardship and danger as a migrant fleeing the Syrian conflict and attempting to reach Europe. The mother and baby have now lived in a refugee camp for over a year.

(3) A child is born to a mother who experienced physical and psychological abuse during her pregnancy. She left the abusive relationship when the child was a toddler and subsequently formed a mutually supportive, sustained relationship with a new partner.

For each scenario, discuss the likely effects of environmental factors on gene expression. Make sure to use the readings to support your points. Your answers should not take more than 1 page, single-spaced.

Formatting guidelines: use 12-point Times New Roman font, 1-inch margins, single-spaced, and follow the APA style for in-text citations.

You have been hired as a management consultant by a large company to examine the business decisions of the company in regard to employee protections. The laws applicable are federal antidiscrimination laws, federal health and safety laws, state laws and employer firing practices related to the employment-at-will doctrine.

In relation to the questions below, write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

1. Analyze, identify, and explain recent legislation that helps to protect employees from discrimination in the workplace. Provide at least two recent federal legislative protections/laws. Provide some insight when the federal legislation conflicts with the state. (Please note, the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act is not an acceptable example for this question)

2. Explain the employment-at-will (EAW) doctrine and ALL possible exceptions to the doctrine. Look at the scenarios below and determine whether the decision to fire the employee is a smart one. Identify why or why not and determine all the possible exceptions per the EAW doctrine that are, might be, or could be applicable if the employee sues for wrongful termination.

Scenarios:

• Jason, a department supervisor, requests approval to fire his secretary, Joann. Joann is a devout Christian and was putting out Right to Life flyers in the employee break room. Joann was also taking a lot of time to pray in the workplace during some of the busiest times of day. Jason wants to fire Joann. Can Joann sue for wrongful termination and prevail?
• Jamal, a manager, started a blog on the company website for employee grievances. He noticed a worker was protesting that no employees had gotten a raise in the last year and that the CEO was making a lot of money. Jamal reprimanded the worker and the next day, the employee posted a sign-up sheet on the blog to start a union. Jamal threatened to the fire the employee and, when the employee did not show up for work for a week, fired him. Can the employee sue for wrongful termination and prevail?
• Lori, head of Accounting, refused to sign Brian’s parental leave request. Brian is seeking 12 weeks of paid leave to care for his newborn son and wants to take this time during the most busiest time – tax season. Can Brian sue for wrongful termination and prevail?
• Peter has worked for the company for 1 year. He has a rare form of liver disease and works with chemicals that make his condition worse. Peter does not want to stop working, but his boss is not happy with his performance and wants to let him go. Can Peter sue for wrongful termination and prevail?

3. Determine the law in regard to undocumented workers and whether they are eligible for state workers’ compensation in the United States. Advocate for or against this practice and substantiate your response with research to support your position. How does the state law conflict with federal immigration law? Support your response.

4. Use the textbook and the University Library to locate at least two other quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other websites do not qualify as academic resources. The textbook for this class is a required source for this assignment.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: This course requires the use of Writing Standards (SWS). Paper requires a cover page and a reference page. Writing Standards is different than APA and other University courses. Please take a moment to review the SWS documentation for details and comply with this requirement.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is as follows:

Evaluate law relative to workplace discrimination, employment at will, state workers’ compensation eligibility and the Supremacy Clause.

Please provide a 500-word analysis of the 1978 US Supreme court case of Parker v. Flook, 437 U.S. 584 where the court came very close to banning software patents. Is this 40-year old case still relevant today? Please include a hyperlink to the court case