Abby Schleicher N365 Psychosocial and Ethical Aspects of Care Ethical Case Study 1. The ethical dilemma in this case is that the family of JD will not permit to removing his organs, even though he had the little heart on his licenses that states he is an organ donor. 2. The facts are that JD was a 25 year old male who sustained massive head trauma had the little heart on his licenses that stated he was an organ donor, however, he did not sign up for the state donor registry. His parents had not talked with him before the accident if he wanted to donate his organs so they were not sure what their son wanted to do with his organs.
Deviance, on the other hand, is behaviour which moves away from conventional norms and values such as burping and farting in public. If what is considered to be crime and deviance changes, it can’t be inherently wrong but must be culturally specific. Emile Durkheim speaks of crime as being functional to society. According to item A, ‘the publicity given to crime highlights the boundaries of acceptable behaviour.' Durkheim expands on this saying we are aware of these boundaries following social reactions to deviance.
We know that police officers use excessive force, and they also use their authority to verbally abuse people. So what causes police officers to abuse their authority, and (or) leads to brutality? One of the challenges with this is that not every citizen reports a police brutality, whether they see one happening, heard of one happening from their friends or family or if they themselves were a victim of one. Another challenging issue too is that we know some brutalities are not reported; therefore it makes it harder to measure those versus what is actually reported. Police brutality wouldn’t be an issue if we didn’t have to police our law enforcement officers.
They lived in their own filth and waste because there were no sewers or drainage to take it away, even when they threw it out of the house it would drain into the nearby rivers. They would then wash in the river and take water from it to drink, resulting in diseases that sometimes ended in death. Young children often died from diseases that could have been prevented but due to poor living conditions and undernourishment their immune systems could not fight the disease therefore the infant mortalities were high and the life expectancy was low. Medicine was not very advanced and getting medical treatment was difficult as there were not many doctors around and it
Critically examine the criticisms that have been levelled against the use of stop and search by the police? Are these criticisms justified? Give reasons for your answer. Stop and search powers governed by the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE) of 1984 has always been a supreme controversy relating to and directly implicating the police and the public. These concerns directly impact human rights, the law and everyday life for those affected particularly the young and ethnic minority groups since these are the groups disproportionately represented moreover allegations still exist that despite the Steven Lawrence case of 1993, institutional racism still exists.
This is referred to as “social control” and its intent is to force those living in the communities to act in a way that is in line with the social norms and in accordance to society rules. “Of those various ways that societies and their members try to control behavior, criminal punishment is the most formal, for crime is perhaps the most serious type of behavior over which a society must gain control” (Clear, Cole, Reisig, and Petrosion, 2012, p. 8). This implies that corrections assist our society in determining those behaviors that are considered acceptable. However, as Emil Durkheim suggest, “crime is normal and that punishment performs the important function of spotlighting societal rules and values” (Clear, Cole, Reisig, and Petrosion, 2012, p. 8). I am in agreement of this, because it is obvious that crime will continue to happen, and as a society we must find productive ways of address the issues and dealing with those individuals in violation of established
This is a dangerous trend that can inhibit effective law enforcement and ultimately endanger the lives of all persons who depend on law enforcement for protection. Racial profiling is a human rights violation that can affect Americans in virtually every sphere of their daily lives and often has an impact that goes far beyond the initial incident. As the testimonies summarized in this report reveal, this seemingly abundant human rights violation leaves its victims feeling humiliated, depressed, helpless, and angry. Furthermore, racial profiling reinforces residential segregation, creates fear and mistrust, and engenders reluctance in reporting crimes and cooperating with police officers. In these times of domestic insecurity,
In recent years, police actions or police abuse has come into the view of the public and critical eye. While citizens worry about protecting themselves from criminals. It has now been that they must also keep an eye on those who are supposed to protect and serve. Police brutality remains one of the most serious and disruptive human rights violations in the Unites States. Police officers use extreme measures when it is unnecessary causing a major concern in today’s society, this misconduct should be addressed.
What does prison overcrowding cause? And can it be stopped? Prison overcrowding is caused by a variety of issues, such as not enough room in prisons, fluctuating crime rates, changes to laws and improvements to law enforcement tactics. So first the obsessive view from some lawmakers that the only way to reduce crime is to keep offenders off the streets no matter what the crime. In other words don’t worry about rehabilitation just keep the offenders in jail for the rest of their lives and pay the cost of housing, boarding, and punishing them.
Discussing about John Q., his Medicaid and the factors that are hindering him. He recently moved to a rural community and had a full time job and has Medicaid due to his low income and needs to see a doctor since he had high blood pressure and also recently his father had a heart attack. He has local physicians in his area but none of them accepts his type of insurance but the closest one that will is a 40 minutes’ drive away and he has to have made the appointment two weeks in advance and the primary care physician does not provide health care in the evenings or on the weekends. He also does not have a vehicle of his own and he catches rides to work and relies on public transportation. The factors in this situation that may affect John’s health care utilization are his form of insurance, the area he lives in, facilities that accepts his insurance, his health conditions, his level of income, and transportation.