Adjudicative competence

The primary purpose of this essay is to conduct a reflective study on some of the aspects within my professional practice encountered as a student nurse. In consideration of the elements of a reflective study, I will base my findings in the first person. On the other hand, in adherence to the stipulation of the NMC Code of Professional Conduct (2002), I will ensure the proponents of confidentiality are observed in the disclosure of names in order to protect the identities of the individual…

Brianne has experienced a smooth transition to the kindergarten program as a first-year student. She has demonstrated an ability to quickly adjust and learn the routines and schedules within our classroom. For example, Brianne is confident when entering our classroom in the morning, she changes her shoes, gets her Mr. Zippy, and finds her rock with her name when signing in. This responsibility that Brianne shows at the beginning of the day, is also demonstrated to/for / against any given time…

Every day, we communicate with people all the time. The communications always occurred with verbal and non-verbally. It is surprising how most people did not realize the messages we get from most others is by non-verbally. Non-verbal communication includes our body movements, appearance, touch and etc… Basically, everything we do has some kinds of non-verbal communication. The perfect demonstration of non-verbal communication is the City light, a movie with Charlie Chaplin. Here are the three…

Nonverbal Codes in the Environment There are several nonverbal codes that people use in our environment to replace the use of verbal ones. Nonverbal codes are symbols we use to send messages, without are in addition to, words.(p.134) Sometimes we use these codes in ways that are not meant to be. Although I would prefer someone speak to me verbally, there’s always a great chance that person will use nonverbal codes in our conversation. I think replacing verbal codes can almost certainly get the…

One movie scene that involves nonverbal communication, there scene from "A Few Good Men, " when the Tom Cruise as about to confront the general about the red code he issued. The scene is in court room when Cruise is the prosecuting attorney who just decided he is about get the general to say he issued the command. It is an important scene because the lawyer that Cruise plays could get court marshaled if he incorrectly accuses the general. The scene is full of non-verbal communication. First, he…

Juvenile Forensic Psychology The article I selected is call “The Impact of Juveniles’ Ages and Levels of Psychosocial Maturity on Judges’ Opinions about Adjudicative Competence” (Cox, 2012). The author focus on this research is to investigate whether the defendant’s ages and levels of psychosocial maturity would affect judge’s ratings of juveniles in a juvenile and criminal court (Cox, 2012). The method they use on this research they mail 48 judges from 25 states. The cases in which a state did…

A criminal defense attorney represents individuals who are charged with a crime. The crime can vary from a felony to a misdemeanor. The punishment for the crimes varies from community service, probation, fines, and/or prison. Having representation for a criminal proceeding is vital for anyone being charged with a crime. The U.S. Constitution guarantees that any individual charged for a crime is provided legal representation. All lawyers are part of the legal profession, representation for…

ability of investigative and prosecutorial officers, they might use their distinctive skills to elicit and reconstruct a tolerably accurate account of alleged criminal event that took place. The due process model emphasizes on a view of formal and adjudicative fact-finding process with stressing the possibility of errors. People, such as police, witness and prosecutorial officers, tend to be emotionally aroused in the context with notoriously poor observers of disturbing events so as to damage…

Legal Theory and Application Explain the background, current presentation, and behavior of the client utilizing theories of offender and/or victim psychology and personality/psychological theories to support your position. Do not simply restate the client’s presentation from the vignette. Instead, provide a theoretical-based discussion of the client’s behaviors as presented in the vignette. An account of Mr. Mendez current presentation and behavior could be explained by Berkowitz…

Juvenile Justice System Growing up, there are things that minor’s do that push the boundaries of our societal norms and regulations. When these limits are tested and ultimately broken, justice must be served. Juveniles all over America are put into the justice system; however, they are under a separate standard than adult offenders. There are many facets to our juvenile justice system that society is unaware of such as; what it is, why minors violate the law, types of offenses, rehabilitation…