Davidson County

Gang risk is usually associated with the following regional characteristics. (Inside Prison, unknown). Increasing gang presence over the last few years. Existence of gangs already in the region. Number of single-parent families. High proportions of youth and young adults. According to the Estimated Gang risk index Nashville Tennessee has a score of 1.9. With the average index resulting in 7.9 Nashville has a relatively low amount of gang activity compared to other similar regions. Although the demographics of Nashville and Davidson County is prodominely White and under the age of 65. (Inside Prison, unknown). The number of single-parent families are 27.2%. There is an increasing amount of gang activity with a known number of 500 gang members. Gang related crimes rose by 25% in the state of Tennessee in 2011. (The Tennessean, 2012). More than doubling the number of crimes since 2005. Gang members are migrating from urban areas to rural communities to recruit new gang members, expand their drug distribution areas, and form new alliances and collaborate with rival gang members and organizations for profit and influence. Gang incidents have also rose 110% over the last several years.…

Symbols and Rituals in Higher Education: Davidson County Community College How do leaders use symbols and rituals to influence organizational culture on your campus? To begin the discussion of symbols and rituals in higher education and formulate an analysis of how they impact organizational culture, the reader must understand the working definition of that culture. As noted in the readings, many definitions exist, consequently for the scope of this paper we will take the lead of Kuh and…

Harley-Davidson’s Business Strategy Harley-Davidson generates 88 percent of its revenues from a single business area, the Motorcycles and Related Products, making it a low-diversification strategy. From its emphasis on quality and customer experience, it appears to be using a focused differentiation strategy, targeting a narrow market of high-end customers who are willing to pay a premium price for its products (Hitt, Ireland, & Hoshisson, 2015). By targeting exclusively on the heavyweight…

City-states of the ancient world were one of the first political entities with democratic governance. Part of the democratic process is authorizing individuals to make decisions, holding these individuals accountable, and for these individual to be responsive to the needs of the community (Pitkin, 1957). Today, cities have low levels of democratic participation that hold elected officials accountable and authorize them to have the power to make a decision. At the same time, a majority of the…

the User-Friendly Budget may not create further citizen engagement based upon the research. Research has shown that by studying the budget process in all 50 states, we ended up with a wide variety of requirements. The only similarity that appears through this study was that state governments are primarily only concerned with the first step of informing the public. There is no requirement or mandate beyond this to narrow the gap between government's creation of the budget document and citizen…

Types of external considerations within Rutherford County are related to natural disasters, political disasters and macroeconomic shifts, including inflation, rate of growth, and unemployment. As a measure to offset natural disasters, we have relationships with other counties across the state coordinate efforts with our Emergency Management team. Indeed, the county 's mitigation planning efforts consist of local, state, and federal assistance. Unfortunately, there are few measures to plan for…

Haoyu Zhao PUP432 10.15.2015 Case Brief Contractors And Builders Association Of Pinellas County V. City Of Dunedin Background Context Until the 20th century, the general law in Florida stipulated that local governments could only obtain funds from public revenues as they had no authority to taxes. The local government made the realization that these funds were insufficient for running the everyday affairs of the growing county. For this reason, the county turned to private sources…

Bruce wanted to make sure that his message was true to himself but also could appeal to voter’s. His message was I’m a public servant and I will serve the people of the 13th district as I served my community in the past. He expressed that he was born and raised in highpoint and has lived there is whole life and wants to do as much as he can to help out his community. This message defined our whole campaign. It was meant to inspire people who knew Bruce to get out and vote while also reaching…

Pivot Table / Chart Report Exercise There are four observations in the pivot table, and the one part of pivot table report is about the annual adult care facility, total number of census, SMI and SSI. The other part is about New York State Population, total population and total number of race and ethnicity distribution. The results that I received are come from the data Adult Care Facility Annual Survey and New York State Population. I use the pivot table or chart to get the observations. At the…

Jill started a new job as a count/verification assistant for the Johnson County Board of Elections. After completing her degree, she believed she would have the greatest chance of making a difference in her community and society as a whole. She had completed the counties required training and briefings, read and agree to the terms of the Statement of Secrecy, and she would have no problem with acting impartially at all times and respect confidentiality of material handled. Mark the senior…