Expert witness

During the course of this semester, we have been focusing on the earliest civilizations and what they have contributed to our society today. Although Mesopotamia (Sumerians) and Mesoamerica (Olmecs) are relatively near each other and there are numerous similarities, they still had distinct differences. Mesoamerica was more advanced than Mesopotamia despite the fact that archaeologists have found limited evidence. While the Sumers had a not-so-whopping population of 18,000 per city, the Olmecs…

The plot of the movie Wit, based on a screenplay by Margarete Edson, revolves around a woman dying of ovarian cancer in an academic medical center. The protagonist, Vivian Bearing, a professor of English literature and expert on the Holy Sonnets of John Donne, struggles to come to grips with her diagnosis. She has built her life around the academic world of literary criticism and left little room for experiencing and showing love. Throughout the movie, viewers are able to follow her from the…

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To be classified as serial killer there has to be three important considerations. “Other suggestions are that there must be a motivation, that this motivation tends to be sexual, that the killer will fantasize about the murder and finally, that the killing is premeditated. To eliminate other types of killings like terrorism or assassinations, the murder itself must be the primary motivator. Once serial murder is adequately defined, a deeper look can be taken into the life of the murderer”…

The long-lasting effects of bullying Introduction Bullying appears in school, workplace and also internet. According to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (n.d.), the meaning of bullying is the unwanted, aggressive behavior among people that involves the situation of power imbalance. Nowadays, it has become a more serious issue as the awareness of human rights is raised. Bullying in school is serious and common in the U.S., 2014 statistic data from the US Department of Health and…

Oklahoma has had 112 executions. This totals 643 people that were murdered by two states alone (“Death Penalty Info”). “According to a survey of the former and present presidents of the country’s top academic criminological societies, 88% of these experts rejected the notion that the death penalty acts as a deterrent to murder… Consistent with previous years, the 2014 FBI…

that Zimbardo created the term “The Lucifer Effect”, which attempts to explain the point in which a person turns from good to evil, and is based on the situation that they find themselves in (p.287). Zimbardo took his knowledge and became an eye witness…

Humans, being the complex creatures that they are, are fully capable of making cognizant, rational, intentional decisions. However, in some instances, a person is unable to form or control his or her own thoughts because he or she suffers from a mental illness. Moreover, in today’s pop culture, persons with mental illnesses are portrayed as villainous. The mentally ill are grouped into a sector of evil or pity. The insanity defense challenges the jury’s empathy for the defendant, and, as…

understanding and be able to translate that understanding to business or other work-related settings but may not have the courage to take a stand when necessary. For example, in one of the major financial statement frauds where I was retained as an expert witness, more than twenty people helped falsify financial statements. All testified they were aware their actions were unethical, but none had the courage to stand for his or her beliefs. Ethical courage is difficult to teach because its roots…

main healthcare management functions of a director of maternal child services. I contacted Dorinda Kirby, RN, for a knowledgeable discussion of the four main healthcare management functions of as a director for maternal child services. Dorinda is an expert in the field, having practiced for34 years. Of the 34 years, Dorinda served three years on the staff and as a charge RN, 25 years as a Nurse Manager and six years as a Director. Dorinda is the Director of Maternal Child Services at Merit…