Essays on Cassell

Question & Answer: Impact of Victim’s Statement

The current case that is worthy of discussion and analysis concerns the case, now referred to as, the "Stanford Swimmer" case. After midnight on January 18, 2015, Stanford student Brock Turner was caught in the act of assaulting an unconscious 23-year-old woman behind a dumpster while on campus. The corroboration of witnesses resulted in Turner's arrest and subsequent trial. He was charged with multiple felonies that could culminate into a 14 year prison sentence. At the trial, the victim had the opportunity to share her victim-impact statement. In total her statement was more than 7,000 words long and ...

Literature Review

Before indulging in gender-related issues within the hospitality industry, it is important to understand the role women play in it. According to Baum and Cheung (2015), Within the industry, women make up nearly 70% of the workforce, however paradoxically there is a marked under-representation of women in senior positions, with women holding less than 40% of all managerial positions, less than 20% of general management roles and between 5-8% of board positions . An immense amount of literature exists on gender-related issues encountered in the hospitality industry, especially by females. From discriminatory recruitment policies to salary differentials to sexual harassment ...

List of Figures

Figure 1: Personal Hygiene advocacy Figure 2: Creating awareness on HIV Figure 3: EMS Ambulance in Action

Executive Summary/ Abstract

SoCal-Care is an organization which was formed in the year 2011 by a group of twenty medical students from the Texas Medical School. The main aim of this group was to help the people in the society, especially women, and small children, by giving them assistance to attain medical care. The group of students came together due to the various medical problems that women and children faced in various parts of the world. The group of students sets their mission to assist ...

There is a considerable and sizeable population of small business in the US economy. Statistically speaking there are over 28 million small business that occurs with small business specifically indicating businesses with fewer than 500 employees. Over 22, million individuals are self-employed without any additional payrolls or having employed other persons. Of the working population, a considerable percentage of over 50% that translates to 120 million individuals work in the small business (US statistics and data, 2016). Small business on average have modest turnovers that attract income taxes on the cash generated. Business entities are relevant in the generation ...

How much a person consumes depends highly on their culture. Eating disorders, for example, are most often seen among European American women than the African American women (Durand & Barlow, 2016, p.291). This has been the effect of certain cultural beliefs, such as those that has something to do with the ideal body shape. It only appears that those who value thinness all the more tend to do more to attain a lower weight and thinner body. A small change in culture can influence the rate of eating disorders, such as seen in Asian women who attend Western universities and ...

THESIS

The death penalty in the United States has long been a controversial issue – the idea of putting someone to death for their crimes is thought, by some, to be an antiquated idea that went out with the stocks. However, there is still significant public support for the measure as a deterrent. When considering the prison costs and the flaws inherent in the justice system, it becomes somewhat clearer that the death penalty is not a cost-effective or ethical measure. Given the non-unanimous level of support for the death penalty, as well as the possibility of executing innocent citizens who have been wrongfully ...

The Use of Supermax

The Supermax is a term used to define a correctional facility that highest the form of security and custody systems in the United States and other countries. These facilities were developed to incarcerate criminals that were considered as high risk for long periods. It is important to note that not every criminal is sent to a Supermax facility; “it is only those that pose a threat to both the country’s security and also international security” (Shalev, 2009, p. 65). Also incarcerated in these facilities are criminals whose crimes have been publicized by the media. Supermax facilities are not efficient in correcting the ...