This document discusses two topics: suicide concealment and elder abuse. For the first topic, the document analyzes reasons why family members may conceal a suicide, such as to avoid criminal charges, insurance issues, or feelings of embarrassment, anger or guilt. It recommends that law enforcement fully investigate possible suicide crimes by interviewing all involved parties. For the second topic, the document discusses why elder abuse often goes unreported, such as facilities trying to avoid trouble or seniors feeling ashamed. It suggests citizens and family members speak up about any suspected abuse and remove elders from abusive situations.

1. CRJ 320
"Suicide and Elder Abuse" Please respond to the following:
1.
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) identified suicide as a
common death investigation within the United States. In some
instances, family members attempt to hide the fact that the
person took their own life. Analyze the main reasons why
persons would attempt to conceal such an event which could
possibly lead them into receiving criminal charges themselves.
Recommend at least one (1) action that the law enforcement
could take in order to investigate such a suicide crime.
2.
The National Center on Elder Abuse indicates that seniors are
the fastest-growing population in the United States. It is
apparent that as this populace becomes more physically frail,
they are seemingly a greater target for the unscrupulous to take
advantage. Discuss the main reasons why abuse of seniors is
recognized yet usually goes unreported. Next, suggest one (1)
action that citizens or family members could take to reduce
elder abuse. Provide a rationale to support your response.
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Knowingly and willingly helping someone commit a felony in
most states and this is a reason why the suicide may be
concealed. When someone commits a suicide, it is fully
investigated and the evidence will point to what type of crime it
is.Some family members will conceal a suicide for insurance
purposes because some insurance policies will not pay out for a

2. suicide. Some will conceal a suicide out of embarrassment of
the family because maybe they didn't know how troubled the
person was, didn't see the signs or just didn't care. Anger is
another reason because they are too angry at the person to
admit that it was a suicide or even come to terms with what has
happened. Guilt plays a role as well, because they couldn't help
the person or prevent the suicide. Law enforcement could do a
full investigation into the crime and interview all persons
involved and aware of what happened.
Elder abuse is a very sensitive and hard subject or me to speak
on. My moms passed away on July 14, 2014. She was in a
nursing facility because of her illnesses and disability. I
thought that she would receive better care in the facility than I
could've given her. I constantly visited and popped up at the
facility so that they would know that I was always aware of my
mother's care. I found out a month before she passed that a
CNA threw her in the bed and broke her ribs. They hid what
happened from me and my sister and by the time my mothers
told us, they had fired the CNA and wouldn't reveal her
identity. My mother ended up having some broken ribs. I'm
currently working with a lawyer for a lawsuit against the
facility. With this horrific experience, I fully think that the
reason why the abuse of seniors goes unreported is because
most of the time the facility there does not want to get in any
type of trouble, risk a lawsuit and or lose their funding. The
person receiving the abuse may feel ashamed or be afraid to
report the abuse and it continually goes on. I tried to make my
presence known and be more diligent in her care, but the abuse
stil occurred. I feel as though it you know someone that may be
absued or suspect any type of abuse, speak up for them, Get
them help and be their voice. Remove them from that
situation.
CRJ 499

3. Organizational Identities and Practical Reflection" Please
respond to the following:
1.
Choose one of the following organizational identities; a
metropolitan police force, a rural police force, a state prison
system in a rural area, or a federal prison system in an urban
area. Identify any social, economic, and other demographic and
ecological factors that they are likely to encounter in their
respective environments.
2.
Last week, you did research on position descriptions for the
jobs at the Federal, state, local, and private-sector. This week,
discuss some of the skills and abilities that you may need to
acquire beyond your degree needed to acquire and progress in
your selected position, and some ways to obtain those skills.
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Rural and small town policing Police practices vary from one
area to another, and studying the varieties of police behavior
can yield important insights into the role of police in a
community. These variations have been noted in regard to
styles of policing, bureaucratic structure, patterns of crime, and
the demands of local communities. Curiously, most studies of
variations in police behavior have been conducted in urban
settings. By comparison, rural and small-town policing has
been relatively neglected. Similarly, studies of crime often
focus on national patterns that imply homogeneity across areas,
which is patently absurd. And, like studies of police, studies of
crime that do consider variations from one area to the next

4. frequently focus on comparisons among urban areas,
occasionally make rural-urban comparisons, but rarely examine
differences among rural areas. Neglecting rural policing and
rural crime is justifiable if there is nothing about policing,
crime, or the community in rural environments that precludes
directly applying knowledge from urban areas. Although the
literature on rural crime and justice is comparatively sparse, it
is evident that rural environments are distinct from urban
environments in ways that affect policing, crime, and public
policy. Rural crime is a problem and may be increasing. Rural
areas are often used to produce drugs, such as marijuana and
methamphetamines. Rural areas are used as transshipment
points for such illegal goods as drugs, stolen auto parts, and
illegal cash. Some have argued that urban crime networks, such
as street gangs, are setting up franchises or satellite operations
in rural areas. Rural areas have special crime problems, such as
organized theft of livestock, equipment, and grain, for which
urban police are poorly trained, yet which may be enormously
costly to both the victim and society. In addition to the
practical benefits of studying rural crime and justice is the
potential for advancing our understanding of the police function
in society. If crime and justice are vastly different in rural and
urban areas, an understanding of those differences might
improve our understanding of crime and policing more
generally.
https://www.ncjrs.gov/txtfiles/crimepol.txt
U.S. District Court Judge some of the skills and abilities one
has to develop my discussion last week was circle around Judge
Reggie Walton. Judicial Temperament: This character trait
encompasses both the ability to apply the law to the facts and to
understand how a judicial decision will affect the human beings
appearing before the court. It is the ability to communicate
with counsel, jurors, witnesses and parties calmly and
courteously, as well as the willingness to listen to and consider

5. what is said on all sides of a debatable proposition.
Intelligence: This is the ability to know and apply legal rules,
analyses and procedures to different facts and circumstances,
and the ability quickly to perceive, comprehend, and understand
new concepts and ideas. Ethics: There should be no doubt about
an applicant’s personal or professional ethics. As a lawyer, a
candidate should have maintained a standard of conduct above
the minimum standard set forth in the disciplinary rules and
should not have been disciplined by the Attorney Grievance
Commission. A candidate should be aware of and abide by the
ethical principles enunciated in the Code as guidance in specific
situations. Courage and Integrity: Legal “Courage” is “the
willingness to do what the law requires the judge to do even
though the course the judge must follow is not the popular
one”. “Integrity” is not being influenced by the identity, race,
gender, political status. Those are some of the various skills and
abilities needed as a District Court Judge.