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Land reform, Land, Development, Food Security, the State, Decolonization, Violence.

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You have recently graduated from UTSC and you wish to increase your chances of being employed in a big organization that values good opinions, research, facts, current topics and good writing. Your career advisor suggests that you write a 400-word Op-ed for a national Canadian newspaper. When you contacted the editor of your chosen newspaper, you learned that 5 years earlier, she took GGRC25 with Prof. Kepe. She encourages you to consider writing on the topic relating to that course. The editor goes on to suggest that you skillfully write on an issue that combines several key words into a powerful editorial opinion that could be of interest to Canadians and other readers overseas, where the newspaper stories are syndicated.
While you are free to write on a topic of your choice, your key words are: Land, Development, Food Security, the State, Decolonization, Violence. All these key words must appear in the op-ed, but not as mere mentions, but as key parts of your flowing argument. They must be connected, not in any particular order, to make a solid argument that shows your knowledge of the subject. This cannot be a random topic. I must be absolutely based on the core lessons from GGRC25.

Ensure that your Op-Ed is accessible and has flow. This means that your argument should be easy to follow. It should be educational. It should be clear why any of your points are made. Your points must relate to each other, in terms of being building blocks of a point your want to drive across. Your Op-Ed must tell a ‘story’ that makes sense, using what you have learned in GGRC25.
Think carefully about how you introduce and conclude your Op-Ed.
Provide your Op-Ed with a catchy title, which should match your key argument.
Op-Eds are usually not referenced; so do not put in-text citations, but list full reference information of a minimum of five (5) journal articles or book chapters that informed the Op-Ed. This may include sources prescribed for GGRC25 or those from elsewhere. List them in full under the heading: Sources consulted. Class slides should not be listed. The list of references do not count in the word limit. But, just do not cut and paste or take huge chunks from the slides or readings.

Violence

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Explore in 350 words:
Violence: In Book 1, Jupiter prophesies from heaven that Aeneas will found Rome and “wars will cease and cruel history will grow gentle” (line 291). Yet, even though The Aeneid is supposedly about the “peace” that Rome will eventually bring the world (Pax Romana – Wikipedia ) by subduing the world to Roman law and government. This is parallelled in a description in Book 1 of Dido’s African Kingdom of Carthage: Jove let you found a city and bring justice – / To lawless tribes” (524). The book is frought with violence everwhere. How does The Aeneid in Books 2-3, depict violence? Does the violence that it depicts seem like a glorified violence? Or can you detect Jupiter’s prophecy that there will be peace eventually? Does it matter that the violence in Book 2 is primarily done by Greeks? Who inspires the violence? What does it mean?

 

Violence, Victims, And Criminal Justice

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Write an in-depth response to each of the questions numbered below. Number your response with the question. Each response needs to be at least four sentences in length. Refer to “Writing Rubric” (in the Getting Started Module and the syllabus) for content and grammar guidelines. Upload your file into the dropbox folder.

After reading Chapter 13, “Violence, Victims, and Criminal Justice”, the web page entitled “Coping with Crime Victimization”, as well as “Criminal Justice Social Work”, and watching the videos, respond to these objectives:

Identify and explain three specific current key issues in the criminal justice system.

Go to Readings and read the link entitled “Criminal Justice Social Work”. Outline the various criminal justice settings and describe the social work roles and skills in each. Watch the video entitled, “Marsy’s Law”. Why is this law important to be passed in TN?

From the textbook reading, explain how social workers can work with clients for prevention and rehabilitation of delinquent behavior including specific programs or techniques.