Complexity Unpacked

Complexity Unpacked - Profiles in Justice Series - In this episode Detective Marshall and I unpack some of the complexities inherent in responding to domestic violence calls for service by police. We draw on her 23 years of policing experience and chat about the evolution of mandatory charging policies, officer attitudes and the importance of maintaining balance in a policing career. She also offers advice to aspiring police officers. - Check out my website for more content www.ngonsalves.ca

In this episode I bring you a workshop on Essay Writing for College Students with my special guest Kristen Gonsalves. She has previously created and delivered many writing workshops for students in undergraduate and post-graduate university programs and shares tips that have assisted many with their essay writing process with us here on Complexity Unpacked.

You can watch the video presentation and see the slideshow she refers to on my website at www.ngonsalves.ca

Useful links she mentions in the video include:

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_a...

This episode offers another Profile in Policing: Staff Sgt. John Romain (Ret.) and I take a look back at his 30 years with Toronto Police Service. We start with a discussion about his time at the Toronto Police College and then unpack his experiences and perspectives on his time within the Toronto Anti-Violence Intervention Strategy (TAVIS) Unit. He also offers advice to aspiring police officers.

Part 11 of the Ethics Unpacked Series. In this episode I provide a broad overview of the first half of the Ethics Unpacked course. It is based on the topic handouts and my classroom lectures. It is not meant to be comprehensive but rather a sweeping overview to highlight the key points.

Part 10 of the Ethics Unpacked Series. In this episode we will briefly unpack Social Contract Theory as presented by Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and John Rawls.

Part 9 of my Ethics Unpacked Series. In this episode we very briefly unpack the deontological theory of Immanuel Kant.

Part 8 of my Ethics Unpacked Series. In this episode we briefly unpack the most enduring of the consequentialist theories, Utilitarianism as posited by Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mills.

Part 7 of my Ethics Unpacked Series. In this episode we unpack two views on Virtue Based Ethics, one by Aristotle and the other by Confucius.

Part 6 of my Ethics Unpacked Series. In this episode we briefly unpack Divine Command Theory and Natural Law as posited by Thomas Aquinas.

Part 5 of my Ethics Unpacked Series. In this episode we briefly unpack Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development. We also preview Sykes and Matza’s Drift Theory known more commonly as the Techniques of Neutralization.