Female Problem

Question 1

Read “The Yellow Wallpaper” and “Why I Wrote the Yellow Wallpaper,” and answer the questions below.

1. What is John attempting to do by shutting off the narrator from society?

2. What event has precipitated the narrator’s problems? How is this event connected with the definition of “hysteria” as particularly a female problem?

3. How would you expect a therapist to treat the narrator today? Why has the approach changed?

4. What function does writing seem to fill for the narrator?

5. What is the ultimate effect of Weir Mitchell’s “rest cure” upon the narrator?

6. Why does Gilman say she wrote “The Yellow Wallpaper?” Do you agree with her conclusion?

Question 2

“Measuring Crime and Quality-of-Life Issues” Please respond to the following:

• Read the article titled “How Crime in the United States Is Measured”, located here. You may also view the article at here. Next, compare and contrast the fundamental differences, strengths, and weaknesses among Uniform Crime Report, National Crime Victimization Survey, and the National Incident-Based Reporting System.
• Summarize the main forces that may contribute to possible civil disorder in your community. Next, propose the overall strategy for the local police/sheriff chief to prepare them on how to deal with these possible civil or violent demonstrations. Provide a rationale for your response.

“Domestic Violence” Please respond to the following:

• School violence is of growing concern to law enforcement and almost never occurs without warning. Examine the main motivation(s) of school violence and give your opinion as to what the schools should do to prevent school violence. Provide a rationale for your response.
• Imagine that you are the director of the training academy for the police or sheriff’s department chief in your city. Develop the first three (3) steps of a plan which you would implement to ensure the department is properly trained for the possible occurrence of a workforce violence incident in your locality.