BASS – AB3 - SOC202A Page 2Assessment Task: For this assessment, source a journal article of your choice on recent research about a current social issue. The study should have been conducted within the last 5 years. The assessment asks you to critique the paper by discussing the component parts. In answering this assessment, students should first briefly describe the paper, including: 1. the stated rationale and background for the study 2. the aims and objectives of the study 3. an overview of the research methods used, including the techniques for sampling, data collection and data analysis. Then, after the above description of the paper, conduct a critical assessment of the methods used. This should include a critical discussion of the following areas: 1. the overall research design 2. the way key concepts were defined and measured 3. the sampling process 4. the data collection methods 5. the way the data was analysed 6. the approach to interpretation of results 7. ethical issues In your assessment, discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the methodological approach showing what could have been done differently and why. Issues of validity and reliability should also be mentioned.

You have completed your assessment of the employee and have the required information about the employee. You also have the information about three other predictors you reported in M4 Assignment 1. You have also administered a risk assessment instrument, and the employee has been classified to be at moderate risk for assaultive behavior in the next five years.On the basis of the results of your investigation, in a mock report format based on the module readings and vignette data for the assignment tasks of the previous modules, create a 10- to 12-page report addressing the following:The results of the interview with the employee (a description of your mock interaction with and the mental status examination of the employee)A specific review of the employee's predictors of violence factorsAn analysis of the validity and reliability of risk assessment instruments for making predictions of violence appropriate for the employee's assessmentThe mock conclusions you arrived at about the employee's potential for showing violence, while explaining reasons for such conclusionsSome cautionary statements about the tenuousness of your conclusions, given the low base rate of violence in the employeeIn addition, in your report, identify at least one potential victim of the employee. Make a recommendation for action by the company to protect that victim. Prepare your findings and recommendations in such a way that the employee cannot effectively sue the company for slander. An axiom of law is that negative statements do not constitute slander if they can be supported. Your job is to write the report in such a way (with supportable conclusions) that the company can establish that its actions were prudent.