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On February 14, 2018, 19 year old Nikolas Cruz was alleged to have committed a massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.  Many students and faculty were killed and injured and the alleged shooter is now facing charges for these crimes  

Answer the following:

What occurred (background and evidence of/in the case)?

Did the school administration respond appropriately to the incident?

Did law enforcement response appropriately to this occurrence?

Were there any “red flags” that could have prevented this from occurring?

What changes, if any, in security would you suggest at Parkland and/or all schools?

Were there any legislative enactments in the State of Florida in response to this occurrence?

Is violent crime a common occurrence in schools (local/Florida/nationally)?

What would be the appropriate punishment for the offender in the event he is found to be guilty of the charges?

BE SPECIFIC . EXPLAIN. 

NOTE THIS MUST BE SUBMITTED PRIOR TO THE DEADLINE ON April 11, 2021 AT 11:59 PM TO BLACKBOARD AND MY EMAIL ADDRESS.  

Please answer the questions fully and concisely in your own words, in essay (APA) format. Be sure to use standard English, spelling and grammar.

Your answer should be a minimum of 1000 words not including the cover page and reference page.  You must include a word count at the end of your paper.

You must have a separate cover page and reference page.

Your paper must be double-spaced (not including the cover page or reference page).  

You must use a minimum of three scholarly articles to support your position/findings on a separate reference page.

Assignment should be prepared as a Word document (only) and then submitted through the dropbox on Blackboard prior to the deadline on April 10, 2021 before 11:59 PM.

You also MUST submit a copy of your essay paper to my email at tbass@mdc.edu prior to the deadline.

Essay format means the paper should contain an introduction, a body, and a conclusion.

Do not include references in your paper for which you have not provided the reference.  If you take anything–even one sentence which is word for word from the source, it must be in quotation marks even if you have included the reference.  Even if you paraphrase something that you took from a source, you must include the reference or it is plagiarism.  Your papers will be checked by a plagiarism checker.  If your “originality report” is higher than 20%, that usually means that much of your paper is either copied or plagiarized.  Any person committing plagiarism will receive a zero on the essay paper and possibly turned over to the administration for academic consequences.  This includes paying someone or an online vendor from writing the paper for you.  

Hint: The introduction states your thesis or the purpose of the paper. Organize your body paragraphs to include a main idea, which is then developed or illustrated by support evidence. The conclusion is a restatement of your thesis.

Papers that are not submitted as described above will not be graded and will result in a zero (0).

Do not copy and paste from the Internet. Plagiarizing will result in a zero (0).