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- 2111: Television Violence In The United States
- ... 1). These films portray the respect and greed of the lifestyle being imitated by the viewers. They too want to achieve that life style, and they try to act like the actors. In another senseless crime connected with the exposure to the media: Nine-year old Olivia Niemi was sexually assaulted with a discarded beer bottle on a deserted beach in San Francisco. The four girls who took part in the attack said they were imitating a scene form Born Innocent, an NBC television movie they watched three days they committed the crime. The movie, which takes place in a girl's reform school, shows a new inmate cornered by four girls and graphically raped with the handle of a plumber's helper (Levine 12). It is time ...
- 2112: Housing Discrimination And Hou
- ... it though the education system, their access to the job market it even further limited. In addition, minority families who are segregated into these neighborhoods are forced to raise their children in an environment of crime and violence. When we realize all this, the devastating impact of housing discrimination becomes clear. A major tactic used to segregate minorities in know a "steering." Steering involves the real estate agent showing a minority ... a new area. Although these programs are only being done on a small scale, they are extremely successful. Most families were able to move to a larger house or apartment, and into areas of less crime, better educational systems, and greater ethnic and racial diversity. Most of the recipients of these vouchers said their living conditions as well as their quality of life improved because of their relocation. In spite of ...
- 2113: Locke And Hobbes
- ... rather, "The desires, and other Passions of man, are in themselves no Sin" (page 89). They are merely natural parts of man, and should be understood as such. Locke also focuses on the nature of crime and justice. Mankind "may not unless it be to do justice to an offender, take away, or impair the life, or what tends to the preservation of the life, the liberty, health, limb or goods ... others of protection and guarantees of safety and property, and thus a government is born. In conclusion, although a government should protect life and prevent loss of property, these protections are not guaranteed. Competition and crime is still a problem even though a government exists. Even today, throughout the world, inequalities still exist. Although governments exist there is still no guarantee of equality or that every life and all property will ...
- 2114: Oedipus Rex
- ... on him: And I'll tell you what I think: You planned it, you had it done, you all but Killed him with your own hands: if you had eyes, I'd say that the crime was yours, and yours alone. (1.2.331-334) Teiresius is a blind prophet, and it is possible that if Oedipus had listened to him in the first place, his internal suffering may have been ... the beginning, Teiresius was simply trying to ease him slowly into the truth. Oedipus was too proud to see any truths and he refused to believe that he could be responsible for such a horrible crime. He learned a lesson about life and how there is more to it than just one person's pride. Work Cited Sophocles. Oedipus Rex. World Literature. Orlando: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1993. 307-367.
- 2115: How To Make A Webpage
- How To Make A Webpage For my science project I chose to create a web (internet) page, dealing with science. This project consists of using a computer and a html editor to create a page that can be found on the internet. The next paragraph will explain how to make an internet page. The steps to making a web page to post ... how to do different things all at once, which I had never done before. Making web pages are fun for the people who are experienced with web page making, and for people who are very computer literate.
- 2116: Outsourcing
- Outsourcing Contents. 1 Abstract 2 Introduction 3 Fundamentals 4 The Main Strategy 5 Sucessful Outsourcing 6 Conclusion Outsourcing and how it can help IT Managers enhance their projects. Abstract With computer systems / projects and there implementations getting more complex with every day that passes , the tendering of IT responsibilities to external parties is becoming more and more attractive to the IT Managers of large organisations. The ... sufficient technically competent "in house" staff to oversee the contract service agreement. Before an organisation outsources its IT functions, it is very important that it prepares a sound full cost estimate for all existing internal computer systems so that it can determine whether the outsourcing is cost effective. Failure to do so can be critical. The costing issue of Outsourcing is discussed in more detail in the section headed "The Economics ...
- 2117: Capital Punishment
- ... planning, you will take that person even from my altar to be put to death."(Exodus 21:14) Capital Punishment can be described as a the punishment of death for a very bad or heinous crime like murder. Not all states have got capital punishment, otherwise known as the "Death Penalty." The states which do not have this type of punishment are Alaska, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan ... gas chamber, and lethal injection. If somebody killed someone they would not automatically get the death penalty, there are several circumstances that a judge, jury, and prosecutioner must look at to see how bad the crime was. In some states if you kidnap someone, and do heinous things to them, you could still be eligible for the death penalty. Each state which carries a death sentence has got their own requirements ...
- 2118: Different Cultures, Different
- ... that are addressed by Geertz in his relating of Ryles story of the sheep raid. From the different cultures involved, two different interpretations are concluded. To the protagonist, Cohen, and the perpetrators of the crime, his raid on the Berbers was seen as heroism. Cohen risking his life for his redemption of crime that was committed against him is viewed as heroic. On the contrary, when Cohen returned to his French counterparts, they saw his redemption as a violation of the Berbers, and accused him of being a ...
- 2119: Delinquints
- ... children who are accused of minor delinquencies or refer them directly to their parents. But in other communities, the police may refer such children to a juvenile court, where they may officially be declared delinquents. Crime statistics, though they are often incomplete and may be misleading, do give an indication of the extent of the delinquency problem. The FBI reports that during the early 1980's, about two-fifths of all ... delinquency rates are above average in the poorest sections of cities. Such areas have many broken homes and a high rate of alcoholism. They also have poor schools, high unemployment, few recreational facilities, and high crime rates. Many young people see delinquency as their only escape from boredom, poverty, and other problems. Social scientists have also studied the influence of other youngsters on those who commit delinquencies. For example, they point ...
- 2120: Does The Mass Media Cause Unde
- ... experience it, then men, too, can fantasize about rape and not wish to commit it. In addition to the many other accusations against pornography, many in society believe that there is definite connection between organized crime and pornography. Although this may be true, the idea is largely over-exaggerated. The reasoning behind this theory is very simple, yet very shallow. Consider, that pornography is created by organizations and contains sexually explicit material that may be thought to be legally obscene in some areas. To make the connection, these anti-pornography organizations assume that the organizations (hence organized) that produce the legally obscene (hence crime) material, are operating illegally. It is obvious why pornography is attractive to criminals; just as anything that is banned or is made illegal, there is always someone who will pay the high black-market price ...
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