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- 2311: Government Intervention on the Internet
- ... the last decade, our society has become based on the sole ability to move large amounts of information across great distances quickly. Computerization has influenced everyone's life in numerous ways. The natural evolution of computer technology and this need for ultra-fast communications has caused a global network of interconnected computers to develop. This global network allows a person to send E-mail across the world in mere fractions of ... other topic of interest: data encryption. By nature, the Internet is an insecure method of transferring data. A single E-mail packet may pass through hundreds of computers between its source and destination. At each computer, there is a chance that the data will be archived and someone may intercept the data, private or not. Credit card numbers are a frequent target of hackers. Encryption is a means of encoding data ...
- 2312: Great Expectations
- ... the "warmint" who "grew up took up," whose memory extended only to that period of his childhood when he was "a-thieving turnips for his living" down in Essex, but in whom a life of crime had only intensified the feeling of gratitude for the one kind action of which he was the object, is hardly equalled in grotesque grandeur by anything which Dickens has previously done. The character is not only powerful in itself, but it furnishes pregnant and original hints to all philosophical investigators into the phenomena of crime. In this wonderful creation Dickens follows the maxim of the great master of characterization, and seeks "the soul of goodness in things evil." The style of the romance is rigorously close to things. The author ...
- 2313: Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder
- ... situation to another. These children are especially distracted when mental discipline or self-restraint is needed, as when functioning in a group or performing a difficult or uninteresting task. Participating sports, television shows, videotapes, and computer games and instructional programs all feature enough novelty, movement, and fascination to command the sustained interest and attention of the most hyperactive children. ADHD children have trouble recognizing an object that stands out from the ... run ahead and need to be called back by someone when in public. They need to be constantly busy and are unable to sit quietly and restfully. Even when focusing on a television show or computer screen, they change body position, make tapping noises, or move constantly. They tend to poke, touch, feel, and grab, especially in stores and in school hallways. Repetitive behaviors such as thumb sucking, nail biting, scratching ...
- 2314: To Kill A Mockingbird - Plot S
- ... anyone go until enough money have been collected. The reason she is collecting money when she have the ability to work and earn her own money, is because when Tom Robinson is getting charge with crime like that, no one would hire Helen at all. 3. Why does Cal speak one way around coloured people and another way around white people?? Is she being honest or hypocritial in what she does ... to accept an individual for what he is. 3. In five or six sentences, paraphrase Atticus' summation (closing speech) to the jury. Atticus says that he feels pity for Mayella because didn't commit a crime, but in fact broken a moral code of society. She is guilty of breaking the code and trying to cover it up by accusing Tom Roninson. Tom's motive for helping Mayella was simply that ...
- 2315: Uniforms in Public Schools
- ... and free of gangs, drugs, and violence” (1). The evidence that uniforms reduce violence also exists. In Long Beach, California, the progress is outstanding. Scott Jensen, a Representative of Wisconsin, gives the following statistics, “School crime has dropped 36% in the first year after a mandatory uniform policy was adopted. Fighting fell by 51%, weapons possession by 50%, assault and battery by 34%, vandalism by 18%” (Michael Abbott Jr.1). Uniforms ... arguments opposing school uniform cannot match the benefits that it would have on the educational system of the United States. Uniforms are effective for improving the country’s academic reputation. They significantly decrease violence, eliminate crime and gang related activities, promote safety, create an emphasis on learning and improve the spirit of schools. It is necessary to require uniforms in all of the Nation’s 16,000 public school districts.
- 2316: Shpere
- ... you know something big is going to happen. The author, Michael Crichton, uses about everything except slapping you to grab your attention. He makes this book exciting and unpredictable. One night while sitting at the computer they started receiving number patterns on the computer screen that seemed to be coming from nowhere. The determined that it couldn't be from anywhere but the habitat or the ship that the sphere was on because of the speed of the transmission ...
- 2317: The Scarlet Letter - Plant Ima
- ... covert discussion about “the powers of nature call[ing] so earnestly for the confession of sin,[and discussing] that these black weeds have sprung up out of a buried heart, to make manifest an unspoken crime” (120) illustrates the idea of weeds filling the heart with sin and guilt. Moreover, “the black flower of civilized society” (45-46) refers to the Puritans harsh attitude towards sinners as they view Hester’s ... be buried” (131) B. Weeds 1. “The powers of nature call so earnestly for the confession of sin, that these black weeds have sprung up out of a buried heart, to make manifest an unspoken crime” (120) 2. “The black flower of civilized society” (45-46) C. Leaves 1. “Thou shalt forgive me! cried Hester,flinging herself on the fallen leaves beside him” (178) 2. “Threw it to a distance among ...
- 2318: The U.S. Penal System
- ... the loss of thousands of jobs (Szumski 24-26). Henry Abernathy and inmate in Texas said "just think what a catastrophe it would cause if all cons across the country decided never to commit another crime." Richard Cepulonis, an inmate in Massachusetts said just the title "Department of Corrections" is a "misnomer" he said "they don't correct anything." In conclusion, things need to be done to improve rehabilitation in America. Improvements in job training, counseling, and halfway houses for rehabilitation must be brought to the forefront by citizens. If we do not get involved and try to make changes, our crime problem could worsen beyond control. Bibliography Szumski, Bonnie. America's Prisons Opposing Viewpoints. Greenhaven Press, Inc.: 1985 Doob, Christopher. Sociology: An Introduction. Harcourt Brace & Company, United States: 1994 Bennett, Lawrence. Counseling in Correctional Environments. New ...
- 2319: Sherlock Holmes
- ... of a Scarlet' which was printed as part of a magazine called 'Beeton's Christmas Annual'. The public was also introduced to Holmes' colleague and biographer, Dr Watson. The Victorian public was fascinated by sensational crime and Holmes himself was described as having an immense knowledge of sensational literature. There was a great popularity in late-Victorian London for dismembering murder victims and distributing them around the town. One particular audacious ... as we know it today. He said that no two people have exactly the same finger prints. Holmes used this science to assist him in many of his cases. Doyle not only bought science to crime solving but a new logic. The logic of looking for clues and associating them with the most likely source. Knowledge was for the first time becoming power. Holmes life has spanned six reigns, two world ...
- 2320: History of the American Drug War
- ... nation's drug czar, the most heavily directed - decorated soldier in uniform when he retired. We submitted the biggest drug budget ever, we have dramatically increased control and enforcement at the border. We supported a crime bill that had 60 death penalties, including the penalty for drug kingpins, and I supported a big expansion of the Safe and Drug-Free Schools program to support things like the DARE program because I ... it from coming across the border." Bob Dole continuously blames Clinton for the rise in teen drug use, and how drug abuse doubled when he was governor of Arkansas. Senator Dole had voted against the crime bill that had the death penalty for drug kingpins in it and voted to cut services to 23 million schoolchildren under the Safe and Drug-Free Schools Act. National opinion polls show Bill Clinton leads ...
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