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- 761: Bungee Jumping
- ... a bungee cord was thought of, the idea first spread through New Zealand. From here, Australia and France soon caught on and joined the sport. This new hobby, predominantly known and practiced only by skydivers, rock climbers, and other extremists caught the world's attention and spread like a wild fire. In America, bungee jumping was also proving popular. The first commercial bungee business began thirty minutes outside San Diego, CA ...
- 762: Outlaws In The Frontier
- ... were the Harpe brothers, Micajah and Wiley, who staged a crime wave of murder and robbery from Tennessee to Illinois between 1795 and 1800. Headquarters for the brothers and other notorious outlaws was Cave-in-Rock in Hardin County, Ill. This was long a meeting place for pirates who robbed the flatboats going down the Wabash River. Criminality in the West gathered momentum with the gold rushes to California, Idaho, Montana ...
- 763: Marijuana
- ... in the 1960s, marijuana became a symbol of rebellion for the so-called counterculture (Eve 24). In the 1960s, marijuanas use among students and other young people began to increase. Jazz and rock musicians, also began smoking marijuana because they believed it inspired the creation of music. Cannabis sativa, also known as marijuana and a variety of other slang terms, grows wild in most parts of the world ...
- 764: Marijuana: The Drug That Could Help Stop the Pain
- ... that marijuana inhibits the release of serotonin during attacks. Methods of Intake Marijuana can be consumed several different ways to feel the effects. The most common is that of the marijuana cigarette or joint. They roll the dried leaves of the plant in paper and twist it on the ends. Marijuana can also be consumed by drinking tea made with it or eating something that it has been baked into. Patients ...
- 765: Child Abuse
- ... paid much attention to Kim. Then finally one day when he came to the back yard he tried to have sex with her but she knew a bit one sexual experiences and found the closest rock and threw it at him. He ran after her but never caught her and never touched her two weeks after that. He came and tried to do it to her again but this time she ...
- 766: The Threat of Death
- ... that they believe that the death penalty deters other criminals from killing (Kuntz 3). As it turns out, the citizens of society are not the only ones that think the death penalty deters. The death-roll inmates also feel this way. Through voicing their opinions on how they feel and their actions (i.e., appeals, more appeals, etc.), they make it clear that losing their life scares them badly. There are ...
- 767: Misconduct in Police Departments
- ... s not likely to happen when rookie police officers get the wrong ethical signals from their superiors, starting with things as subtle as punitive language, she believes." (119) "You can't scream at police during roll call and exp ect them to go out and be nice to citizens," Price says. (119) This has shown it might work but its need some wok on it. People who are afraid need help ...
- 768: DNA and Crime
- ... source of inherited traits. If the DNA fingerprints produced from two different samples match, the two samples probably came from the same person. Here are some examples of court cases where DNA plays an important roll in the outcome of the trial. Hauppauge N.Y.: After 11 years in prison for rape Kerry Kotler cried tears of joy becoming one of the first convicts in the United States to be freed ...
- 769: Serial Killers and Society
- ... show in California entitled: The Death Row Art Show III. Pieces sold for thousands of dollars regardless of their aesthetic appeal, because of the identity of the artists. Serial killers are becoming as popular as rock stars. Serial killers are a development of the industrial world; they really didn't "come about" until the late eighteen-hundreds when society was becoming modernized and the threat of the new age sort of ...
- 770: U.S. Scourge Spreads South of The Border
- ... who use the drug in Florida and Texas, where Rohypnol first became a problem. The small, inexpensive pills were popped by addicts to heighten a heroin trip, or by teenagers who wanted to feel drunk. Rock star Kurt Cobain overdosed on Rohypnol and champagne a month before killing himself. The most widely know cases are that Rohypnol is blamed in numerous date- rape cases. Men allegedly have slipped it into their ...
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