The history of U.S. prisons from the late 1700s to the late 1800s was marked by a shift from a penitentiary system primarily concerned with rehabilitation to one concerned more with warehousing prisoners. The failure of reform minded wardens to justify rehabilitation caused state legislatures to set economic profitability as the new goal for prisons. This resulted in a worsening of prison conditions during this period. Early colonial criminal law was a curious mix of religion
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Assess the view that the nuclear family is the most ideal for society and its individuals (24 marks) There are a variety of sociological perspectives on whether the nuclear family is the most ideal for society and its individuals. By nuclear family‚ we mean a couple and their children (usually between two and three) who live in the same household. Sociologists can refer to Parson’s functional fit idea‚ Marx’s theory of the family serving capitalism and a range of feminist perspectives on the matter
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United States History Essential Questions How did British mercantilism affect the colonies? Mercantilism greatly affected the society and culture of the colonies. The colonists adopted customs of England‚ bought English goods‚ and also took on most of England’s ideas about politics and education. Most people believed that the colonies were outposts of the British world. How democratic was colonial America? Colonial America was not very democratic. Slavery still existed in the colonies‚ and the
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Definition of X- Internet Many people think the Internet and the Web are the same thing. They’re not. The Internet is a piece of wire that goes from me to you and from me to 300 million other people in the world. The Web is software that I put on my end of the wire‚ and you put on your end -- allowing us to exchange information. While the Internet (the wire) evolves gradually‚ the software on the wire can change quickly. Before the Web‚ other software was clamped onto the Internet. WAIS‚ Gopher
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and their dreams go unsung. However‚ as we move into the modern era‚ women are rejecting their traditional standing as man’s shadow. With this revolutionary refusal‚ women around the world are burgeoning into their full potential. Women in American history have long played important roles from Abigail Adams and her clandestine letters to Alice Paul and her bold proclamation for women’s equality. Partly inspired by the
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Sociological Perspectives Unit 1 Animal Culture vs Tradition and Capitalism An intelligent animal. Capable of seeing right through you. Able to see if you are pregnant‚ to see your heart beating‚ or even your bones. The only species in the world apart from ourselves who are so self aware. Dolphins. I believe it is unnecessary‚ unethical‚ and dangerous to kill and consume dolphins. In this essay I will compare and contrast two different cultures‚ that are advocates of dolphin hunting. The
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The Civil Rights Movements throughout the sixties were very turbulent at times and a lot of activists were injured or even killed‚ one of them was Malcolm X. Malcolm X was a very influential man to many people and led the Civil Rights in a lot of areas in the U.S. Malcolm X was a great civil rights leader because he had a troubling childhood that made him who he was‚ he made speeches to the people to defend themselves from the white oppression‚ and his philosophies carried on after his death.
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How Malcolm X found his enlightenment. Enlightenment is the act or a means of enlightening (to give intellectual or spiritual light to; impart knowledge to). It’s also a philosophical movement of the 18th century that emphasized the use of reason to scrutinize previously accepted doctrines and traditions and that brought about many humanitarian reforms. The "Allegory of the Cave" by Plato represents an extended metaphor that is to contrast the way in which we perceive and believe in what is reality
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Malcolm X used literacy as the main tool to gain knowledge. If Malcolm X were alive today he would have been just as likely to have needed and valued literacy. Writing can be used as a means of increasing understanding of complex subjects. Technology can prove to be too distracting for cognitive learning. Malcolm X used writing as a way to memorize and better understand words. While imprisoned in the Charleston Prison he began to copy the dictionary from beginning to end. In doing so Malcolm started
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American History Notes Ch.1 * 1000-1200 AD … Cahokia community * Part of the Woodland culture (Missisipian people) * Pop. 10‚000-20‚000 * Gone by the time Europeans come to America * Lived along the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers * Lived in houses * Farmers * Traders * Largest civilization in US * Moral Code * Mound builders The great serpant mound is theirs * May have went extinct because of drought‚ locusts
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