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    The Film‚ witness‚ shows the audience a clash of different cultures that come together briefly but cannot mix. It is clear that the clash of the Amish and mainstream American society cannot mix‚ as shown in the film Witness. Although the cultures meet out of necessity in the film‚ the relationship between John Book and Rachel Lapp doesn’t eventuate‚ Eli and Book disagree on their ideas of justice‚ and the lifestyles of the two different societies are often incompatible. (When Samuel is involved

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    the followers of Jacob Amman felt the unrepentant individual should be completely shunned or avoided by all church members. This belief‚ along with other differences‚ led to Amman’s split with the Mennonites in 1693. His followers were later called Amish.

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    Should intermediate sanctions be run by traditional probation and prison systems or by new private or public agencies seeking to serve as alternatives to them? List two benefits and two challenges for each of these strategies and provide your own policy recommendation about which one should be used (and why). Overcrowding of prisons and unnecessary incarceration rates is one of the major problems in the United States today. As stated in Chapter 9‚ “ more then 60 billion dollars is spent on corrections

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    eal Response – Example 1 (864) ‘Having a sense of being different makes it difficult to belong.’ Human beings are all quite different from each other‚ but are the same species. Our main difference with other animals is our higher innate intelligence and the ensuing advanced social structure. Human society is built around commerce and other such material concepts‚ but the strongest thread binding us together is having similarities which allow us to form communities. Since having similarities is the

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    themes which challenge the viewers intellect and curiosity on a number of levels. Primarily‚ This dramatic thriller exposes the contrasting worlds of modern American "English" society with the traditional and nostalgic existence of the Pennsylvanian Amish community. However‚ as the viewer is taken on the intended emotional journey a number of other themes are also exposed and deserve consideration. Film techniques significantly contribute to ensuring that viewer engagement is achieved and maintained

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    Rachel Scene Thesis The film witness encourages us to think about our world in new ways. Witness shows us an underlying theme of corruption and encourages us to think of our society as evil. Witness achieves this through a comparison between the Amish and English world. Schaeffer represents the evil of the English world‚ this is shown through the interrogation scene between him and Carter Schaeffer uses a cold‚ manipulative and sarcastic tone to talk to Carter 
‘Why don’t you tell me where

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    book Utilitarianism‚ is that utilitarianism has all the sanctions of other moral systems. Events or excuses that people accept as permission to continue with a choice. These sanctions derive from a wide spectrum of different approvals‚ usually built upon moral preference. Mill is able to categorize every human license into exist internal and external sanctions‚ and believes that it is possible to change your moral selection. External sanctions exist outside of the individual‚ independent of his mind

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    religions or groups. The Mennonites derived their name from Menno Simons a former Dutch priest. They are known as the plain people because of their simple lifestyles. The Mennonite population was established because of disagreement of beliefs in the Amish community. There are numerous ways the Mennonites follow faith‚ but still hold there common simplistic beliefs. “They believe that‚ Jesus Christ is central worship and to everyday living. Behavior is to follow Christ’s

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    Intermediate Sanctions Florence Thomas Axia College of University of Phoenix Intermediate sanctions are criminal sentences that fall between standard probation and incarceration. Intermediate sanctions can include house arrest‚ intensive probation (i.e.‚ probation with more conditions beyond the basic conditions of standard probation)‚ boot camps‚ electronic monitoring‚ and drug treatment programs. Intermediate sanctions serve a dual purpose in the criminal justice system

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    Intermediate Sanctions Intermediate sanctions are the sanctions that are more restrictive than the probation and less restrictive than imprisonment. It is also intended to relieve the pressure on the over crowed facilities that deal with the corrections and the probation departments that are understaffed. The purpose for the intermediate sanction in the criminal justice process is that it helps with any of the concerns from the facilities being packed and over crowed. Jails and the prisons

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