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    [NAME] [CLASS‚ SECTION] Wikipedia Project Article Chosen: [ARTICLE TITLE‚ WEB-ADDRESS] [COPY/PASTE TEXT OF ARTICLE HERE] Article Citations: [COPY/PASTE WIKIPEDIA CITATIONS HERE] Assessment of Five Wikipedia Citations: [EXAMPLE: 1. ^ Wolf‚ Eric (1994) Perilous Ideas: Race‚ Culture‚ People. Current Anthropology 35: 1-7. p.227 In this article‚ Wikipedia states that Anthropology “has origins in the humanities‚ the natural sciences‚ and the social sciences‚” citing Eric Wolf

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    Michelle Vu 100979677 CRCJ1000 Michael Anthony Lufty Oct. 3rd‚ 2014 Thinking Critically about Prison Tours Carceral tours allow the public to walk through the halls of prison to obtain an understanding of incarceration. Carceral tours had numerous uses for architects‚ inspectors and officials throughout the nineteenth century‚ but recently the tours are used as an observational research opportunity for social science students who are interested in learning

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    Explain the socioeconomic structure of American society. One of the most significant problems in the world now is that of economic inequality‚ and the social problems it produces. And the most damaging impact may be in developed nations such as the U.S. and Canada. The U.S. in particular has the greatest gap in wealth among all developed nations‚ and the problem it is causing is becoming more apparent with each passing day. During the recession in the U.S.‚ at least 6 million people have lost their

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    MODULE 2 Theories About Crime: Public Perceptions of Crime Rates Survey Data in Teaching enhancing critical thinking and data numeracy July 2004 UK Data Archive‚ University of Essex x4l@essex.ac.uk x4l.data-archive.ac.uk Version 1.0 Module 2 Theories About Crime: Public Perceptions of Crime Rates In this module: There are different ways to record crime The official report says that although crime is really falling‚ the public think it is increasing When

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    Critical Criminology‚ primarily structured by the Marxist doctrine‚ attaches particular emphasis on the birth of crime and how the concepts of fairness and punishment‚ are associated with social inequalities and hierarchies that ultimately prevail. As a result‚ criminality and the administration of justice in general‚ are greatly affected in space-time because the social structure of inequality and social classes give them each time different definitions. The concepts where Critical Criminology focuses

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    Running head: CRIMINOLOGY IN THE FUTURE 1 Criminology In The Future Laquita Taylor Criminology 314 Instructor JP January 31‚ 2015 Running head: CRIMINOLOGY IN THE FUTURE 2 This world is constantly changing every day. When the world changes‚ the people change‚ and new technology populates‚ and so does the crime rates. Criminals will try to create new ways to commit crimes. The criminal justice system should pay close attention to these new technologies to keep the people

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    Background Research on Criminology Ashlee Fiataugaluia CRJS 131 Criminology Westwood College 9/2/12 Criminology is a term used for the study of criminal behavior including factors and causes of crime. This study also deals with the social impact of any crime of the criminal itself and on the victim and his or her family. There are two major classifications in this discipline of social science. First is classicistic approach while the other is known as positivist approach of criminal study

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    CHAPTER 1 CRIME THEORY: CRITICAL CRIMINOLOGY There could be different reasons of increasing crimes. One of the obvious reasons is poverty and social injustice. Most of the people engaged in crime either don’t have proper source of income or they are socially discriminated. So the main reason of crime is poverty and social injustice. Most of the places with high poverty and social injustice have high crime rate (Jerry‚ 1995). The most important policy implications that would be most successful

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    What is criminology? As crime TV shows get popular‚ more and more people become interested in this term‚ criminology. Along with the growing popularity‚ there are some misconceptions about criminology. Most people only have a vague concept that criminology is a study of crime‚ but they don’t really know anything about this field. So what is criminology and what does criminologists do? We can know something related to criminology from some crime TV shows such as CSI‚ Breaking Bad and Castle‚ but

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    The first topic that stood out to me was Contemporary critical thought. “While all criminology is based on a conflict premise‚ it has become considerably more diverse over the past two decades‚ incorporating “a growing multiplicity of critical theoretical approaches” (Michalowiski‚ 1996:13). The top three important contemporary critical streams are left realism‚ feminism‚ and postmodernism. Radical criminologist highlighted certain crimes over the years that target poor people. These crimes are called

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