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    http://www.sallyhoward.net/article.php?id=54&category=current_affairs India’s Tourism History The road from independence It’s 65 years since independence‚ and in its wake Indian tourism industry has traversed a rocky road – much like the subcontinent itself. High Life surveys six colourful decades… Flashing with heat and drowned by monsoons‚ with its rainbow of saris and the fast-changing blues of its overarching skies India‚ to the chilly British mind

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    Labeling theory was felt in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. Labeling theroy states that official reactio to the delinquent acts‚ help label youths as criminals‚ troublemakers‚ and outcasts and lock them in a cycleof escalating delinquent acts of social sanctions. Social conflict theory focuses on why governments make and enforce rules of the law. Conflict theorists believe that the conflict between the haves and have-notsof society can occur in any social system. Labeling and Conflict Theory Defined

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    Trait Theory and Violent Crime Petra Torri Nova Southeastern University [CRJU 2220: Criminology Prof. J. Brecher] The Latent Trait Theory and Violent Crime Developmental theories‚ such as the Latent Trait Theory explain criminal behavior through life-course fundamentals. Violent crimes‚ such as murder and battery are accordingly the result of behavior that has been shaped starting in one’s childhood. This paper explains violent behavior and it’s causes through the Latent Trait theory and

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    view that crime and deviance are the product of the labelling process. Some argue that crime and deviance is caused by labelling‚ as after an offender is labelled by society this often leads to a spiral of repeat offences‚ as he/she is not given a chance by society so therefore leads to a deviant career for them. However this may not be the cause of their further deviance as it could be to strains and poverty‚ this theory has also been criticised for a number of reasons. Labelling Theory • This

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    statements that compare conflict theory to radical and postmodern criminology. These six concerns include; the focus of the theory‚ the goal of conflict‚ control of crime definitions‚ nature of crime‚ explanation of crime‚ and policy implications. Arrigo and Bernard’s (1997) theory suggests that postmodern criminology is consistent with conflict criminology’s definition of crime‚ while radical criminology is consistent with conflict criminology and the focus of the theory (conflict oriented) and the goal

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    Similarities and Differences in Sociological Theories of Crime Walden University Similarities and Differences in Sociological Theories of Crime Sociological theories of crime contain a great deal of useful information in the understanding of criminal behavior. Sociological theories are very useful in the study of criminal behavior because unlike psychological and biological theories they are mostly macro level theories which attempt to explain rates of crime for a group or an area rather than explaining

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    The Impact of Restorative approaches To conflict resolution in Youth Justice Restorative practices‚ which evolved from restorative justice‚ are a new field of study that has the potential to positively influence human behaviour and strengthen civil society around the world. (Wachtel‚ 2012) For this research paper I will look at the impact of restorative practice on the youth justice system here in Ireland from its beginning to its present state and compare

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    The term sociological imagination is said to have originated in 1959‚ with American sociologist C. Wright Mills. It refers to the number of factors in sociology that influence and shape connections between that which is remote and seemingly indirectly related on a personal level to simplistic aspects of everyday life for an individual. The idea basically implies that personal issues are projected as social problems by people in an attempt to rationalize a linkage to society. However‚ in employing

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    possessing money & power (the dominant group) decide how to run the health care system. They make certain that they have access to health care‚ while keeping the subordinate groups in their place by restricting their access to health care. Although conflict theorists have been proven correct regarding the unfair nature of the health care system‚ they fail to acknowledge the advancements in medicine that were only made possible due to the profit-driven economic system supporting & rewarding researchers

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    Prince John. All the goods they steal they pass out and distribute to those who suffer poverty due to Prince Johns absurdly high taxes. There is one abundantly clear theory that matches this story‚ and that would be the “conflict theory”. So‚ first thing is first; What is a conflict theory? This criminal theory is defined as crime being provoked by a political reason. Political reason being what? Over taxing

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