Summary: Michael Obi’s ambition is fulfilled when‚ at age twenty-six‚ he is appointed to whip into shape an unprogressive secondary school. Energetic‚ young‚ and idealistic as he is‚ Obi hopes to clean up the educational mission field and speed up its Christianizing mission. Already outspoken in his denigration of “the narrow views” and ways of “superannuated people in the teaching field‚” he expects to make a good job of this grand opportunity and show people how a school should be run. He plans
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Sociological and Psychological Theories of Crime Causation The aim of this essay is to compare‚ contrast and evaluate two sociological theories of crime causation and two psychological theories of crime causation. Sociological Theories of crime‚ Labelling and Structural Functionalism/ Strain. Howard Becker is a sociologist that is often credited with the development of the labelling theory. However the origins of this theory can be traced back to sociologists at the beginning of the twentieth century
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Great man theory of leadership Definition Ideological theory that "great" leaders possess characteristics or traits not found in the rest of the population. This concept is based on the belief that great leaders are not made but born with unique characteristics which allow them to rise to the occasion during difficult periods in history to overcome obstacles and lead their nation successfully. Introduction Are some people born to lead? If we look at the great leaders of the past such as Alexander
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There are many theories in the study of criminal behavior that try and answer the question “What causes people to commit criminal offenses?”; however‚ control theories ask the question “What causes people to conform to rules and criminal laws?” These theories‚ instead of bringing about deviant motivations‚ bring about compliance motivations. Control theories state that crime occurs when controls are not formed‚ are fragmented‚ or are undermined (Paternoster‚ R.‚ & Bachman‚ R. Eds. 2001). The control
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INDONESIAN; USE A CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR ANTI TRAFFICKING CRIME CHAPTER I-INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Indonesia is a source‚ transit‚ and destination country for women‚ children‚ and men trafficked for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor. The greatest threat of trafficking facing Indonesian men and women is that posed by conditions of forced labor and debt bondage in more developed Asian countries and the Middle East. The government
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A Role for Equity Theory in the Turnover Process: An Empirical Test1 RODGERw.GRlFFETH2 AND STEFAN GAERTNER Department of Management Georgia State Universiw The purpose o f the present study was to examine the role o f equity theory in the context of the contemporary turnover process. A model was developed and tested with 192 hospital employees using structural equation modeling (SEM)‚ which placed satisfaction and intention to quit as mediators of employee turnover. The results strongly support
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stated is‚ does punishment really work? If so‚ what types of punishments? What types of punishments are least effective? Starting out by observing what punishment is‚ will help out best. Punishment is a certain consequence that an individual may face to reduce the behavior from occurring. While punishment can be effective in some cases‚ you can probably think of a few examples of when punishment does not reduce a behavior. Prison is one example. After being sent to jail for a crime‚ people often continue
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Dostoevsky’s Use of Dreams in His Novel Crime and Punishment It is the winter of 1850 and a harsh wind is blowing outside making the temperature drop by about 10° even as the sun is rising. Even though this weather is not suitable for habitation‚ outside thousands of men are working. Many of these men are clothed in mere rags‚ and if one looked closely they would see that quite a few were missing fingers or toes that had been cut off due to frost bite. One of the men chopping lumber collapses on
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The Idea of Mill ’s ethical theory is his Greatest Happiness Principle in that “actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness and they are wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. Happiness is the intended pleasure and the absence of pain. Unhappiness is the pain and the lack of pleasure. Pleasure and freedom from pain are the only desirable things.” Mill ’s view of happiness is hedonistic‚ which suggests that the only good thing in a person is pleasure and the
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Two famous writers have presented us with opposite theories about the influence of leaders. Thomas Carlyle wrote most passionately: "Universal History‚ the history of what man has accomplished in this world‚ is at bottom the History of the Great Men who have worked here." Heroes teach us right and wrong‚ he said; heroes give us great inventions and discoveries. It is the great few who transform society; the multitude follows them. Modern democracy‚ he believed‚ has produced millions of fools who
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