The theory that I found the most interesting in Justice 251 this semester is the trait theories. The glossary in our textbook describes trait theory as “The view that criminality is a product of abnormal biological and/or psychological traits” (Siegel 564). I found this theory to be very interesting because it talks about all of these factors that could increase the likelihood of someone becoming a criminal. When looking at this this theory it suggests that maybe the driving factor in someone making
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Restorative Practice Framework “Restorative Practices are a framework for building community and for responding to challenging behavior through authentic dialogue‚ coming to understanding‚ and making things right” (Clifford‚ n.d.). The fundamental hypothesis of restorative practices is that “Human beings are happiest‚ healthiest‚ and most likely to make positive changes in their behavior when those in authority do things with them rather than to them or for them” (Wachtel‚ 2013‚ p. 3 & 6). This
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immense and even those who disagree with him have generally fallen into dialogue with his views. 3. He does not explain why certain people are more likely to commit crimes than others. 4. It is difficult to test the theory of crime. It seems to be a ‘have your cake and eat it theory’‚ where crime may invalidate the functionalist claims of social stability‚ but it seen to ‘really’ function to create such stability by showing people how not to behave. Thus functionalists are able to ‘prove’ stability
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The Seductive Vision of Restorative Justice: Right-Relation‚ Reciprocity‚ Healing and Repair NOTES: * Focuses on repair instead of punishment‚ healing instead of inflicting further wounds. * Sees the individual victims rather than justice just being about the ‘state’. * Wrongful violation‚ not just a set of rules. * Community is the source of resolution in a conflict. * Compassion for both the victim and the perpetrator. Perpetrator is still held accountable for their wrongdoing
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you need a root canal. When residents of Middletown‚ NY need root canals or any other restorative or general dentistry procedures‚ they call the father-daughter dental practice Gunther B Goldsmith‚ DDS and Ellen J Solomon‚ DMD. The skilled dentists at this Middletown-based practice often perform root canals on their patients‚ so they know that there are several indicators that you might need this type of restorative dentistry procedure. Here Dr. Goldsmith and
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I understand the guilty offender to be blameworthy and that desert theories in criminal justice are premised on notions of individual blameworthiness. Within the criminal law this is historically referred to as the mens rea requirement. An agent has the mental state of purpose with respect to a conduct if and only if the agent intends to engage in the conduct and understands its nature. Having a guilty mind means that the criminal knows certain things and chose (or failed to choose) certain things
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Discussion To grant a restorative nap or sleep to a night nurse is the way to combat sleepiness and fatigue at work. No amount of technology or incentives can fight the problem of fatigue at work but sleep. As long as the practice of nap break is ignored‚ the danger to patient’s safety‚ nurses’ health‚ and decreased nurses’ job satisfaction will continue to be the major issues in the community and health organization. To understand the challenge in implementing the practice‚ one can summarize
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When I first started studying Restorative Exercise I had no idea I would end up getting rid of all of our furniture‚ throwing away all of my designer shoes‚ ditching a desk for a standing work station‚ and getting rid of pillows. I would have thought those were pretty extreme moves‚ and to most people they are. But as I learned more and more about natural movement and how much our health depends on it- I began making the changes- a chair here‚ a desk there. The more I learned about the damage to
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Compare and contrast Rawls’ theory of justice with Hayek’s version of freedom. In doing so please outline and justify which theory provides a better explanation Friedrich Hayek was a British philosopher who wrote from his experiences of World War one in which he served. It is known that based on Hayek’s experience in the war and his desire to help avoid the mistakes that had orchestrated to the war; he was led to this career in which he developed the theory of freedom. Hayek argues that there
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stressful and time consuming to decide which one(s) apply in getting the more accurate results. Today we will be taking a look at the utilitarian theory and the social-justice theory‚ comparing and contrasting them; as well as how one would use their analyses on the world when looking at toxic waste issues. First‚ lets take a look at the utilitarian theory. A utilitarian analysis of a toxic waste issue such as the Toxic Wastes and Race in the United States would be the understanding thought of “poor
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