Review Questions 1. Forensic Science is the use of science within the criminal justice system in order to assist in studying criminal acts. 2. A forensic scientist must analyze evidence from crime scenes‚ provide an expert testimony during court cases‚ and assist in training other law enforcement employees to properly gather crime scene evidence to ensure it is not contaminated. 3. Criteria used to establish someone as an expert witness includes one’s educational degrees‚ career experience in
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Jared Diamond is… interesting. The argument that Jared Diamond makes in his article‚ “The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race”‚ is completely refutable. There is very little evidence in the article that makes sense‚ and most of it appears to be that Diamond just has a grudge against the laziness of the modern world. This is where Diamond and I agree. The modern world is incredibly lazy. We now live in a world where fast food is a food group‚ and technology is being used incorrectly‚ resulting
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The word "race" as I see used in everyday life‚ particularly in the media‚ refers to a way of categorizing people based on similar physical characteristics. It also refers to the culture or identity of a people. By merely knowing one’s race‚ people can affix several meanings to that person’s background. Race seems to be a very crucial part of the formation of ones identity. There is also more of a tendency to describe culture in terms of race. For example‚ there is a "Black culture" or "Latino culture"
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Critical Book Review of Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane The book Maggie: A Girl of the Streets was written by Stephen Crane in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The book was written at the beginning of the American tradition of Naturalism‚ which was a literary movement marked by realism and acknowledgment of social conditions. This book is a story of a girl trying to escape poverty and the author also shows the real world hardships of the lower class. I chose
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Critical Essay 4 Close Reading “The ’Birthmark” that was written a little over a century ago by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ seems to be an early story of our modern fascination with physical flawlessness. In looking at today ’s society‚ it is simple to see that humans are fascinated with perfection. This fascination may be for physical perfection‚ emotional perfection‚ or career perfection. Unlike today ’s society‚ where flawlessness is wanted by the person directly involved‚ the character in this
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F. Scott Fitzgerald is a famous writer known all across the world. His most known work is The Great Gatsby‚ however‚ he has many other wondrous works such as The Beautiful and the Damned. Students and critics everywhere have studied and analyzed Fitzgerald’s work to better understand the way he wrote‚ the time period which it was for‚ and why he wrote. When taking a closer look at these two of Fitzgerald’s greatest works‚ we find themes of love and failure in both books‚ the riveting setting of the
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people socially construct institution based on sensory perception. Race is in fact a social construct made from systems of constitutive rules. It is used to generalize people into specific groups characterized by supposedly distinctive and universal physical characteristics. Although humans have created this entity‚ there are many sources that provide proof that race is impossible to define biologically. Since colonization began‚ humans have been given racial identities which continue to cause uproar
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In Chapter 1 of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain‚ the role of inequality is emphasized heavily. The quote on page 8‚ paragraph 2 shows this. The quote is "They and the women‚ as a rule‚ wore a coarse tow-linen robe that came well below the knee‚ and a rude sort of sandals‚ and many wore an iron collar. The small boys and girls were always naked; but nobody seemed to know it." (Twain PG 8). The Yankee seems to be looking down on the people around him‚ thinking he is better
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The Space Race In the beginning of the 1950’s tensions were high between the Soviets and the U.S. The Cold War had become known worldwide as a nuclear arms race between two super powers. However‚ a new kind of race had begun between the two countries‚ The Space Race. This was a race to control the outer space surrounding Earth‚ which could ultimately act as a nuclear missile path. Controlling outer space with nuclear capabilities could mean massive destruction for the world as we know it. The two
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Critical Movie Review “Girl‚ Interrupted” This movie revolves around a young woman named Susanna in the 1960s who is experiencing mental issues and ends up in a mental institution. Her journey focuses on her relationship with several of the other patients and nurses. At first she doesn’t believe she is ill‚ and resists her treatment‚ instead befriending another patient‚ Lisa‚ who takes her on many adventures inside and outside of the hospital. Lisa leads her down the wrong path which ends in the
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