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    FYS-Presentation/Midterm test October 14‚2014 Topic: Abuse of power in the police force – There has to be an invisible sun that gives us hope when the whole day is done. Introduction: Nowadays a lot of killings have taken place in various parts of the world e.g. U.S.A‚ U.K and many more. There have been a lot of misconduct with the police force. The reason why I picked this research‚ is due to the abuse of power in the police force. A lot of young people have died‚ because of petty incidences or

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    To Cult Behavior   In the early 1960s‚ psychologists in the United States interviewed several U.S. soldiers and American Prisoners of War returning home from combat against North Korea. Their main focus in particular were on those who had suffered an extreme change in their personality. These young soldiers had experienced being brainwashed under the communists. Psychologist have later realized that people involved in cults may have experienced similar psychological changes. Cult leaders use

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    A major issue surrounding criminal justice agencies across the United States is police brutality and the abuse of power. There has been case after case involving police officers using excessive‚ deadly force that more often than not unjustifiable behavior. Police departments have been in hot water lately because of the actions of certain officers. As a result‚ the criminal justice system as a whole is affected by the negative and inappropriate behavior. Instead of the officers who under scrutiny

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    control due to their power over everyone so everybody had a miserable life and died unhappy and no one was happy with the British abusing their power so no one ever forgot about it. The British and the thirteen colonies were fighting because the British were taking control of their over power and they weren’t making it fair. Who was right in the conflict known as the American Revolution? The Colonists are right over the Crown. The colonists were right because of the British abuse of power. The British abused

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    them from the Western world? The hallmark that will be most referenced throughout this essay will be Bruce Pauley’s first hallmark: “Extraordinary powers of the Leader”. The leader in question being Hugo Chavez‚ the previous President of Venezuela‚ who passed on his methods to his Bolivarian revolution comrade‚ Nicolas Maduro. Nicolas Maduro came to power in 2013 as the interim President of Venezuela after Hugo Chavez passed away from Cancer. He then succeeded him officially after the 2013 elections

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    "The Cult of True Womanhood" by Barbara Welter portrays the situation of women in the United States‚ in the nineteenth century. Where as most women write about fighting for women’s rights in this nation‚ Welter took on the initiative to write about something different. Her role in writing The Cult of True Womanhood came to be educating peoples about the life of a woman in the 19th century. Womanhood according to Welter’s article absorbed the life of domestication with the occupation of the ideal

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    falls on the shoulder of the three main characters‚ because each character’s action takes part in a chain reaction‚ which‚ ultimately‚ leads to the tragedy. This can be proven by Abigail’s manipulative nature‚ Elizabeth’s coldness‚ and John’s abuse of power and lack of self-control. Abigail’s manipulations are partly responsible for the hanging of the 19 innocents. From act 1‚ her manipulative nature can be seen. She manipulates the girls with whom she practiced witchcraft with to not tell anyone

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    Cults and Consequences Without even realizing it‚ people give their lives up to cults every day. Cults manage to convince people to join and do things they would never have done otherwise‚ ranging from boldly declaring false statements to removing themselves from society. However‚ the government almost never publicly condemns any cults‚ no matter the size or severity of them. The legality of cults is very general and often focuses only how it affects others outside of it. The devotee can start to

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    Gangs and Cults Introduction to Sociology Gangs and Cults Gangs and cults at first glance may seem very different‚ and in some ways they are‚ but when you look closer their cultures are very similar. Cults promote a particular belief system‚ recruiting members by tricking them or influencing them to believe what they are teaching or telling them. Gangs pretty much do the same thing. They create glorified myths about the gang that appeal to young recruits‚ and far too often these myths become

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    where the pigs‚ and the owners of the surrounding farms gather for a toast to the prosperity of Animal Farm. In this passage‚ you can clearly see the pigs abuse of power and their character development‚ and how they had clearly segregated themselves from the rest of the animals‚ and put themselves on a high pedestal. The pigs abuse of power can be seen when Orwell writes that “Napoleon was only now for the first time announcing it” then later in the passage “’Animal Farm’ had been abolished. Henceforward

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