Diversity and Your Community Kelley Boulet Cultural Diversity Sally Kwitkowski My hometown is Wichita Kansas‚ in which I was surrounded by numerous cultures and ethnicities. Wichita is the biggest city in Kansas‚ located in the south-central part of the state on the Arkansas River and approximately 140 miles south of the capital city of Topeka. It is also conveniently located just 197 miles from Kansas City and 161 miles from Oklahoma City‚ both with over 1
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our research sampling of social disorganized and inequality within high-risk urban communities/neighborhoods in the states of Georgia and South Carolina‚ and thereby examine whether there is adequate variation that exists between those communities/neighborhoods that will supply useful data for this analysis. The following research questions will need to be addressed which are: 1) “What is the association between each of the neighborhoods social processes and their social structural physiognomies
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much needed service in our communities. Law Enforcement officers have sworn an oath to keep us safe from harm and protect us from those who may want to deprive us of our basic liberties. Officers are to up hold our laws and in exchange we give them power to monitor our behaviors and correct us if we need correcting. However‚ are we supposed to be friends with Law Enforcement officers and know them on a first name basis if we have not committed a crime? Does community policing work and is it necessary
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Social Disorganization 12 November 2013 CJA 384 Social Disorganization Within the field of criminal justice the pattern of a crime can be influenced by social disorganization. The theory of social disorganization is broken down by the effective social control‚ the lack of integration between groups‚ conflicting attitudes and personnel maladjustment (Merriam-Webster‚ 2013). The paper below will describe what is social disorganization‚ how organized crime has evolved with social disorganization
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Critically examine the concept of ‘community’ in relation to virtual community. It is difficult to examine the concept of ‘community’ as the term ‘community’ is used in a very wide sense to refer to many different figurations of people (Bell & Newby‚ 1974)‚ thus generating a large number of separate definitions (Stacey‚ 1969). In order to gain an understanding of what ‘community’ really means it is important to consider the history of its usage. The term originated in the fourteenth century and
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For African Diasporic communities‚ there is a constant fight for true freedom. True freedom‚ liberation is an idea that has been analyzed by many scholars‚ religious leaders‚ artists‚ and everyday people in diasporic communities. Descendants of enslaved Africans‚ as well as many brown communities throughout the world‚ struggle to liberate themselves from the damaging effects of European influence. The Oxford Dictionary defines Freedom as “the power or right to act‚ speak‚ or think as one wants without
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Community and Social Structure By: Christopher Noyes E-mail: christophernoyes@hotmail.com AssignmentIII The idea of people being social in nature can be clearly illustrated by the groups‚ or communities that one sees all around them. Groups of individuals share a common perspective of what reality consists of‚ this is known as culture(Charon‚ 1997). This reality is perceived through our interactions with others in the group and by what our position is within that group(Charon‚ 1997). The
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individual (local) to learning as part of a community (global). The emergence of social communities have worked in tandem with established forms of learning to educate the masses. These social communities were called by various names each having a different function and or terms of reference. Local learning takes place within ‘self’‚ as we learn people learn with us and from us‚ in a non formal or informal way. As we learn we tend to build social communities of learning‚ to enable us to counter the
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Social Issues in Local Community According to St. Lucie County school district‚ top priority in our community is to provide high-quality education to our students. Teachers are expected to abide by a set curriculum to achieve the yearly goals and to ensure our community is academically outfitted. The importance of education in our community‚ takes much attention off many key elements that edifies an academically successful population. Because teachers are expected to follow these set standards
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Social Responsibility and the Community The American Red Cross prevents and alleviates human suffering in the face of emergencies by mobilizing the power of volunteers and the generosity of donors. United Way improves lives by mobilizing the caring power of communities around the world to advance the common good. Involvement Responds to 70‚000 natural and man-made disasters in the U.S. Supports Military Families Health and Safety training Lifesaving Blood Donations International help
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