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    terminology is needed in the criminal justice field. A individual has to be able to understand the meanings of the words as well as knowing the concept of the meaning to be proficient in this field of work or career. If the terminology is misunderstood it may cause the case to have a negative outcome and a total new meaning or concept. Knowing the correct terminology for this field of criminal justice will be much easier if one knows what everyone is talking about when doing the research. It

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    Euthyphro is the plaintiff in a murder suit that he is filing against his very own father. Euthyphro believes that he has a case against his father‚ the reasons the young man comes up with does not sufficiently satisfy Socrates. This text is a great example of beliefs of a young man; against the wisdom and knowledge of older man. In the final analysis Socrates conversation with Euthyphro‚ smashes all of Euthyphro’s ideas and conceptions. Euthypro’s belief system has diminished and what he thought may

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    1) The "Examples of Tasks" I selected for the Scientific Method Step: "Observe"‚ is accurate because: The scientist gathers the information he/she observed using all senses‚ while conducting an experiment‚ by analyzing the industrial pond to ponds located farther away. Therefore‚ in order to present evidence of a study‚ a visual and tested observation is required for factual documentation from the person/s in any field of study‚ presenting evidence to support an experiment/test. 2) The "Examples

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    Assignment: Scientific Method University of Phoenix Introduction In this paper we will be working with plants and the Scientific Methods. My first experiment with the plants will be to find out why plants tend to lean toward a window. For my second experiment‚ I will be trying to discover if the Topsy Turvy grows better tomato plants. These experiments will be conducted using the scientific method. The scientific method is a way to ask and answer scientific questions by making observations

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    Describe geographic evidence collected in the last part of the 20th century to support the theory of continental drift. Why do scientists today accept the movement of continents but did not accept this theory back in Wegner’s time? Scientist didn’t approve of Wegner’s theory back in his time because he wasn’t a scientist. He went off of his own thoughts with no evidence. He had no experience in geology. But later in 1930 Wegner’s would pass away before the decision on his theory was not approve

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    Charlotte King Orion 12 Psychology EXAM QUESTIONS Evaluate methods used by the psychodynamic approach. One of the methods used by the psychodynamic approach is case studies. Case studies are used to practice their therapy on to see if it actually works. The therapy created by Sigmund Freud‚ is called psychoanalysis. An example of one of the case studies would be the case study of Little Hans. Hans was at the age where he noticed he had a penis and therefore played with it a lot. His mother

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    In recent years‚ many banks are experiencing a decrease in the traditional deposit funding sources and thus failed to keep up with the growth in bank assets. To make up for this decrease‚ banks supplemented their funding with less stable and more expensive funding instruments‚ together with cutting back on their holdings of cash and securities and selling or securitizing parts of their loan portfolio. These have increased the challenges that banks face in maintaining stability and profitable operations

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    Narrative Methods used by Tennyson in Mariana “Mariana” is about the stagnation of a woman after she is abandoned by her lover and she continues to wait for his arrival. The epigraph from the start of the poem tells us that the poem is an expansion from “Measure For Measure”. Specifically the scene in the play where Mariana is in her moated grange‚ this gives us the setting of the poem and the character involved. This line describes Mariana desperately waiting for her lover (Angelo)‚ who has abandoned

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    What is the importance of Criminal Profiling? By Tiffany Collier Criminal Profiling is a great way to try to understand the suspect as a person. It is necessary to learn who the individual is in order to track and locate them. The person’s information is vital to an investigation. Things such as habits‚ history of violence‚ family‚ education‚ schedules/routines‚ and personality traits just to name a few. This new development of investigating is helpful in obtaining fugitives quicker

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    Discuss approaches to profiling There are three approaches to criminal profiling; the British approach‚ the US approach and Geographical Profiling. The US approach is a top down approach which means they start with the big parts of the case and work down to the smaller things involved. The approach was invented by the FBI in the 1970’s when they first looked at the family backgrounds‚ personalities‚ behaviours‚ crimes and motives of serial killers who had sexual aspects to their crimes. They

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