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    understanding of homicide can be explained by many theories‚ particularly biological‚ psychological and sociological. This essay will be competing the usefulness of the three explanations in understanding the homicide of Sukhdev who was killed by Ryan in a brutal attack. While all three explanations are useful in the understanding of this particular case‚ they have limitations and criticisms which will also be looked at. One sociological theory of homicide is Merton’s strain theory. He theorised that crime

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    concentrate my paper on serial rapists and to be defined as a serial rapist is committing three or more separate attacks with an emotional cooling off period. Now the F.B.I. Behavior Science Unit sets four types of rapists Power Reassurance rapists‚ Anger Retaliation rapists‚ Power Assertive‚ and Sadistic. I am going to be discussing all four with some characteristics about each of them. First the Power Reassurance Rapists is the least violent of the four types of serial rapist‚ and is often called

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    Albert Bandura was a psychologist who came up with what is known as the “Social Cognitive Theory” (“Albert Bandura‚” 2015). He believed that two aspects‚ imitation and operant conditioning‚ result in social learning. According to Hannum (2005)‚ “Bandura noted that our behavior is changed when we see a person take a specific action and be rewarded for that action”. This is where both operant conditioning and imitation comes in. Operant conditioning is any learning that is established through the

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    Psychological reactance Theory Freedom of behaviour is an important aspect of human life (Fogarty‚ 1997). When the ‘Fine Bro’s’‚ a popular YouTube channel attempted to trademark the word ‘react’‚ the YouTube community openly protested through acts reflective of reactance theory (See Appendix A.) A successful trademark meant that content creators using the reaction format‚ a format where a personality reacts to a popular video and offers their opinion‚ were at potential risk of having their videos

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    [Task 1]{M1} I am going to explain how different customers’ needs and expectations can differ. The supermarket industry provides a good example of the way in which different groups of customers will have different expectations and needs. Some customers just want to buy standard products at the lowest possible prices. They will therefore shop from supermarkets that offer the lowest prices and provide a reasonable range of products. In contrast‚ some customers are looking for variety and quality

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    January 2001 Explain the theory of Natural law (25 marks) The theory of natural law originates from Aristotle’s idea of goodness as fitness for purpose and stoic’s concept of a universal law of reason which is in agreement with nature. What we now call human nature. This point is then furthered by Aquinas who agrees with the argument but furthers it by linking it with his Christian belief by saying following this law is equivalent to following the command of God as human nature is in us inbuilt

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    Explain how animals in art can reflect cultural values. Throughout the centuries‚ animals have appeared in works of art. The animals are often linked to cultural values. Cultural values are what is accepted or believed to be right in a culture. Cultural values differ between places and times‚ for example the Old Stone Age cave paintings at Lascaux in France(15 000-10 000 BC)‚ give us an insight into the importance of the animals to the existence of the people at that time. While in Surprise‚ painted

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    Owens Media In Your Life November 4‚ 2014 Serial Critique The Serial is a suspenseful audio storytelling podcast that explores different and dramatic scenarios for each of their episodes. Investigator and journalist‚ Sarah Koenig‚ hosted the podcast and she presents her story in a form of reporter‚ in which she shares the story of a murder that occurred in Baltimore‚ Maryland. This critique will review the very first episode of The Serial Podcast and the quality of Sarah Koenig’s report

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    Running head: SERIAL PLAGIARISM Serial Plagiarism The Internet can be a valuable resource of information‚ but many popular websites cannot be trusted because they have plagiarized. One such popular website that commits plagiarism is the Huffington Post. In fact‚ Arianna Huffington‚ who owns this website‚ has committed plagiarism throughout her career. Arianna Huffington has committed plagiarism with 3 of her books and her online newspaper (Phillips‚ 2012). One way Ms. Huffington

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    Explain Natural Law Theory’! (25 marks)! ! Natural Law is an ethical system based on the view that humans have asset of natural inclinations that‚ if followed‚ will lead to the perfection of our being. Natural Law has its roots in Greek and Roman philosophy and is traditionally associated with the work of Aristotle. The Bible taught Aquinas that God had created the universe with order and purpose. Having discovered this thought scripture‚ Aquinas developed these ideas. His explanation of how Natural

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