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    The Machinist A 2004 movie starring Christian Bale John Lowe Psychology 180 Media Report Professors Susan Turner and Julie True September 14‚ 2011 The Machinist‚ a 2004 psychological thriller‚ impressed me by the performance of Christian Bale. To prepare for the movie‚ he lost nearly seventy pounds to accurately depict the main character‚ Trevor Resnik. The film aptly portrays the possible extreme physiologic effects that psychological trauma can induce when left untreated

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    Interactive Media Report

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    Contents Introduction to Interactive Media Authoring 2 Software Tools 2 The Production Process 3 Uses of Interactive Media Authoring 4 Delivery format of Interactive Media Authoring Products 4 Elements Included and Interactivity and Control Methods 5 Elements 5 Control Methods 5 INTRODUCTION TO INTERACTIVE MEDIA AUTHORING Interactive Media Authoring is the products and services created for computer-based systems

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    Uniform Crime Reporting Gabriel Padua CJA/314 January 20‚ 2015 Paulina Solis Uniform Crime Report Ever wonder how crimes are measured? What is FBI Uniform Crime Report data? How these Crime Statistics are produce? And how is burglary define? FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Data The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is one of the two ways crime rates are measured in the United States. The "Uniform Crime Reports" (n.d.) website‚ UCR is the starting place for law enforcement executives‚ criminal

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    Does Poverty cause crime?

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    Poverty and Crime What causes crime? Does poverty cause crime? Or does crime cause poverty? Some feel that poverty causes crime. Others though‚ feel that crime rates have nothing to do with poverty and that crime may actually cause poverty. If poverty causes crime than why are crime rates lower in poor third world countries than in wealthy super powers? Robert Rector feels that it is not poverty that causes crime but the anti-poverty programs that cause crime. He feels that the United States has

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    Uniform Crime Report (UCR) from the FBI is the most widely cited crime report. It is used for comparison with victim surveys and self-reports. It came about in 1930 when the Department of Justice compiled and published national crime statistics. It was the major source for United States crime sets until 1974. Most information in the media is usually based on the UCR‚ although it is not properly reported. The UCR involves voluntary participation from local police departments who report the crimes

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    Running Head: DOES PUNISHMENT Does Punishment Deter Crime? Kylon D. Shipp SOC 120 Week 6 Checkpoint University of Phoenix A question that all criminal justice professionals ask themselves is whether or not our justice system is up to the challenge of doing what it originally set out to do: “protect society from criminals‚ to punish those who commit crimes‚ and to make criminals better able to return to society once they have finished their sentences” (Topsfield Foundation‚ 1996). Although

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    head: EFFECTS OF PUNISHMENT Does Punishment Deter Crime? Does Punishment Deter Crime? During biblical times crime not only affected society‚ but it was believed to have also been directed towards God himself. The Bible is the oldest book to reference with many directives to living life peacefully and without revenge. As retribution is considered a form of punishment‚ if not the first‚ the Bible itself explains that the punishment should not exceed the crime. Matthew 5:38 states‚ “You have

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    society as a safety net. This is does not mean it prevents crime‚ in fact in some instances it may lead to the fabricating of more crime. By trying to punish iniquities done by others‚ one commits other severities. Punishment does not deter crime and can even turn others to breaking the law. One of the reasons society relies so heavily on punishments is because there is a common fallacy in place involving the benefits of having punishments set. Punishment doesn’t stop crime before it happens‚ it doesn’t

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    affectivity of punishments to deter crime‚ we need to look into the nature of crime. To do this‚ we must understand deviance. Is deviance in society a one-off or is it a natural occurrence. Is it psychological or sociological? What drives people to commit acts of crime? Are people born with the gene of deviance that can be triggered any time? Criminology is a branch of the social sciences that takes on the study of crime. Since it is a social sciences‚ crime is studied as a social phenomenon looking

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    Uniform Crime Report (FBI)

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    Uniform Crime ReportOften people wonder how do we know so much about certain types of crimes and what their impact is on society. The Uniform Crime Report put out by the FBI every year‚ has two major categories that does not cover all crimes but does give us statistics on the crimes that are committed in each of these categories. The Uniform Crime Report has two major categories‚ which include Violent personal crimes and Property crimes. Each category has four crimes that are related to that category

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