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    Fiza Naseer Elm Advanced Placement Literature and Composition 23 October 2012 Burden or Confession Henry James meant well when he regarded the confidant to be “the reader’s friend as the protagonist.” In the novel Crime and Punishment‚ the main character Raskolnikov‚ is faced with self-faulted situations which progress him towards a confession to his confidante‚ Razumikhin. Fyodor Dostoyevsky not only chose Razumikhin for reasons pertaining to Raskolnikov‚ but to add a character that glimpses

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    25-45 for women. Discuss psychological explanations of Schizophrenia In the 1950’s and 60’s it was believed that if you belonged to a dysfunctional family that you were more likely to suffer from SZ due to the dysfunction of communication within the family. According to the different psychological explanations of SZ this is because of the high emotional tension and the many secrets and close alliances that are kept in the family. One psychological explanation of SZ was put forward by Bateson

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    Crime and Punishment

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    Crime at its simplest is an act prohibited by law upon pain of punishment (Hall-Williams 1964). Theorists such as McCabe (1983:49) stated that no word in legal and criminological terms could define the word crime for the varying content in which an act is categorised. Due to the broad spectrum surrounding crime‚ differing understandings about human subjects and premises lead to the development of several theories‚ assumptions and forms of criminal law. Michael and Adler (1933:2) are often cited

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    Crime: Social Control

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    0195370447_0094-0141_CH_05.qxp 6/18/08 9:51 AM Page 94 CHAPTER 5 Sociological Theories of Criminal Behavior I: The Social-Structural Approach Lionel Tate was only 12 when he killed his playmate‚ only 14 when he was tried and convicted in 2001 as an adult and sentenced to life in prison without a chance of parole. In 2003‚ a Florida court ordered a new trial‚ ruling that Tate was entitled to a hearing on the issue of whether he understood the charges against him and could participate

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    Examine sociological theories that explain the ethnic dimension to crime and deviance (21 marks) Recent statistics show that black people are five times more likely to be in prison than whites. Ethnic groups are heavily over represented in prisons. Waddington et al investigated whether ethnic groups were targeted by the police and whether they were treated unfairly. Waddington et al concluded that these ethnic minorities were stopped and searched more because they were out on the street at the

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    Crime and deviance constitute a classic pathology within societies which has led to a variety of responses at political and societal level. This essay will explore crime the cause of crime and deviance with two theories‚ the labelling theory and biological theory. As Melossi notes‚ ‘the struggle around the definition of crime and deviance is located within the field of action that is constituted by plural and even conflicting efforts at producing control’ (1994) p.205 Every culture has unique norms

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    This essay seeks to interrogate the assertion that ‘deviance like beauty is in the eyes of the beholder’‚ the construction of crime and deviance being the basis of the argument. The aforementioned assertion means that deviance is relative‚ vis-à-vis what some people consider normal others consider deviant and vice versa. According to Schaefer(2010) deviant behavior that violates social norms. Henslin (1998) explicitly defines deviance as all violations of social rules regardless of their seriousness

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    Write a critical account of national or international efforts to prevent one type of crime Disneyland has been created into a private security place which monitors their customers‚ on the other hand a place where dreams come true for children and an experience to remember. But‚ Shearing and Stenning ’s (1984) describes Disney as a ‘description of the social control system built into the design of Disney World]…Techniques of camouflage‚ such as computer encryption‚ may also be built into computer

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    Discuss Psychological Explanations of Schizophrenia [8+16] AO1: The cognitive approach acknowledges the role of biological factors. Frith 92 found a disconnection between frontal areas of the brain concerned with action and the posterior areas of the brain that control perception‚ explaining auditory hallucinations. This causes a split from reality where sz are unable to distinguish between actions brought by external forces and those generated internally this then causes the positive symptoms of

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    Illustration Essay Composition In today’s world people aren’t like they use to be. The crime rate has tripled year after year‚ people you see everyday murders‚ thieves and cheaters. I remember when everything was nice and quiet and never got to out of hand. When everybody knew each other and trusted one another. I am going to talk about the different types of scenarios and illustrating each one at the same time. The first Scenario is when people jump in front of you in

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