Outline and assess Marxist theories of crime and deviance. (50 marks) Marxists argue that the nature and organisation of capitalism‚ creates the potential for criminal behaviour. Gordon states that capitalism is characterised by class inequalities in the distribution of‚ for example‚ wealth and income‚ poverty‚ unemployment and homelessness. Gordon argues that the ideology of capitalism encourages criminal behaviour in all social classes. The term ‘crime’ means behaviour that breaks the law. For
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1.0 Explanation of Use Case “Use Case” is a system engineering or software term that portrays how a customer or user uses a system to complete a certain task. In other word‚ “Use case” is act as a software modeling method that defines the logic to be implemented and the outcome of the error in the result can be encountered earlier. An interaction between external actors is defined by use cases to attain particular goals. Three main elements that construct a use case are: • Actors: Actors are the
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Discuss evolutionary explanations of the functions of sleep. Evolutionary explanation of sleep suggests there four mains reasons for it‚ energy conservation‚ foraging requirements‚ predator avoidance and to waste time. The evolutionary approach has also been called the ecological approach. It is called ‘ecological’ because it is based on observations of animals in their natural environment. Energy conservation is the theory that warm blooded animals need to expend a lot of energy to maintain a
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to political offices and titles. Anthropologists tried to come up with way to understand this seemingly irrational conspicuous consumption. There are three explanations that anthropologists have given in an attempt to explain this behavior however this essay will compare two of the three namely the cultural-ecological and the Marxist explanation. According to Suttle (1960: 299) the potlatch is an occasion where the host/s invites members of other communities to the host community to receive gifts
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Organizational explanations of deviance has various or numerous elements that might cause misconduct since small work groups have their own influences while isolated work groups develop their own climate that might not conform or go along with the organizational ethics. From what I understand a group of individuals in some sort of organization that are using the power that they have in an unethical way. An example of an organizational explanation or defiance is employees using company vehicles for
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1 Victimless Crimes : Explanation and Examples Bea Alexandra C. Saptang Stockton Early College Academy VICTIMLESS CRIMES 2 Victimless Crimes : Explanation and Examples A victimless crime is a crime that lacks a specific victim who
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I think the most accurate sociological explanation of deviance and crime is symbolic interaction. The saying ‘You are a product of the environment you grow up in’ is very true. Sociologist Edwin Sutherland studied deviance from the symbolic interactionist perspective. The basis of his theory of differential association is that deviance is a learned behavior. People learn it from the different groups with which they associate. If you grow up in a family with a life of crime that’s what seems natural
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Explanation of the poem from Snowbound The main theme of Snowbound is that no-matter what happens‚ family will be there to help and comfort. This theme is demonstrated widely throughout the poem and even more so in the last stanza of this excerpt. Another‚ less prominent‚ theme of Snowbound is the meaning and involvement of God in the lives of people. The first stanza describes the moment before the storm. "A chill no coat‚ however stout‚ Of homespun stuff could quite shut out‚" This stanza
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and is based on physiological responses. It has been suggested that there is a possible interaction between cognitive and biological processes that influence emotions. Le Doux’s theory of the biological pathways focuses solely on the biological explanation of emotion‚ whilst Lazarus’s theory focuses on the cognitive aspect by suggesting the idea of cognitive appraisals. It has been suggested that there are three components that includes physiological changes‚ which includes the arousal of the autonomic
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Identification and Explanation of a Disease Process Katelyn Westphal Herzing University Diagnosis of Heart Disease A 65 year old woman with a history of hypertension‚ allergic rhinitis‚ GERD and a murmur arrived at the hospital. The patient stated that for the past four months she has noticed an increase in exertional dyspnea‚ orthopnea‚ and occasional feelings of heart pounding. The patient’s vital signs were taken and were recorded as follows: * Temperature: 98.6 * Respiratory Rate:
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