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    Villain, Hero, or Victim?

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    Katie Parlier Villain‚ Hero‚ or Victim? Jay Gatsby is one of America’s most prized antagonists who the reader genuinely wants to believe in but his personae of a hero is falsely presented and admired. Characters are commonly placed in either the hero or villain category‚ but Gatsby is the exception because he exhibits more qualities of a victim. Gatsby has fallen victimized by Daisy’s guise. During the initial relationship between Daisy and Gatsby in Kentucky‚ Daisy continues to encourage Gatsby’s

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    Case study – Boscastle flash flood * Afternoon – Monday 16th August * 200mm rain fell in 24 hours – most in 5 hours * Average for whole of Boscastle in August – 75mm * Water poured down steep-sided valley slopes and swelled normal * Water poured down steep-sided valley slopes and swelled normally small River Valency flowing towards harbour = burst its banks. * Effects – * Nobody was killed * 58 buildings flooded‚ some had to be demolished * 25 business properties

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    experiencing floods due to the rising of the river waters in that area. It has been‚ observed that even just a slight rain fall; flood occurs and brings devastation to the houses‚ and to the people especially rainy seasons. As one of the resident of our Purok‚ I already witnessed how my neighbors suffered from this problem. They always‚ evacuate and after that clean their houses and lastly repair what has been damaged from the flood.  In fact‚ houses there were built in high story style to avoid floods coming

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    Victim Services History

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    History of Victims’ Rights and Services (Class Here) (Teachers Name) The history of victims rights started over 30 years ago with the Modern Crime Victims’ Rights Movement. They aspired to improve the treatment of victims in the justice system. Since then‚ this movement has become one of the most successful civil liberties movement of the recent times. Over the years many services have emerged to help victims deal with what happened‚ some also provide funds as well as housing

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    The Basis for Victim Compensation According to Victimology‚ victim compensation takes place when “the state‚ rather than the perpetrator‚ reimburses the victim for losses sustained at the hands of the criminal” cite. Advocates of victim compensation believe it’s the government’s obligation to compensate citizens who suffer harm‚ and they justify this view by using two distinct philosophical positions as a basis for their reasoning: The social contract and the notion of social welfare. The Social

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    lives together and make us realize who we really are. There are different categories people can be seen as: victim‚ oppressor‚ and bystander. Although each can have negative results‚ being a bystander demolishes‚ strikes‚ and demoralizes. Bystanders are very different from either victims or oppressors mainly because they make a decision to stay on the outside of the situation. Whereas victims and bullies are directly involved‚ bystanders think that avoiding the conflict altogether is either the right

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    Victims Behavior Analysis

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    By looking at this article they are comparing and contrasting between two groups of people that are likely to victimized and there respond after being victimized. This article looks at the result of victims behavioral changes in dealing with day to day activities in dealing with crisis and maintaining productive lifestyles. In considering the environment‚ lifestyles and age of the subject’s economic status were key in this study. The study determines how the treatment group and the control are being

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    Victim Reporting Essay

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    In general‚ most victims do not report incidents. However‚ the chances of the victim reporting an incident depends on the specific incident‚ the extent of physical harm‚ police department‚ city‚ race‚ income gender etc. To elaborate‚ a violent crime is more likely to be reported in comparison to theft crimes. The victim may be hesitant on reporting if they resisted with a weapon and caused harm during the altercation. Victims that deal with crimes involving their vehicles could determine whether

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    Victim Assistance Programs

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    concept of a victim is any person that has been done wrong by another. The definition of a victim is “is a person who has suffered financial‚ social‚ psychological or physical harm as a result of a crime and‚ in the case of homicide‚ is a member of the immediate family of the victim.”(1). Victims have been around since the beginning of civilized time before there were laws or any type or rules to govern the people. It was a struggle for power and survival and many people became victims of wrong doing

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    Victim Of Sex Trafficking

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    In this article the author claimed that many people are unaware that United States citizens are victims of sex trafficking. More youths became victims of sex trafficking in United States. The Victim of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act characterized human trafficking as: sex trafficking where a sex act is included by force‚ fraud‚ coercion or a where a person or not eligible to perform because of the age. However‚ VTVPA claimed that sex trafficking are recruitment‚ harboring‚ transportation

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