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    I have analyzed one fairy tale and one nursery rhyme they have criminal behavior in them. The fairy tale that I will be analyzing and deciphering is “Cinderella”. The nursery rhyme that I will be analyzing and deciphering is “Tom of Islington”. “Cinderella” and “Tom of Islington” have very different criminal activities and behaviors. The crimes that are committed in these are illegal detainment‚ child labor‚ murder(not done) The fairy tale “Cinderella” is about a girl whose father died and is left

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    1880; although‚ the precise date of his birth is unknown due to poor record keeping at the time. Elmer died at approximately eight o’clock on the morning of October 7th‚ 1911. Elmer was a full time alcoholic‚ and a part time criminal. His unfortunate affinity for criminal behavior is what ultimately cost Elmer his life. Following a slightly successful train robbery‚ Elmer was tracked to a barn in Oklahoma where he was awoken by police and fatally shot in the abdomen after over an hour of unsuccessful

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    play in determining criminal behavior? Why? It is race stereotyping that assigns and ethnic group an homogeneous character‚ allowing simplistic comparisons of different crime‚ when actually all ethnic groups actually are very heterogeneous. That kind of simplistic profiling has a direct impact in determining a criminal behavior of a certain race. 2)Describe the prison boom of the last twenty years. How does Christian Parenti explain the dramatic expansion of the criminal justice system? According

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    List and briefly describe the 4 goals of sentencing in your own words. -The four goals of sentencing are retribution‚ deterrence‚ incapacitation and rehabilitation. Retribution concerns a punishment that coincides with the degree of the crime and is best phrased as “an eye for an eye” as it is hoped that the punishment reflects the crime. Deterrence refers to making the desire to commit a crime unappealing as the public witnesses and understands that they will be punished in the same fashion as others

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    The Seven Organizational Approaches to the Human Body The Language of Health Care/ HCA220 Drew Barnes Amber Travis November 17‚ 2012 In anatomy‚ the study of the human body‚ the body is divided into seven different approaches in order to view the body at a specific point. Those seven approaches are body plane and body direction‚ body cavities‚ quadrants and regions‚ anatomy and physiology‚ microscopic and macroscopic‚ body systems‚ and medical specialties. “Anatomic terms describe the

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    quiet life‚ they have to be protecting from criminals and all other perpetrators by the government through its security agencies and the judicial system. However‚ to ensure that all the arrests made by the police force are legal‚ the suspect should be taken to court where the court has the sole responsibility of proving his or her innocence or guiltiness. The criminal process often begins with a stop or an arrest after a suspect is apprehended. The criminal process could end at any point up to the

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    1.2 EXPLANATION OF THE FOUR CATEGORIES OF RISKY BEHAVIOUR Teenage suicide: This is a deliberate act for someone to kill themselves. This can be done by drinking harmful substances‚ overdosing on medication or drugs‚ shooting or hanging one’s self‚ jumping in front of moving vehicles and trains as well as jumping off buildings and bridges. According to WHO a suicide occurs every 40 seconds and an attempted suicide every 3 seconds. In South Africa the most common or frequent ways are hanging yourself

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    Compare and contrast different approaches in psychology‚ in their effectiveness in explaining human behaviour. Many psychological approaches try to explain human behaviour and as to whether behaviour is innate‚ nature‚ or it’s learnt through experiences from our environment‚ nurture. The behaviourist approach is a theory that all behaviours are learnt and that individuals are born with a tabula rasa‚ a blank slate. They claim that individual’s behaviour is determined by the environment in which

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    is inherited‚ what should be done about or for the children of violent criminals? If research were to indicate the tendency to commit crime is inherited it would change our government significantly. A huge upheaval regarding rights of the citizens would take place. In foreign countries (population control) would be the only answer to control tendency from literally controlling the population. Children of violent criminals should be placed with family members whenever possible. Children may also

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    Explain different sociological approaches to health and ill health There are many sociological approaches that explain health and ill health. In this assignment I will be focusing on Marxism‚ feminism‚ interactionaist and functionalism perspectives. The Marxist perspective believe that the bourgeoisie (middle class) exploit the proletariat (working class) as we live in a capitalist system and that if we lived in an communist society that would be our ideal society because there would be equality

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