SOUT H ERN RURAL SOCIOLOGY‚ 23(2)‚ 2008‚ pp. 226-251 Copyright © by the Southern Rural Sociological Association AMISH VICTIMIZATION AND OFFENDING: A RURAL SUBCULTURE ’S EXPERIENCES AND RESPONSES TO CRIME AND JUSTICE* BRYAN D. BYERS BALL STATE UNIVERSITY ABSTRACT This article addresses several areas as applied to the rural subculture of the Amish. First‚ the Old Order Amish will be introduced to the reader. Distinctions will be made between the Old Order Amish and other‚ cousin‚ groups. Second
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The efforts of five women known as the Famous Five has had a lasting effect on the rights of women in Canada to this day. These women‚ all from Alberta‚ were Emily Murphy‚ Nellie McClung‚ Louise McKinney‚ Irene Parlby and Henrietta Muir Edwards. Emily Murphy pressured the Alberta government into passing the “Dower Act’ which protected a wife’s right to one-third (⅓) share of her husband’s property. Nellie McClung was very active with organizations and was involved in politics from 1914 to 1926
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RURAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN INDIA OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES Abstract The rural population constitutes a major segment in India. The livelihood strategies of this vast segment depend primarily on agriculture and allied activities. Growth in this agriculture sector has shown a declining trend during the last one decade. This has made a huge impact on the domestic production‚ employment‚ etc. These problems can be tackled‚ to a certain extent‚ by developing entrepreneurship in Rural India. This
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INFRASTRUCTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN MALAYSIA Introduction 1. Malaysia has achieved substantial success in its rural development‚ especially in reducing the incidence of poverty in both rural and urban. In the process‚ the rural areas have been developed with infrastructures‚ utility‚ social amenities‚ health and school facilities and etc to support the economic development of the country as well as increasing the quality of life of her populace. The productivity and incomes of the rural people‚ or
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has grown into an exceptional system that provides a standard approach to managing disasters and threats nationwide. Seemingly‚ the system has progressed from incident to incident learning from mistakes and difficulties‚ while providing new guidance for future events. However‚ NIMS does come with several disadvantages that still plagues us today. Initially‚ NIMS sheer size in trying to incorporate the all-hazard approach for the entire nation can somewhat be daunting for emergency responders. Seemingly
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The Process of the Criminal Justice Process Ticauda Coleman Strayer University Dr. Denise DeShields January 13‚ 2013 The topic that I chose to describe is the criminal justice process. The criminal justice process is described as a process that involves a series of steps beginning with the investigation of the crime and the arrest of the suspect. The next step following the investigation is the pretrial activities‚ which include the first appearance‚ a preliminary hearing‚ information or
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disadvantageous to the world in which we live? To answer this question‚ let me begin by defining globalisation. ‘In its literal sense‚ it is the process of transformation of local or regional phenomena into global ones. It can be described as a process by which the people of the world are unified into a single society and function together. This process is a combination of economic‚ technological‚ sociocultural and political forces.’ (Sheila L. Croucher.2004) Globalisation is the trend in the last
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The disadvantages of smoking Smoking is one of the worst things kids and adults can do to their bodies. But it is widespread in China‚ even some of the high school students are smoking now. I think we should tell more people about the effects of smoking. Here are some disadvantages which I have seen‚ read‚ or heard about smoking before. Smoking affects your own bodies’ health. In my family‚ my dad and most of my uncles smoke. It has been almost 20 years since they have started smoking. This
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Policy Study on Informal Settlement: Waterways as Concept CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Urbanization is a dynamic socio-economic force which has considerable temporal and spatial variations (Ali & Mustaquim‚ 2007). In the developed countries of Europe and North America‚ urbanization has been a consequence of industrialization and has been associated with economic development. By contrast‚ in the developing countries of Latin America‚ Africa‚ and Asia‚ urbanization has occurred
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This therefore gives the client an understanding of how and why they began to suffer from their health condition and what caused them to develop their health condition. CBT also teaches the individual many different strategies that can be useful in many different situations-not
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