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    1. Explain how deviance differentiates from criminality. Deviance is behavior that is a violation the norms of the society. Deviance is not necessarily bad‚ just different than the norm. We are all deviants in some form or other‚ it is any act by a person that others respond to negatively. Societal pressure is the control of deviance. Deviance is not as severe as criminality. Criminality is a violation of the law of the land and it is always criminal behavior. Crimes are deviances that are

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    TDA 2.8 Support children and young people’s health and safety Task (links to Learning outcomes 1 and 3‚ assessment criteria 1.1‚ 1.2‚ 1.3‚ 1.4 and 3.1) Describe how current health and safety legislation‚ policies and procedures are implemented in the setting Name of legislation Brief description of what this legislation is about What are the procedures for this in your setting? HESAW 1974 The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 This is a legislations that provides health and

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    The Gilded bits

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    wealthy man whom the ladies adore. To pull off his deception‚ he wears gilded baubles that women like Missie May take for solid-gold accessories. When he promises to reward her with riches if she will yield herself to him‚ she accepts his proposal. She plans to use her reward to elevate Joe to the status of Otis. She then deceives Joe by allowing Slemmons into her bedroom while Joe is at work. Her scheme fails when Joe arrives home from work early and discovers her with Slemmons. Her deception jeopardizes

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    On A Piece Of Chalk by Thomas Henry Huxley This summary has a great deal of information detailing how chalk shows us about the geological history of earths development. The summary contains excellent facts and scientific investigations. Mr. Huxley originally gave the lecture "On a Piece of Chalk" in 1868 at a meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science to the working class of Norwich. His lecture served as a basis for other scientist who would modify or further explain the

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    “The Gilded Six-Bits” Response 1. The story is written as a single continuous narrative‚ but the events take place over a long period of time. Estimate how much time actually passes between the beginning of the story and end. I would say that the story had to take place probably between nine to ten months. I arrived at this conclusion from information given in the story. Such as I drew from the fact that after being caught with Otis D. Slemmons‚ Missie May and Joe had not touched in three months

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    A Piece of Mind What is that Alice Walker‚ Zora Neale Hurston‚ and Belles Lettres have in common with J. California Cooper? They’re women? Or they’re famous authors who have written some of the best literature that the world has seen? Maybe‚ however the one thing that stands out about J. California Copper from the rest is one word‚ storytelling. It’s one thing to write a short story were as the reader can pretty much pin point who’s who‚ what the issue is‚ and what steps they take to solve the problem

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    What is Poverty? Poverty is when a person or a family does not have enough money to meet basic needs such as clothes‚ food and shelter. People may experience debt‚ social exclusion‚ and be unable to afford education‚ housing and even medical bills of any kind. Consequences of poverty can affect both the physical and mental health of those experiencing it‚ as well as‚ having high economic costs‚ and can result in a rise in crime and drug culture. There is a number of ways to measure poverty; the

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    The perception of the desired body image has changed drastically over the past centuries with the help of the devouring use of social media‚ the overwhelming difference in society‚ and new obscure trends. Everyday people are fighting themselves on whether or not they have the ideal body‚ and when they do not they think they are not good enough. The idea of body image has made it so insecurities are heightened and self love is lowered Amy Bloom once said‚ “You are imperfect‚ permanently and inevitably

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    people. They create false senses of security‚ and freedom for the people‚ so that there is no way they can lose their power. Finally‚ they keep the people oppressed and ignorant to the regimes sovereignty . 1984 by George Orwell and Lord of the Flies by William Golding both represent how corrupt leaders use the population’s fears against them‚ for the continuation of their hierarchical dominance. In 1984‚ the governing body known as the Inner Party‚ uses the fear of war to manipulate the lower members

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    One significant change from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment were the rise of philosophers and their ideas. During the Middle Ages‚ studies‚ science‚ and philosophy had dissipated in Western Europe ― due to reasons such as the fall of the Roman Empire‚ the Dark Ages‚ etc.―‚ leaving only the Byzantines to continue their studies in philosophy. Having more philosophers in the West during the Enlightenment demonstrates an important change from the Middle Ages‚ because‚ these philosophers were able

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