What was the social and historical context in which the juvenile court was created? What has been the fundamental difference between the procedures used in juvenile courts and those employed in criminal (adult) courts? Juvenile Court‚ authority charged with the disposition of legal actions involving children. One hundred years ago‚ the Illinois legislature enacted the Illinois Juvenile Court Act (1899 Ill. Laws 132 et seq.)‚ creating the first separate juvenile court. The policy debates raging
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1. Was it ethical to do the prison study in the way that Zimbardo conducted it? Why or why not? Explain your position substantively. I don’t believe that Zimbardo prison experiment was unethical. I do believe that it was morally wrong what he put the volunteers through and the extent he took his study. He himself admitted that he too got wrapped up in his role. Though as it was made clear in class there is a difference between moral and ethical. As defined by Webster’s dictionary ethical is conforming
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In “Diversity Challenges-What Would You Do?” (Learning Communications‚ 2009)‚ an organization interviewed prospective employee Felix. While Felix immediately hit it off with the human resources associate‚ it soon became apparent that he was not accustomed to the level of diversity in the organization. His overt shock and multicultural leadership in addition to his nonverbal response to various other diversity characteristics present in the workforce indicated that Felix had an issue with working
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Environment ENVIRONMENT What is Environment? The purpose of this essay is to familiarize you with the relationship between man and his environment. After reading it you will be able to understand the meaning of Environment and man’s place in the environment. You will also be able to see the complexities of‚ man-environment inter-change and the impact that has been made on the environment since the beginning of the industrial revolution. Environment may be broadly understood to mean our
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Do Buddhists believe in life after death? As Buddhism is a majority religion in Thailand‚ I grew up as an Theravada Buddhism. In the Buddha’s teaching‚ all of us will pass away sooner or later as a part in the natural process of birth‚ old-age and death and that we should always keep in mind the ephemeral of life. The life we wish to hold on. Buddhists believe in life after death and this is an important motivation for us to be careful about our actions‚ speech‚ and thoughts in this life. Every
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Union in the 1990s; it was a monumental and also unique time in history. Satellite states spread‚ and a new‚ more democratic leadership took over Moscow. The fall of the Soviet Union interestingly did not occur due to successful US policies or military prowess. Instead‚ a suffering economy as a result of the expensive arms and space race‚ coupled with an unsuccessful war in Afghanistan and a series of bad harvests meant that‚ to a moderate extent‚ the collapse of the Soviet Union was a result of the
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To be surprised is for the flow of life to reach you personally‚ to be a participant in the unpredictability of life‚ for better or for worse. To never be surprised is to live an incredibly sheltered life‚ or to be completely insensitive to the ebb and flow of live around you. I often like to be surprise even from the childhood. My surprises come just on holidays such as St. Nicholas or Santa Claus. I remember when my parents tried for years to make for us my holiday surprises‚ like putting at foot
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What do you understand by the term “Lancefield groups”? History In the early 1930’s Rebecca Lancefield recognized the importance of serological tests for the identification of organisms. The system is based on specific antibody agglutination reactions with cell wall carbohydrate antigens (C polysaccharides) extracted from the streptococci. Lancefield also showed that further sub division of group A into specific serological types was possible using type-specific M (protein) antigens. The groups
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Jennifer Smith English 111 February 16‚ 2011 Essay One - Revised “What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?” We are usually asked this question very early in life: “What do you want to be when you grow up?” It’s one of the biggest questions asked of children‚ from toddlers to teenagers. It’s always asked to help encourage kids to think of their future. After all‚ how many children really know what they want to do with the rest of their lives? Oh yeah‚ there are those lucky few who have a
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nature is sinful and his state perilous.’ In the novel‚ ‘Lord of the Flies’‚ the text explores the concept of man having a ‘dark heart’ and his capacity for evil and hatred. Readers are engrossed by the repeated occurrence of evil and barbarity‚ which evidently shapes the novel and acts as a catalyst to problems forming on the island. Golding never vocalises problems concerning a lack of food or water and yet problems concerning the social structure on the island are the focal concern within the
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