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    Sentence Completion

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    Ego Development Customer’s Name: Customer’s Course: Tutor’s Name: SENTENCE COMPLETION TEST FOR MEN Date:_____________ Name:__________________ Age:____ Marital Status:______ Educational Level:_________ Instructions: Complete the following sentences in a single session. 1. When a child will not join in group activities she/he may prefer solitary activities. 2. Raising a family is not very hard if you are financially stable. 3. When I am criticized I feel like crying. 4. A man’s

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    In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare we see that crime does not pay. Macbeth kills King Duncan‚ the whole of Macduffs castle and orders Banquo to be killed. However he loses all respect that he earned from being so noble‚ loyal and brave. He loses two of the most important people to him‚ because of how power hungry he becomes his wife and his best friend. Macbeth’s first crime was the murder of King Duncan‚ driven by his wife Lady Macbeth‚ this is the start of the Macbeths quest for power

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    wrong-doing. One of the ways to punish a criminal would be through Deterrence‚ which is a form of punishment that uses the threat of severe consequences to urge individuals not to break the law. While using this approach‚ society views criminals as logical people who want to avoid these rash penalties. As we all know‚ not all criminals are logical. Criminals may be in an unstable state of mind‚ hence why they would commit the crime. This would be a disadvantage to using deterrence as a form of punishment

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    Does CompStat Reduce Crime?

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    Does Compstat reduce crime ? Compstat (short for computer statistics or comparative statistics) originated in the new york city police department (NYPD) in 1994 when william bratton was police commissioner. Compstat is a comprehensive‚ city-wide database that records all reported crimes or complaints‚ arrests‚ and summonses issued in each of the city’s 76 precincts. City officials had previously believed that crime could not be prevented by better information and analytical tools but instead by

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    Harsh prison sentences will prevent people from committing crime. Punishment is defined as the infliction or imposition of a penalty as retribution for an offense (Oxford Dictionary). In this essay‚ an attempt will be made to discuss whether harsh prison sentences will prevent people from committing crime. Firstly‚ in countries like Indonesia different crimes are punished with the death sentence which causes problems in families of those that are executed. Secondly‚ prison conditions have been

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    Case Analysis: Chapter 12 – Does CompStat Reduce Crime? Table of Contents Introduction 3-5 Analysis 6-8 What management‚ organization‚ and technology factors make CompStat effective? 6 Can police departments effectively combat crime without the CompStat system?. 7 Is community policing incompatible with CompStat? 7 Why would officers misreport certain data to CompStat? 8 What should be done about the misreporting of data 8 How can it be

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    because all the characters in A Thousand Splendid Suns seemed to struggle or be in pain in their life. Laila‚ Maraiam and Aziza were the most struggled characters. The reason for me to focus on struggle was to find the answers to the questions like why?/ what?/ who would be responsible for the struggle and pain of the characters. I followed the struggle theme with some hints of freedom in my presentation. I believe that every dark side comes with the hope of bright side. Similarly‚ every struggle comes

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    Deterrence Theory Diana Vazquez Grand Canyon University: JUS-452 15 June 2014 Ms. Theresa L. Cruz‚ MA‚ MSCJ‚ ABD Deterrence Theory Historical theories of punishment were based on the concept that applying fearful consequences to criminals would discourage any potential offenders. During the late 1700’s‚ a criminologist by the name of Cesar Beccaria argued the fact that the death penalty served no purpose as a form of punishment‚ let alone as a deterrence

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    of white collar crime‚ the term is used to characterize a number of nonviolent crimes of dishonesty. These crimes are committed by professionals or entrepreneurs under the veil of legitimate business activity. Today‚ there is a trend toward tougher punishment for white collar crimes. A recent example is the Bernard Madoff case where Madoff received 150 years in prison. This case is a good example of the effects white collar crime can have on our society. White collar crime can be charged in

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    Complex Sentences   Complex sentences are sentences that have several parts‚ each with a verb‚ and these parts are joined by ‘joining words’ (连词). For example‚ here are two simple sentences: “I know a man. He has five children.” If you join these two sentences by using the relative pronoun (联系代名词) ‘who’‚ it now becomes a complex sentence: “I know a man who has five children.” (By the way‚ ‘who’ is not pronounced with extra word stress here. You only stress this word when it means ‘ 谁?’‚ which

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