Myung Moon (Hassan 74-77). After cults recruit their members‚ they have to control them. Some of the ways a cult can control their followers is by behavior control‚ information control‚ thought control‚ emotion control‚ financial control and extreme leadership. Scientology is a cult (some people believe it’s a religion) that uses some of those methods. In 1952‚ science fiction author L. Ron Hubbard created Scientology (Kirchick A16). There are a lot of people
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panpsychism fits into the framework of modern science nicely‚ and it is a hypothesis that is worth to test. In this paper‚ I will first lay out the groundwork for why we should accept the view of panpsychism‚ then introduced the Integrated Information Theory (IIT) to support panspyschism as we laying out the problems‚ and finally I will
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Each state has the right to determine its own disenfranchisement laws. However‚ not if they conflict with the constitutional voting rights. Felon disenfranchisement is the stripping of voting rights from those individuals who have been convicted of a felony. These rights can be taken in multiple ways‚ however there are five prominent categories: permanent loss of voting rights (twelve states)‚ right restored after parole and probation (nineteen states)‚ restored after parole (four states)‚ restored
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Rational Choice Theory & Latent Trait Theory CJ200 September 28‚ 2013 1. Thesis I will explore Rational Choice Theory and Latent Trait Theory. I will further show how society responds to criminal behavior. I will show similarities and divergences between the two theories. 2. History of Criminology 3. Rational Choice Theory a. Evaluating the Risks of Crime b. Offense- and Offender-Specific Crime 4. Latent Trait Theory a. Crime and Human Nature b. General Theory of Crime
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Ever play on an artificial grass sports field? Some people have and they say it’s the best experience they had with playing surfaces. Turf traps water and increases groundwater recharge and also turf naturally hides carbon in the soil (Wisniewski). The purpose for writing this paper is to shed light on turf and that turf isn’t a bad thing. Even though some people feel that turf can cause cancer‚ but turf is improving and becoming more and more popular. Has one ever see or experience playing on a
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Growing up I was taught to marry someone that is just as intelligent as myself and we’d have intelligent kids. That idea is the more intelligent people we have in the world will help make the world a better place. Which later on brings the idea of eugenics into play. Eugenics is the science of improving a human population by controlling the human reproduction to increase desirable characteristics. Genes are unit of heredity that is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some
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All creatures play an important role in maintaining a stable ecosystem. One animal that is often looked at with fear is the wolf. The wolf is a dangerous animal but what a wondrous site to watch a wolf hunting for food with its muscular body‚ piercing eyes‚ and amazing sense of smell. The wolf is a very skilled hunter and is able to find food with great skill. Among some Indian tribes the wolf is regarded as a protector and should be protected. The wolf is a meat eater and successful hunter. With
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Proposition: Imagine that you are a 19-years old son of Turkish immigrants‚ returning from a trip abroad to German lands. The police detain you for unexplained reasons and next thing you know is that America pays your parole and you are later turned over to them. Your first encounter with America is not the statue of Liberty but Guantánamo detention camp where you spend your next five years being tortured by military officials and psychologists in inhumane ways. There are three main arguments of
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the technology of Genetically Modified Organisms and in particular genetically modified foods. A Genetically Modified food is crop plant modified in a laboratory using molecular biology techniques with the goal of producing an organism with specific traits for various reasons. It is therefore only logical‚ given its nature that such a practice would both raise some serious ethical and moral questions as well as propose very viable solutions to chronic problems the world faces today. An area in which
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the life course theory‚ I tend to relate more to the latent trait theory. The latent trait theory proposes that there are certain traits or attributes that are present at birth (or established very early in life) that remain stable throughout life. Some of these traits can be viewed as negative or defective‚ and increase the likelihood that one engages in criminal activity. While parenting and opportunity can play a part in committing crimes‚ according to the latent trait theory‚ the propensity
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