his actions? There is a point of view that drug addicts should “learn their lesson” like other criminals. That could potentially prevent them from committing other crimes. However‚ this might not‚ in fact‚ be the case‚ as‚ according to Langan and Levin (1994)‚ 25 per cent of drug offenders released from prison were back in prison within three years of their release. That indicates that some proportion of drug offenders do not “learn their lesson”. On the other hand‚ same could be said for other types
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Freud‚ S. and J. Sandler (ed)‚ E. S. Person (ed) and P. Fonagy (ed) 1991 On Narcissism New Haven: Yale University Press Laquer‚ T. 1990 Discovering the Sexes in Making Sex: Body and Gender from the Greeks to Freud Cambridge: Harvard University Press Levin‚ M. 1987 Feminism and Freedom New Brunswick: Transaction Books Mackinnon‚ C. A. 1987 Feminism Unmodified: Discourses on Life and Law Cambridge: Harvard University Press Old Testament Genesis Chapter 2‚ Paragraph 21-23 http://www.religioustolerance
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individual who can claim to have completely redelevoped a style of writing‚ but James Joyce was not like most individuals. As an introverted yet observant youth‚ Joyce formed a highly progressive (while unpatriotic) view of his hometown of Dublin (Levin‚ 11). When considering that “[the] history of the realistic novel shows that fiction tends toward autobiography” (Levine‚ 41)‚ it is no surprise that these observations and feelings that would eventually serve as the inspiration to the general setting
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Co-branding also allow brands with lesser reputation to leverage on partner brands of higher reputation. The presence of higher quality brands reinforces the perception of quality to their partner brands (Rao‚ Qu & Ruekert 1999‚ p. 266). Levin‚ Davis and Levin (1996‚ pp. 298-299) in a taste-test study reported that there were improvement in product evaluations of unknown brands when a well-known branded ingredient is added. Although co-branded products are perceived as processing "the best of
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Childhood obesity is a problem not just in a few countries but worldwide. Overweight or obese children and adolescents have the same medical problems as adults‚ such as hypertension as well as in psychological problems‚ such as depression. Furthermore‚ Anderson & Butcher (2006) stated that increasing childhood obesity is related to increasing adult obesity which suggest that obese children are at an increased risk of becoming obese in adulthood. This is one more reason that obesity in children
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In the article‚ The Case for Torture‚ Michael Levin sheds light on the complexity of using torture. The author argues that the use of torture is sometimes necessary. He lays out various situations in which torture may be needed and highlights arguments in support of torture. I agree with Michael Levin’s theory that torture is sometimes justified because it is sometimes morally obligatory‚ it helps to maintain order‚ and it prevents evils that may happen in the future. The first reason I agree with
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Summary Dr. Michael Levin is a philosophy professor at the City University of New York. His areas of research interest include publications on metaphysics‚ epistemology‚ race‚ homosexuality‚ animal rights‚ the philosophy of archeology‚ the philosophy of logic‚ philosophy of language‚ and the philosophy of science. In his article "The Case for Torture” published by Newsweek in 1982‚ Michael Levin is defending the use of torture as being necessary and justifiably in some extreme cases in order to
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To begin to understand why anti-race/ethnicity homicides may be discernible from other types of lethal violence‚ the current study draws from Messerschmidt’s (1993) theory of structured action‚ and specifically Barbara Perry’s (2001) extension of this theoretical framework to explain incidents of bias victimization. Structured action theory assumes that individual behavior and social relations cannot be interpreted without first linking people’s actions to the broader socio-structural conditions
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Theory” to address the recovery of victimized youth in the wake of a school shooting. Cumulative Strain Theory. In 2009‚ Cumulative Strain Theory‚ which combines Strain Theory‚ Social Control Theory‚ and Routine Activities Theory‚ was proposed by Levin and Madfis (2009) to explain mass murder committed by students at their schools. Strain Theory‚ Social Control Theory‚ and Routine Activities
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Lising Antonio‚ Mitchell J. Chang‚ Kenji Hakuta‚ David A. Kenny‚ Shana Levin‚ and Jeffrey F. Milem go in depth with their research in order to find out if there is a correlation between the opinion and thoughts of minorities and how it can influence others. The experiment that I decided to create in order to understand if racial diversity affects the complexity of our thinking is similar to Antonio‚ Chang‚ Hakuta‚ Kenny‚ Levin‚ and Milen’s experiment. We both decided to use college students‚ although
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