Do you believe the media or the Internet is/are responsible for real-life violence? How many times‚ while watching television‚ have you seen a dead body or someone being killed? Countless‚ because violence makes money. It sells! However does this mean that the media is to blame for the growing number of violent crimes in our country? I don’t think so! Many of today’s television shows would be taken off the air if there wasn’t some sort of violence on them. Take the show “Grey’s Anatomy” for
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CORPORAL PUNISHMENT AND THE DAMAGES OF SPANKING ON CHILDREN You have probably heard the expression‚ "spare the rod‚ and spoil the child." Do you agree with it? Perhaps you were spanked as a kid. Was it appropriate? Some people see spanking as an outdated method of punishment or even child abuse‚ while others view a swat on the bottom as a parent ’s prerogative. People differ a lot on their views when it comes to administering corporal punishment on children. While some view it as being barbaric
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Imagine a ‘society of saints’‚ without crime‚ a notion put forward by Emile Durkheim a historical theorist who argued that this concept is unattainable within society. Social control is and has been present in all societies‚ organized groups‚ and cultures since the beginning of time. There are many historical and modern perspectives‚ which help draw conclusions on the study of deviance and social control‚ two concepts that go hand in hand. In discussing the connection between social control and deviance
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"All men have crimes‚ and most of them are hidden". Do you agree with this statement? As a matter of fact‚ in this modernization and globalization era‚ many people go against the laws to commit the immoral activities such as kidnapping‚ murdering and drug dealing because they are self-centered and they do not care about others’ feeling. Why do people commit crime? Normally‚ people commit crimes because that is what they want to do. Criminal behaviour is a matter of choices. Today‚ there are many
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“Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.” --Paulo Coelho This‚ I believe that everyone was conceived for a certain purpose in life. Now the question is whether you are more willing to fulfill that purpose or not? Tis better to appraise what one has and is in life than contemplating now and then how life should have been‚ and will be. In other words‚ living as if today was the last day‚ as if nothing matters in your life‚ will possibly help one endure things like stress‚ anxiety
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the view that Society is both Fearful of‚ and Fascinated by Crime. To explore why Society is both fearful and fascinated by crime‚ we need to understand firstly what is meant by ‘crime’. A crime can be taken as a specific act of deviance which breaks the formal rules or laws as stated by that specific culture or society. A crime is something that is unacceptable to society as well as is forbidden by the law. Anything that is unacceptable to society but is allowed by law is not a crime. The normative
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There are many social issues that our society faces on a daily basis. Many people do not truly notice or understand these issues‚ because they are not directly affected by the issue. Just because you aren’t directly affected by an issue does not mean that you should make an attempt to understand the issue from the person affected by it’s point of view. In order to do this‚ you have to look at the issue critically and with an intersectional lens‚ “a critical analytic interdisciplinary tool to interrogate
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exemplifies me is that I believe in diversity. I especially believe that a University has a well diverse community‚ and how it can grow into a well-respected community. Being in a community that is well diverse‚ will reflect positively on my ability to succeed in a university. Having to be surrounded by different cultures will help me learn and go out of my comfort zone in order for me to fit in. Being in a large community that doesn’t support or speak ill of what I believe can be a hard situation
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Cannons explode in the background as men around you fall down. Everything is madness. You look into the eyes of your cousin from up North before he shoots you. Why is this happening? The Civil War‚ fought by the Union (the “North”) and the Confederate States of America (“the South”) took place between 1861 and 1865. Several slave states that declared secession formed the Confederacy. The issue of the war was slavery. The South depended on it and the North wanted to abolish it. So what caused
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Outline and assess Marxist explanations of the causes of crime (50 marks) It is to a large extent that Marxism is a useful theory in explaining the causes of crime. This is because it highlights the inequalities in society and how the ruling class owns the means of production. This fails to show reasons why not everyone is facing status frustration and lower income turn to crime. One way in which Marxism is a useful theory for explaining the causes of crime is the concept of capitalism‚ criminogenic
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