Reaction paper: Due Wed 14 Nov. 20% Students will be required to submit a 2-3 page (double-spaced) reaction paper to a secondary source criminological article taken from an academic journal. Steps to the paper: 1. Find an academic peer-reviewed journal article that pertains to a subject within criminology that interests you. This could be: developments in policing‚ courts‚ corrections‚ young offenders‚ Aboriginals‚ minorities etc. Note that you must find article with an empirical topic
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PLATO’S THEORY OF COMMUNISM Plato was born in may/june 428/27 BC in Athens in an aristocratic family . Plato’s real name was Aristocles.He excelled in the study of music ‚ mathematics ‚poetry and rhetoric . Plato met with Socrates in 407 BC and became his desciple . The execution of Socrates proved to be the turning point of Plato’s life . Plato left Athens and went to many countries ‚ studying mathematics and the historical traditions of the priests . He returned to Athens in 386 BC and established
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Writing a Reaction Paper v A reaction paper is an analysis and an evaluation of the material presented. v In a reaction paper‚ make sure to give a detailed overview of the experience and tell what exactly was taken out of the experience. v A reaction paper should be more than a simple summary of the material that you are reacting upon. v It should include your opinion or reaction to the material. v This may take on a variety of forms: § You may compare the work to other related material;
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Reaction Paper-Nonfiction Tammy J. Murr ENG/125 January 12‚ 2013 Kristine Fox What is the Author’s Main Idea? In the course of this paper I will discuss what I believe the author’s main idea is. I will explain what the author is trying to convey to the readers and explain the strategies I think the writer used in conveying his ideas. I will illustrate the meaning of my paper with relevant quotes from the author’s work. I have chosen “Letter from Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther King‚
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The Life of Plato Co-authored with Christopher Planeaux Plato was born around the year 428 BCE into an established Athenian household with a rich history of political connections -- including distant relations to both Solon and Pisistratus. Plato’s parents were Ariston and Perictone‚ his older brothers were Adeimantus and Glaucon‚ and his younger sister was Potone. In keeping with his family heritage‚ Plato was destined for the political life. But the Peloponnesian War‚ which began a couple
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THE REPUBLIC PLATO CONTENTS I Of Wealth‚ Justice‚ Moderation‚ and their Opposites II The Individual‚ the State‚ and Education III The Arts in Education IV Wealth‚ Poverty‚ and Virtue V On Matrimony and Philosophy VI The Philosophy of Government VII On Shadows and Realities in Education VIII Four Forms of Government IX On Wrong or Right Government‚ and the Pleasures of Each X The Recompense of Life BOOK I OF WEALTH‚ JUSTICE‚ MODERATION‚ AND THEIR OPPOSITES Persons of the Dialogue SOCRATES
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Reiko Brady Intro to Political Science 8 March 2013 Idealism vs Realism Machiavelli says the prince only has to seem good‚ not be good. Plato insists that seeming is bad‚ being is good. Nicolo Machiavelli is known as being an realist who accepted that fact that humans are brutal‚ selfish‚ and fickle while Plato was an idealist who believed people could be ruled by a philosopher king who ruled over the warriors and tradesmen of his ideal republic with rationality. In his view the philosopher-king
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Plato’s interpretation of justice as seen in The Republic’ is a vastly different one when compared to what we and even the philosophers of his own time are accustomed to. Plato would say justice is the act of carrying out one’s duties as he is fitted with. Moreover‚ if one’s duties require one to lie or commit something else that is not traditionally viewed along with justice; that too is considered just by Plato’s accounts in The Republic.’ I believe Plato’s account of justice‚ and his likely
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Confucius and Plato Editor Ken Wolf‚ at the beginning of the essay Confucius and Plato: A Few Really Good People‚ poses the question: “What is the best way to create a strong society?” (Wolf 25) It was surprising to a novice student of philosophy how similar the ideas of the ancient Chinese sage Confucius and famous Greek philosopher Plato were. Although‚ Confucius and Plato both made major contributions to the development of society‚ they showed both similarities and differences in these
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FORMAT FOR REACTION PAPERS General Information: The reaction papers must be typed (double-spaced) and should be no longer than a page to a page and a half long. Place your name and date in the header (top left page). These papers DO NOT require the use of a cover page. I. Bibliographic information (APA Style) II. Major points in the article (Must be in narrative format) a. Make sure you include an introductory paragraph. b. Each paragraph must have a minimum of 3 sentences
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