“The Good‚ Racist People‚” Ta-Nehisi Coates discusses an event which resulted in Forest Whitaker being accused of shoplifting. What could possibly be a reason to assume Whitaker‚ a famous actor‚ had committed shoplifting? From Coates’ point of view‚ many others want to believe that this encounter was a misunderstanding that had nothing to do with race. Whitaker was accused of shoplifting and then was frisked‚ based only on his appearance. Coates then goes on to claim that the owner’s apology argued
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regulation‚ and enforcement of norms‚ and would result in negative sanctions‚ punishments for violating norms (Sociology‚ 137). She told me I was always complaining about how boring my life was and that this was the perfect way to have some fun‚ shoplifting. I never thought about doing anything illegal as a mean of fun‚ but that day Brittany somehow influenced me to it. Looking back‚ I think I was experiencing the Strain Theory‚ which was one of the theories of the functionalist perspective on society
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I read the international bestseller “Thinking‚ Fast and Slow” of Daniel Kahneman (Winner of the Nobel Prize) over the last 3-4 weeks. I think it is a very interesting book and it is describing very critically the human brain and mind‚ which gave me many insights into decision-making and errors we are doing automatically without noticing it every day. He is very often talking about "System 1" and "System 2". System 1 is fast; it’s intuitive‚ associative‚ metaphorical‚ automatic‚ impressionistic
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Female criminality attributes the disparities to the “masked behaviour” of female incidental to their roles (Pollak‚ 1950). Females have committed all types of crimes such as shoplifting‚ robbery and murder. However it is very rare that you would find a female committing murder as they are weaker than men and thus it is mostly the minor crimes they commit so they can get away with it. There are certain characteristics that were found in women who were in prison. These characteristics are age‚ marital
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Property crimes include several different things. First‚ burglary‚ that is when you intentionally break into a house or building and want to commit a crime (1). Burglary is bad because it’s taking things that aren’t yours. Stealing things is bad because you can be a bad influence on other kids or any other person. If I got stolen from I would feel pretty mad and would be pretty angry at the person. Second‚ larceny‚ is theft of a personal item (2). Larceny is bad because it’s stealing someone’s personal
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strong. She pushed me past a line of staring customers‚ into the elevator. She squeezed my hands hard. A cold fear swept through me. "What‚" I shouted‚ "are you doing?" "You were going into the elevator wearing pants you didn’t pay for. We call that shoplifting around here." "No‚ I was-" She pressed my hands tighter. "You’re hurting me!" "Shut up!" Tears stung my eyes. My chest was pounding. I had seen a TV show about what to do if you’re falsely arrested. You don’t fight‚ you calmly explain your position
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Perceptualize waking up one faithful morning only to go to rest at dusk the same day with the dreaded thought that one’s life has been changed forever due to her pregnancy as a teenager‚ imagine being a 32-year-old reading about this real event from the perspective of his mom’s abortion. Although these thoughts may seem negligible to many‚ they are familiar and expected everyday occurrences that Jewish immigrant Rachel Deborah Shilsky has to experience in her orthodox reign in The Color of Water
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“5 sets of keys‚ 14 pairs of sunglasses‚ a child’s striped scarf‚ binoculars‚ a cheese grater‚ a pocketknife‚ 28 bars of soap‚ 85 pens” (2) I chose this quote because these items really symbolized her‚ these items came from shoplifting. It was to remind he of her shoplifting ways and it was always going to be there staring straight at her face.
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The Cunningham Family and Intergenerational Poverty Brian Byerly SW 5010 – Human Behavior and the Social Environment I The Cunningham Family and Intergenerational Poverty This review of Rosa Lee Cunningham’s family system utilizes an eclectic point of view and incorporates aspects of object relations theory‚ behavior theory‚ and multi systems family theory. From the micro level‚ an intervention will primarily follow a behavioral model due to the breadth of negative reinforcers
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Police Discretion Police Discretion Discretion is defined by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary as “the ability to make responsible decisions‚ individual choice or judgment‚ power of free decision or latitude of choice within certain legal bounds.” In law enforcement discretion is left up to each individual officer on the field everyday. Police officers are given the authority to make reasonable and responsible decisions out in the field. Discretion is used in many situations‚ such as when
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