nonviolent crimes and 36.8% of violent crimes (p.30). My assumption is that the authors found these numbers because crime often has short term effects according to Agnew (pg. 94). Violation of probation is probably related to trying to see friends or drug activity and other nonviolent offenses like theft and burglary involve gaining money or valuable things. These are all short term and come with penalty which is why nonviolent crimes are double in percentage compared to violent
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Longman Publishing. Summary Jane Sayers takes a large portion of her writing to paint a picture of what was going on with the world of the Holy Roman Empire up to Pope Innocent. She explains the papacy at the time and how it interacted with the modern world. Sayers goes into depth as to how he made all of his power grabs with kings‚ the fourth crusade‚ and his convening of the fourth Lateran Council. The majority of the book is a gross amount of details. The beginning of the chapter on Innocent’s life
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Chapter Summaries Children of the Sea: 1) Two narrators in which they do not say their names in the book are in love and write to each other. 2) The female narrator in the book is mad because his father opposes her love for the man. 3) She finds out that he father gave up all his possessions to protect her from the macoutes. 4) The female narrator’s family finds out that their neighbor was killed by the macoutes. 5) The male narrator who was a member of the youth federation fled
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makes each story special. Gottschall points out that we use stories as potential roadmap to help us find solutions to the problems we will face throughout our lives. Gotschall concludes with we are attracted to fiction because it is good for us. In Chapter 3: Hell Is Story Friendly of The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human American Literary scholar Jonathan Gottschall analyzes that we read stories to escape life‚ understand different types of feelings‚ learn how better approach a situation
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Chapter Summary Which features of organizations do managers need to know about to develop and use information systems successfully? What is the impact of information systems on organizations? All modern organizations are hierarchical‚ specialized‚ and impartial‚ using explicit routines to maximize efficiency. All organizations have their own cultures and politics arising from differences in interest groups‚ and they are affected by their surrounding environment. Organizations differ in goals‚ groups
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(ch 7) — Mrs. Tuliver’s sister Mrs. Deane (ch 7) — Mrs. Tuliver’s sister Lucy Deane (ch 7) — Maggie’s cousin Stephen Guess (ch 1 bk 6) — Lucy’s suitor Chapter Summaries Book First: Boy and Girl Outside Dorlcote Mill - The narrator walks along the River Floss at Dorlcote Mill. He watches a nearby little girl and her dog. The plot jumps to several years later‚ and the narrator begins to tell the story of the Tullivers that day at the Mill. Mr Tulliver‚ of Dorlcote Mill‚ declares his resolution
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In chapter one this short chapter lays the foundation for Machiavelli’s book. All kinds of authority‚ he says‚ can be divided into two large categories the republics and the principalities. Principalities can be either hereditary passed down from father to son or they can be new states acquired through military force or political fortune. Machiavelli continues by admitting that hereditary principalities are much easier to govern than those that are newly developed since the prince who rules by
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Introduction Summary In the introduction of the book‚ the author explains to us why the book was written. He also explains the differences between how a student would read literature versus how a teacher would read literature. He explains that this book is basically a guide to show how to fully understand and enjoy literature. Foster says that the key three features that you should recognize to help you decipher literature are; memory‚ symbol‚ and pattern. Concluding to the end of the paragraph
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Chapter 16- In this chapter the author talks about the climate change models and if they are accurate to predict the future climates. Flannery believes the Hadley model is accurate because the model measures and considers heat‚ moisture and mass. Models in the past were incorrect because of the incorrect satellite data. Flannery ended the chapter by saying‚ at the end of the year 2050‚ global warming would have already occurred and the rest of the climate is depending on mankind‚ and how they live
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Magnus Chase and the gods of Asgard : The sword of Summer by Rick Riordan Performance Task: Book Review The novel isn’t like most of Uncle Rick’s (Rick Riordan) work. You see in this book‚ the main protagonist dies on the first chapters. I guess living characters are getting too mainstream for Uncle Rick. And this new series is also related to Uncle Rick’s books since the main character‚ Magnus Chase is the cousin of Annabeth Chase‚ daughter of the Greek goddess Athena. The main character and love
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