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    In the world we live in today‚ there is a big debate over whether or not women should be allowed to fight in combat. The military believes that this ruling that should happen in these changing times. Even though many people‚ including top military generals and commanders‚ believe that women should be allowed to be drafted for the military in combat positions‚ many people happen to disagree with the statement. Since the Revolutionary War‚ women have been serving in the army as nurses‚ chefs‚ water

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    Why People Commit Crime: A Strain Theory Perspective SOCI150 Criminology Deviance‚ criminal behavior and wrong doings; why do they occur? People don ’t just wake up one morning and say "I ’m off from work today so why don ’t I just go rob a bank". There has to be something in their past or present experiences that cause one to engage in criminal behavior. So what makes people commit crime and most importantly why do they fell they need to so? Criminologists have studied this question for many years

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    Eight states currently have laws that allow students and faculty to carry concealed weapons on campuses. In 24 other states‚ individual colleges can decide whether or not to allow firearms on the premises. (“Death Statistics Belie Impact of Children’s Gun Injuries”) The debate involving if concealed weapons should or should not be allowed on college Universities‚ has been active since the early 90’s. In fact‚ school shootings in the United States have occurred as early as the 18th and 19th century

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    useful once they enter the workforce. Professors from both sides of this issue provide good arguments to support their opinion‚ and I have therefore established a solution taking in respect the downsides from those against laptop usage‚ and the benefits from those who approve of them‚ which should indefinitely satisfy both sides. Methods of Research My plan for this report was to avoid a biased solution by reading articles from both sides of the issue. I searched various databases‚ online articles

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    capital punishment making a return into the Australian law books. However‚ events such as the September 11‚ 2001 terrorist attacks and the Bali bombings have ensured that the spotlight once again shines on the controversial subject. I am in favour of the practice returning to Australia for heinous crimes such as murder‚ child molestation‚ serial rapists‚ and people who commit acts of animal cruelty. This is because: • The death penalty deters crime • The victim or those close to the victim deserve

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    horrible crime an adult can commit. I believe this type of crime does more psychological damage to its victims than any other type of crime. Who are child sex offenders? Do they look like monsters? The fact is a child sex offender can be anyone. A child molester is often a person the victim’s parents or the victims think they can trust. The devastation these people cause their victims is tragic. Their victims are certain to suffer a lifetime of emotional trauma. Child sex offenders should not get

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    Victimology and How to Avoid Becoming a Victim of a Crime Rachel Cowart   Victimology is the study of how a certain person became a victim of a particular crime. Victimology studies the relationship between the victim and the offender; did they know each other? Were they complete strangers? Was the offender a friend or family member? All these questions are answered through the study of victimology. Some individuals are prone to become victims just as some are prone to become criminals. There

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    City council notices that teens are getting into more trouble than usual lately so they decide its time to take action. However‚ the plain they’ve come up with isn’t very realistic. They’ve proposed the adoption of a 10:00pm curfew on weekdays and midnight on weekends. This may sound like a good idea to many council members as a way to cut down on juvenile crime‚ however how is just a curfew going to stop them if they clearly don’t care about rules‚ also‚ many teens now work late on weekdays and

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    enhancing drugs (PED) (Almanac 3). Not only are PEDs dangerous‚ using PEDS would make it unfair for players who choose to stay clean. Steroids are not allowed in any other sport and they are cheating. Cheating is not allowed in anything else so why would they be allowed now? Even though baseball would be more interesting because there would be more home runs‚ steroids should not be allowed to be used in the MLB nor any other sport because players would get hurt more often‚ and steroids introduces

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    Elizabethan Crime and Punishment Elizabethan Crime and Punishment - A Public Spectacle Elizabethan England and Elizabethan Crime and Punishment - not a happy subject. Violent times. Crimes were met with violent‚ cruel punishments. Many punishments and executions were witnessed by many hundreds of people. The Lower Classes treated such events as exciting days out. Even royalty were subjected to this most public form of punishment for their crimes. The execution of the tragic Anne Boleyn was restricted

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