focussing on social harm? This essay aims to explore and critically evaluate some of the ways ‘crime’‚ in both its lawful definition and commonly interpreted definition can be broadened‚ from context-specific behaviours and explore how social harm may be a useful concept in understanding ‘beyond the border’ of crime (Open University‚ 2010). Social harm is a ‘disciplinary approach organised around the concept of harm’ (Open University‚ 2010). This approach encompasses ‘physical harms’ inclusive of ‘premature
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By Vivian Cheng Health: Period 4 Mrs. Darpino December 2011 By Vivian Cheng Health: Period 4 Mrs. Darpino December 2011 Harm Reduction Theory Harm Reduction Theory Vivian Cheng Health Period 4 December‚ 2011 “Harm Reduction Theory” The war against drugs is an unwinnable war. Today‚ this seems to be a growing argument in the modern world. In a study performed in 2009‚ it was found that approximately 8.7% of Americans‚ twelve years
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Product-Harm Crisis Giselle Rieschick Walden University Product-Harm Crisis Businesses spend top dollar in order to get the publicity needed to be successful‚ and success is generally measured in dollars. If a company is lucky‚ then the brand will flourish by “word-of-mouth” or traditional advertising. If the company is unlucky‚ the brand can be tarnished by a product-harm crisis. Product-harm crisis can be defined as a well-publicized event that finds a particular product to be defective
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I’m not sure that I can pick a type of harm that is more detrimental than another‚ because there are so many factors to consider. If the physical harm suffered will ultimately change the livelihood of the victim‚ I may consider the physical harm to be the most detrimental. Physical harm seen as the most severe can manifest through psychological and emotional effects‚ and lead to a variety of mental illnesses. Psychological and emotional harm is very difficult to deal with and was my initial thought
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Despite efforts to improve healthcare quality and safety‚ it is widely recognized that there is more work needed to eliminate preventable harm in healthcare system. While a strong and just safety culture has been recognized as a key element for improvement‚ a critical deficit that has not yet been fully addressed is the lack of protective infrastructure to safeguard responsible‚ accurate reporting of quality and patient safety outcomes and concerns in most entities ( Centers for Diseases Control
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toward the criminal may fit the crime that they created. Principle laws‚ a society ultimately degenerates into despotism--the rule of the strong and violent over the weak and nonviolent. Harm Principle laws are essential‚ and every government on Earth has them. Some laws are based not strictly on harm or self-harm concerns‚ but also on promoting the personal morality of the law ’s authors (Head‚ 2014). On a law standpoint‚ it is wrong to commit a crime against anyone regardless of their circumstances
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Reagan ’s helicopter convoy beat through the air over our virtual parking lot‚ enroute from Pt. Magu Naval Air Station north to the ranch ’ above Santa Barbara. As we both sat and watched‚ I wondered if my freeway neighbor ’ shared my sense of how technology shapes our lives" (Mannoia‚ 1997; p. Techpap). It was only 50 years ago that we began to have wonderful labor-saving devices to help accomplish all the tasks that collectively constituted the perfect home environment. Sometimes it has the effect
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There are many different views and perspectives of whether or not animals should be held in captivity. Some people believe there is more good done than harm to animals that live in zoos and unnatural habitats. Living in zoos not only hurts animals and their habitats‚ but also causes confusion for anybody who visits. Animals and their habitats should not be disturbed by humans. For example‚ humans are destroying the homes and habitats of animals. The arcticle‚ ’The Impact of Animal Protection’
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The Harm Principle requires less from us because it does not ask us to question the value we put on different aspects of life like the Best Interest Standard. There are eight conditions that have to be meet in order for the harm principle to justify state intervention‚ these are typically objective. The Best Interest Standard makes it difficult to define what’s in the “best interest of the child‚ it also questions whether greater value should be based on the servile rate of the child or the side
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study of a state-funded medical insurance program in California published in the American Journal of Orthopsychiatry in 2002 showed that the rate of mental health claims for women who aborted was 17 percent higher than those who had carried their children to term. And‚ according to a 1996 article in the British Medical Journal and a 2002 article in the Southern Medical Journal‚ the risk of death from suicide is two to six times higher for women who have had abortions when compared‚ again‚ with women
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