"The impact of crime and violence in jamaica" Essays and Research Papers

Sort By:
Satisfactory Essays
Good Essays
Better Essays
Powerful Essays
Best Essays
Page 13 of 50 - About 500 Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Domestic Violence: Impact of Abuse in Dating Relationships Domestic Violence or physical and psychological violence used to dominate another is very common. It occurs in all cultures people of all races‚ ethnicities‚ religions‚ sexes and classes can be perpetrators of domestic violence. Unfortunately violence affects many early in their lives impacting unmarried couples. Statistics show 1 and 3 young people experience violence while dating. Violence in dating relationships can begin

    Premium Domestic violence Abuse Child abuse

    • 1172 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Good Essays

    The two authors and their texts are “if” by rudyard kipling and “girl” by jamaica kincaid. In these texts the children are taking parental advice from the parent of the story. Difference A difference these two stories have is they are about different Genders. In the story “if” is about a boy I know this because in the text it says “you’ll be a man my son” this means he is a boy because son means boy. Also ‘girl” is about a girl I know this because the title is girl so that gives me a good feeling

    Premium Family Mother Woman

    • 393 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    JAMAICA WATER PROPERTIES

    • 2175 Words
    • 9 Pages

    CASE 1.3 JAMAICA WATER PROPERTIES Synopsis This case focuses on David Sokol‚ an executive who has made a “name” for himself in recent years within the energy industries. After becoming recognized as a successful “turnaround” agent for troubled companies‚ Sokol was hired in 1992 to serve as the chief operating officer of JWP‚ Inc.‚ a large‚ New York-based conglomerate. At the time‚ JWP had an impressive history of sustained profits and

    Premium Audit Auditing Internal control

    • 2175 Words
    • 9 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Better Essays

    Jamaica Kincaid's Girl

    • 1254 Words
    • 6 Pages

    not fit the archetypical picture of their strict gender-biased boundaries is shunned and stereotyped. A woman who does not embody the perception of the perfect wife and mother‚ especially in the 1950s-60s‚ would have been considered unladylike. In Jamaica Kincaid’s “Girl”‚ the matters of womanhood and femininity are expressed as a mother teaches her daughter the rules and restrictions that come along with being a lady‚ especially those that will help her to be accepted in society. Though this story

    Premium Gender Woman Gender role

    • 1254 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Good Essays

    That Girl Jamaica Kincaid

    • 1386 Words
    • 6 Pages

    “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid “Girl” is one long enduring sentence that is characterized as a poem by Jamaica Kincaid that brings to light the tensions between mother and daughter at a young vital age. Throughout the poem we see a list of loaded commands and a detailed blueprint from mother to daughter on the topics of household chores‚ how to cook‚ proper table and social etiquette‚ and relationships with men from mother to daughter‚ but the poem mainly depicts the dynamic of a their relationship.

    Premium Woman Jamaica Kincaid Black-and-white films

    • 1386 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Jamaica Water Properties

    • 1703 Words
    • 7 Pages

    Jamaica Water Properties * Introduction The case is about an accounting fraud that involves the Jamaica Water Properties‚ Inc. This fraud was discovered by David Sokol‚ who was at that time served as COO (Chief Operating Officer) of the Jamaica Water Properties‚ Inc. The main culprit was Ernest Grendi‚ JWP’s CFO‚ helped by several of the company’s senior accountants. Moreover‚ the company’s external auditor‚ Ernst & Young‚ seems to be involved as well. This case will show regarding the

    Premium Big Four auditors Audit

    • 1703 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Good Essays

    In History Jamaica Kincaid

    • 1371 Words
    • 6 Pages

    “His” Story: Jamaica Kincaid’s Finding of History’s True Definition in “In History” In “In History‚” Jamaica Kincaid tells the readers two stories of historically significant figures‚ Christopher Columbus and Carl Linnaeus. She first explains the discovery of New World and then describes how Linnaeus created the modern version of binominal nomenclature. In between these two stories‚ she vaguely mentions her own history‚ coming from “a place called Antigua”; her own story is only a small proportion

    Premium Grammatical person Binomial nomenclature Christopher Columbus

    • 1371 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    A High Wind in Jamaica

    • 533 Words
    • 3 Pages

    A High Wind in Jamaica is set in The Caribbean during the mid-1800’s. The book is about a group of children living on a pirate ship‚ and gives insight into the world that children live in. Over the course of the book‚ the children do many bad things‚ without feeling any guilt: Emily murders a man; Rachael drops a marlin spike from the mast almost killing Emily‚ and Emily condemns the captain and crew that she had come to love to death or deportation without seeming to care at all. At the beginning

    Premium Piracy Caribbean Sea Ship

    • 533 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Girl By Jamaica Kincaid

    • 331 Words
    • 2 Pages

    The short story “Girl‚” by Jamaica Kincaid seems to be a list of instructions given from a Mother to her daughter. These instructions are relevant to topics such as household chores‚ manners‚ cooking‚ social conduct‚ and relationships. Although they seem demanding to the reader‚ these instructions are a parents attempt to help a girl to grow up properly‚ out of care for the daughter. Throughout the story‚ the mother repeatedly accuses the daughter of being determined to become a “slut.” This suspicion

    Premium Fiction Short story Jamaica Kincaid

    • 331 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    What is domestic violence? Now-a-days domestic violence is the most common crime in the United States. Generally it is defined as a pattern of abusive behavior in any relationship that is used by one partner to gain or maintain control over another intimate partner. But it can refer to many kinds of violent acts. Domestic violence is a violent act against any person in a household relationship whom the law protects from any kind of assault‚ such as spouse‚ relatives. Listed below are some kinds of

    Premium Domestic violence Abuse Child abuse

    • 490 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
Page 1 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 50