Assess the strengths and weaknesses of using unstructured interviews to investigate violent crime. (15 marks) Violent crime is difficult to study in the context where it occurs; this is because by their nature‚ violent crimes are often swift and unexpected. It is very difficult‚ if not impossible‚ for a researcher to know when and where a violent crime is likely to be committed. Unstructured interviews are a research method which entails a sociologist asking participants a series of open-ended
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Bangkok Hilton begins as Hal Stanton (Denholm Elliott) leaves Bangkok by ship in the present day. He explains that he has been travelling for years‚ since a shameful incident when he was a prisoner of the Japanese right there in Bangkok in WWII. He then takes us to 1960s Sydney‚ where he was working as a lawyer under the assumed name of Graham Greene. He falls in love with Katherine Faulkner (Judy Morris)‚ the lovely but sheltered daughter of a wealthy family who live in a huge‚ isolated mansion
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I. Hilton v. Guyot The historical foundation of all foreign country judgments recognition law is United States Supreme Court’s Justice Gray’s decision in Hilton v. Guyot which involved an attempt to enforce a French judgment. Justice Gray held that no sovereign is bound to execute foreign judgments‚ but the general comity‚ utility‚ and convenience of nations “established a usage among most civilized states‚ by which the final judgments of foreign courts of competent jurisdiction are reciprocally
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Analysis of “The Passionate Year” by James Hilton 1. The writer The fragments under study are taken from the book “The Passionate Year” written by English writer James Hilton‚ who took education in Cambridge where he wrote his first novel‚ "Catherine Herself". Also he is famous with his books "We Are Not Alone" (1937)‚ "Random Harvest" (1941)‚ "Nothing So Strange" (1947)‚ "Time and Time Again" (1953). 2. The Message The main idea conveyed by the author is to show how difficult it is for
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Strengths and weaknesses of communication and interpersonal interactions within Health and Social Care Communication can be defined as: The exchange of thoughts‚ messages‚ or information‚ as by speech‚ signals‚ writing‚ or behavior. Within communication there can be certain barriers or issues that can cause misunderstanding‚ offence to be taken and tension between those directly involved and those not directly involved with a certain conversation or other alternative method of communication.
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Weaknesses of modern democracy Political science 202 01/01/2013 “Democracy is the worst form of government‚ except for all those others that have been tried from time to time.” These are the words used by Sir Winston Churchill while he was expressing his resolve with democracy. Democracy is the dominant form of government in the world with the exception of a few countries. In Sir Winston’s statement‚ the phrase‚ “except all those others that have been tried from time to
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Identify the strengths and weaknesses of discretionary accruals models to identify earnings manipulation: Discretionary Accrual = non-obligatory expense (such as an anticipated bonus for management) that is yet to be realized but is recorded in the account books. Accrual Accounting = an accounting measure that measures the performance and position of a company by recognizing economic events regardless of when cash transactions occur. The general idea is that economic events are recognized
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(II) Weaknesses (i) The latest information on new technologies which are seldom or late to reach the end users First weaknesses which had been found are the latest information on new technologies which are seldom or late to reach the end users and sometimes it could be never reaching to. It also one of the major weaknesses whereby the latest information tardy to reach the end users will lead to low customer consciousness towards the DiGi products and services likes the promotion of latest data package
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The current report serves the purpose of analyzing strengths and weaknesses of existing DOS-based POS terminals used by Zara and providing recommendations as to whether an upgrade is necessary. Methods of analysis include decision tree and SWOT-matrix‚ cost analysis‚ risk assessment‚ along with expert opinions summary from IT-consultants in retail industry. Even though the old POS terminals are easy to install and stable to operate‚ they impose limitations on data interchange capabilities
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1) Profit Compensation Insurance Direct Labor Power Materials Supplies Repairs 158 Product 103 Total Standard 88 1341 59 946 68 20 Other Income Actual Sales 67.05 10 Remove? - Yes OK to remove 5202 Effect on 2004 Margin if Product 103 dropped -2532 A drastic net loss -2543 2) They should lower the price due to the increase in Contribution Margin shown below: Year 2005 Price Unit Sales Total Sales Compensation Insurance Direct Labor Power Materials Supplies Repairs Total Variable Costs Contribution
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