A phobic disorder is marked by a persistent and irrational fear of an object or situation that presents no realistic danger. Agoraphobia is an intense‚ irrational fear or anxiety occasioned by the prospect of having to enter certain outdoor locations or open spaces. For example‚ busy streets‚ busy stores‚ tunnels‚ bridges‚ public transportation and cars. Traditionally agoraphobia was solely classified as a phobic disorder. However‚ due to recent studies it is now also viewed as a panic disorder.
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"The Uniform Crime Report statistics state that blacks are more frequently arrested than whites. While this may mean that blacks actually commit more crime‚ what are some other factors that may be driving the statistics?" "If black neighborhoods are under more police surveillance than white neighborhoods‚ what does this mean for crime statistics?" "Can you give examples of how blacks receive differential treatment in the criminal justice system?" What are your thoughts? Remember to back your comments
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to freedom of expression. __F__8) Victim impact statements have a significant influence on sentencing judges. __T_9) The National Crime Victimization Survey typically uncovers more crime than the Uniform Crime Reports. ___F_10) The UCR Program uses a hierarchy rule which requires that only the most serious offense in a multiple offense criminal incident be counted. SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question. 11)
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In the Line of Duty by Steven G. Brandl is a descriptive analysis of police assaults and accidents. Mr. Brandl received a call from the president of the Milwaukee Police Association asking if he would be interested in conducting research on the workload demands of police officers working in Milwaukee and injuries to officers in Milwaukee. When Mr. Brandl started conducting this research he used a longitudinal cohort study approach. A longitudinal cohort study is a study design that involves the
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unconditioned stimulus (UCS) to elicit a conditioned response(CR) Pavlov’s Original Experiment Neutral Stimulus (NS): before conditioning doesn’t naturally elicit response of interest . Unconditioned Stimulus (UCS): elicits UCR without previous conditioning Unconditioned Response (UCR): unlearned reaction to UCS occurring without prior conditioning Conditioned Stimulus (CS): previously NS that‚ through repeated pairings with UCS‚ now causes a CR Conditioned Response (CR): learned reaction to a CS occurring
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Baker. J. (October‚2004). The Sociological Origins of “White-Collar Crime.” [The Heritage Foundation; leadership for America]‚ Retrieved from Ebesco database. Barrett‚ C. (n.d.) The Measurement of White-Collar Crime Using Uniform Crime Reporting. (UCR) Data. Retrieved from U.S. Department of Justice. Carmichael‚ S.‚ Piquero‚ N.L.‚ & Schoepfer‚ A. (2007). Do perceptions of punishment vary between white-collar and street crimes? Journal Of Criminal Justice‚ 35151-163. doi:10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2007
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and apply them to answer the following questions (circle correct answer). ****************************************************************************** CLASSICAL or Pavlovian CONDITIONING: (CS) (UCS) (UCR) (CR) Extinction: Repeatedly show the CS without following it with the UCS UCR Event Spontaneous Recovery: A CR which had been previously extinquished re-emerges after a CS Stimulus Generalization: a formerly neutral stimulus similar to a CS begins to evoke the CR Stimulus Discrimination:
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Describe the behaviourist approach in psychology and evaluate the research methods used by behaviourist psychologists (10 marks) Behaviourists regard all behaviour as a response to a stimulus. They assume that what we do is determined by the environment we are in‚ which provides stimuli to which we respond‚ and the environments we have been in in the past‚ which caused us to learn to respond to stimuli
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Department of Justice-Federal Bureau of Investigation http://www2.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2009/offenses/violent_crime/index.html 3. Violent Crime. (2001). In World of Sociology‚ Gale . Retrieved from http://proxy.devry.edu/form?qurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.credoreference.com/entry/worldsocs/violent_crime 4 5. Crime in the United States. (2009).Property Crime. U.S. Department of Justice-Federal Bureau of Investigation http://www2.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2009/offenses/property_crime/index.html 6. Property Crime. (2002)
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Comparison This essay will be about the forcible rapes in tow metropolitan areas of the United States. This information in this essay will derive from the United States Crime Report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program was begun by the FBI in 1992 in response to a national initiative undertake by the International Association of police agencies and policy makers throughout the country. In 1930‚ the United States Congress enacted Title 28‚ Section534‚ of
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