Prison Term Police Recommendation Proposal CJA/314 April 8‚ 2013 Paula Rutkowski Armed robbery is considered to be a serious offense in the United States and I would imagine that being robbed at gunpoint or with a big sharp knife would be a terrible experience for anyone to have to endure. In an effort to reduce the amount of armed robberies each year it is important to research different methods that would aid in the reduction of violent crimes that take place each year. As a criminologist
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Name: Stacey-Ann Rubio PID: 3062746 Date: April 16‚ 2014 CCJ 4701 Final Exam Spring 2014 Florida International University is committed to maintaining academic integrity. As a result‚ students who engage in academic dishonesty are subject to a series of sanctions from failure on an assignment to failure for the course to a referral to the appropriate administrator. Your submission of the exam indicates that you are aware of the university’s policies and agree to follow them. Directions:
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"Violent crime rates declined since 1994‚ reaching the lowest level ever recorded in 2004." (http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/cvict.htm) This is very encouraging but there is still way too much violence in our world today. Violence effects our everyday lives; but lets get a better idea of what exactly violence is. " Violence refers to acts -typically connotative with aggressive and criminal behavior -which intend to cause or is causing of injury to persons‚ animals‚ or (in limited cases) property. The
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Revision Notes- Abnormality Definition of abnormality * Failure to function adequately- An assessment of an individual whose disability prevents them from pursing normal goals and activities. Rosenhan and Seligman (89)-7 characteristics; Suffering- most abnormal individuals report that they are suffering Maladaptiveness- danger to self (usually occurs as a result of lacking relevant knowledge and skill) Vivid/unconventional behaviour- ways in which abnormal individuals tend to behave often
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LEARNING THEORIES BASED ON BEHAVIORAL PERSPECTIVES Behaviorism is a school of thought in psychology based on the assumption that learning occurs through interactions with the environment (Cherry‚2011). Two other assumptions of this theory are that the environment shapes behaviour and that taking internal mental states into consideration is useless in explaining behaviour. Ivan Pavlov‚ a Russian physiologist discovered the classical conditioning in the 1920s. Classical conditioning focuses on
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Phobias and Addictions Psy 300 05/19/14 Angelique Grady Classical conditioning and operant conditioning are both related by one ’s behavior whether it is a condition that comes naturally or is one that has to be learned. There are two emotional difficulties which are linked to these types of conditioning. They are called phobias and addictions. Once these behaviors are reinforced anymore‚ it will lead to extinction. Classical conditioning is a procedure by which a
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S Bynum‚ T.‚ Corsaro‚ N.‚ Hipple‚ N.‚ & Mc Garrell‚ E. (2010)‚ Project safe neighborhoods and violent crime trends in US cities: Assessing violent crime impact FBI (2011). Uniform Crime Report. Retrieved from http://www.fbi.gov/about- us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2010/crime-in-the-u.s.-2010/violent-crime Farb Feldman‚ A.‚ Grunden‚ L.‚ Matjasko‚ J. & Needham‚ B. (2010). Violent victimization and perpetration during adolescence: Developmental stage dependent ecological models National Commission
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Describe and discuss how each psychological perspective explains smoking using empirical evidence A perspective or approach in psychology is a specific understanding as to why and how individuals think‚ feel and behave. The perspectives/approaches are essential to the study of psychology; they reinforce all psychological thought and investigation. The purpose of this assignment is to evaluate the psychological perspectives in order to explain smoking. The psychodynamic approach Psychodynamic
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The Political Implications of Video Games Video Games are one of the largest franchises on earth today‚ while technology progresses‚ so do these games‚ but when did these games become so violent? It all started with the first video game‚ and the foundation of the franchise we know today. Pong‚ the very first commercial video game released in 1972‚ a virtual game in which a player would hit a ball back and forth with either a friend or an AI (artificial intelligence) until the ball was dropped. But
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(1996)‚ USA-Lexikon. Schlüsselbegriffe zu Politik‚ Wirtschaft‚ Gesellschaft‚ Geschichte und zu den deutsch-amerikanischen Beziehungen‚ Berlin. http://www.usa-green-card.com/GC_FormShell.asp?Action=Questions#QuestionWhatIsGreenCard http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/01hate.pdf http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/us.html
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