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    Introduction Racial disparities in the arrest of offenders‚ has long been a hotly debated issue in the US. Police arrest of minorities is a subject that continues to evoke heated debate. It is now widely acknowledged that minorities‚ especially African-Americans‚ are more likely to be arrested for minor offenses than whites. This is a matter of concern‚ not only because it leads to feelings of prejudice‚ but police arrest of minorities also leads to a pattern of racial profiling. This paper discusses

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    A Local Fight for One’s Constitutional Right “Bang bang you’re dead‚” was a common saying when playing cops and robbers as a young kid. The recent string of shootings on college campuses has people and states looking at passing a law making it legal to carry a gun on college campuses. The people trying to get the law passed say that letting someone carry a concealed weapon will allow the weapon carrier to protect themselves if a shooter comes to their campus. Those against allowing a person to

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    Crime and Society Amanda L The diversity of subject matter is the very thing that makes criminal law enforcement such a perplexing question. No other function attempted by organized society covers a wider variety of scientific knowledge and none is more in need of new scientific exploration. In contrast with the occasional flares of public indignation over criminal outbreaks the smoldering light of knowledge illuminates only feebly the field of human relations. The most difficult

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    Lab 7: The Kidney’s Role in Fluid Balance Introduction The renal system performs a vital role in homeostasis. The kidneys’ ability to retain valuable constituents and expel metabolic wastes from the body enables this system to regulate the volume‚ osmolarity‚ and pH of body’s internal fluid environment (Sherwood‚ 2007‚ p. 511). The functional unit of the kidney‚ referred to as the nephron‚ is composed of both tubular components—Bowman’s capsule proximal tubule‚ loop of Henle‚ the distal tubule

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    Investigations and operations support. Retrieved from http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cirg/investigations-and-operations-support/investigations-operations-support FBI. (n.d.). Violent crime offense figure. Retrieved from http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011/violent-crime/violent-crime Holder‚ E. (2011‚ April 25). Violent crime prevention. Retrieved from http://www.justice.gov/usao/briefing_room/vc/ US Department Of Justice. (n.d.). Anti-violence strategy. Retrieved

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    Bibliography: 1. FBI — Table 5. 2012. FBI — Table 5. [ONLINE] Available at:http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011/tables/table-5. [Accessed 28 November 2012]. 2. Income and Poverty--State and Local Data - The 2012 Statistical Abstract - U.S. Census Bureau. 2012. Income and Poverty--State and Local Data - The 2012 Statistical

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    CRIME TYPOLOGIES VIOLENT CRIME Forcible rape – defined in common law as “the carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will.” * Population density influences the rape rate. Metropolitan areas today have rape rates significantly higher than rural areas * Rape is a warm-weather crime with most incidents occurring during July and August and the lowest rates occurring during December‚ January‚ and February. * Rape is frequently underreported * Fail to report

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    Structured Inequality and Incarceration Lori Young Chamberlain College of Nursing Abstract When it comes to arrest and incarceration‚ black men are overrepresented in comparison to Hispanics and whites. Over forty years ago the Civil Rights Act was implemented and racism still continues today due in part to a form of cultural imagery. This structured inequality is evident in the politics of government and all levels of the criminal justice system. The very system that is to be fair has been

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    Breaking bad habits: classical conditioning and smoking Smokers find it difficult to quit because the environment is full of signals associated with smoking cigarettes. Sarah Horrigan Addictions are difficult to break as we usually surround ourselves with people‚ paraphernalia or situations that trigger the behaviour that led to the addiction in the first place. But psychological conditioning can be used to break bad habits. Over a century ago‚ the Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov made a discovery

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    who argue that Psychologists should only study behavior‚ measurable behaviors are called (behaviorists). 2.) (Pavlov) discovered classical conditioning 3.) At the Beginning of an experiment on classical conditioning‚ (The UCS elicits a UCR automatically). 4.) In Pavlov’s experiments he paired the presentation of food with measured salivation to each. In this experiment the buzzer was the (conditioned stimulus). 5.) You were once stung by a bee and now are somewhat frightened

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