Assess the usefulness of Marxist approaches to an understanding of crime and deviance (21 marks) Karl Marx‚ would not have considered himself a Marxist but nevertheless‚ here’s what you get: Karl Marx believed that criminals are as much made as born. He theorized that Societies determine what they view as crime but that the "minority in control" determines the scope and distribution of punishments as well as the levels of punishments. Of capitalism Marx wrote about the concept of how crimes
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WHAT DO HISTORIANS NEED TO BE CAREFUL OF WHEN LOOKING AT USEFULNESS AND RELIABILITY OF WRITTEN AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE IN POMPEII AND HERCULANEUM? There is a significant amount of evidence from Pompeii and Herculaneum‚ however‚ historians must be careful about the conclusions they come to from examining said evidence. There are many gaps in the evidence resulting not only from the nature of ancient societies‚ but also from the destruction caused by the eruption. Historians must also keep in
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Most authors convey an important message or idea throughout their noevls to give a greater understanding to their readers. In Barbara Kingsolvers novel‚ ’The Bean Trees’‚ a strong idea that was developed was the possiublity of new beginnings. ’The Bean Trees’ is the story of the protagonist Taylor Greer‚ who starts off on a journey from her home town of Kentucky to Arizona. Along the way she she is given an abandoned child which is the start to her learning about motherhood‚ becoming a women‚ the
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The Large Plain Trees by Vincent Van Gogh was painted in 1889 when a street in Saint-Remy was being repaved. When we first look at this oil painting we see the large yellow trees which can help us identify that it must be fall but then as our eyes scan down we can see the white rubble‚ I initially thought this could have been snow‚ and the reflection of the trees in the puddles. Behind the trees we see people walking and the women wearing long dresses‚ what looks to be a horse and townhouses. We
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The Place of Stunted Ironwood Trees by Dr. David Crandall introduces the world of the Himba living in the country of Namibia. These people have interesting and unique beliefs that are based on an imaginary world or way of thinking. This imaginary world has a foundation in their belief in the god Mukuru and their belief that other supernatural forces play a part in their daily lives. These beliefs contribute to how Himba perceive life‚ judge moral character‚ and react to the world around them. The
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Package ‘extraTrees’ February 19‚ 2015 Version 1.0.5 Date 2014-12-27 Title Extremely Randomized Trees (ExtraTrees) Method for Classification and Regression Author Jaak Simm‚ Ildefons Magrans de Abril Maintainer Jaak Simm <jaak.simm@gmail.com> Description Classification and regression based on an ensemble of decision trees. The package also provides extensions of ExtraTrees to multi-task learning and quantile regression. Uses Java implementation of the method. Depends R (>= 2.7.0)‚ rJava (>= 0.5-0)
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The Trees of Hope and Courage In The House on Mango Street‚ the author Sandra Cisneros takes you into a completely different world through the eyes of a young‚ insecure Esperanza growing up in a poor section of Chicago. A vignette that especially stood out was “Four Skinny Trees”. In this vignette Esperanza is describing four skinny trees that are overlooked and underappreciated. Cisneros uses powerful personification techniques that not only create vivid images but trigger intense reactions
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Therefore‚ people make comparisons between tree and human easily by their appearances due to their shape——bark is like their skin‚ a trunk with branches‚ just like human bodies and arms. In addition‚ people can also compare the way trees grow and die to the human life. Thus‚ trees are often used to symbolize of human’s lifetime in literature. Speak‚ a novel‚ is written by Laurie Halse Anderson that tells the story of student Melinda Sordino’s experience in the first year of high school. Melinda’s heart
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Allen Johnson‚ in his article‚ “The Forest‚ the Trees‚ and the One Thing‚” gives a broad sense of sociology and the misunderstandings many beginners arrive with. In an explanation of a social system (relationships which people and groups are part of (Farrell 2016))‚ Johnson describes himself playing the game Monopoly with his kids. In playing Monopoly‚ Johnson‚ no matter who he’s playing against‚ follows the rules and tries to win with a competitive edge. “It [Monopoly] has positions (players‚ banker);
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Assess the usefulness of functionalist approaches in explaining crime Functionalist approach towards crime & deviance is seen as a top down approach as it looks at society as a whole‚ stating that criminal behaviour is caused by society itself except from being caused through an individual’s biology & psychology. Durkheim sees deviance as inevitable also being necessary for our society‚ however other perspectives such as Marxist & Feminist may state otherwise. Functionalist such as Merton explain
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