According to the Federal Bureau of Investigating (FBI)‚ identity theft is the fastest growing crime in the united states. In 2012‚ statistics show a person in the United States falls victim to identity theft every 8.7 seconds. Identity Theft is the illegal use of someone else’s personal identifying information (such as a Social Security number) in order to get money or credit (merrium-webster.com). Identity theft has drastically increased due to the technological advances of the internet and
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Why does Kant object to Utilitarian justifications of punishment? Do you agree with Kant’s objection? Explain your answer. In this essay‚ the utilitarian justification of punishment will briefly go through first. Then Kant’s objection to the utilitarian justification of punishment will be explained in the second part. In this part‚ Kant’s fundamental principle in ethics will be used to explain his view in punishment and how utilitarianism violates his principle in ethics. In the final session‚
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Timothy Ho 4/11/2011 Argument Analysis Essay Many people have been filled with hopes and dreams for the future. However‚ the fact is not greeted us with a smile. In essay “Against the odds‚ against the common good”‚ the author Gloria Jimenez debates issue of lotteries that are used to bait people around us. Furthermore‚ from the interface of this problem‚ she describes what problems we face nowadays then how come we are going to overcome this bad situation. The author’s thesis is appeared strongly
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Causes of crime • Race‚ ethnicity‚ and immigration- There is a relationship between race and crime. Ethnically/racially diverse areas probably have higher crime rates compared to ethnically/racially homogeneous areas. Most studies on immigrants have found higher rates of crime. However‚ this varies greatly depending on the country of origin with immigrants from some regions having lower crime rates than the indigenous population. • Early life Pregnancy- Maternal smoking during pregnancy is
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15‚ 2013 Poverty In 2010‚ about 46.2 million people were considered poor. The nation’s poverty rate rose to 15.1 percent‚ whereas in 2009‚ 14.3 percent of people in America were living in poverty (Censky‚ 2011). That is an increase of 2.6 million people in 2010. In the United States‚ the federal poverty line – an absolute measure of annual income – is frequently used to determine who is categorized as poor (Ferris &ump; Stein‚ 2008‚ 2010). Currently the government defines the poverty line as an
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stressful and time consuming to decide which one(s) apply in getting the more accurate results. Today we will be taking a look at the utilitarian theory and the social-justice theory‚ comparing and contrasting them; as well as how one would use their analyses on the world when looking at toxic waste issues. First‚ lets take a look at the utilitarian theory. A utilitarian analysis of a toxic waste issue such as the Toxic Wastes and Race in the United States would be the understanding thought of “poor
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Extreme Poverty: dimensions and policy implications with particular focus on South East Asia Richard Curtain Professional Associate National Institute for Governance Curtain Consulting‚ Melbourne www.curtain-consulting.net.au 2 November 2004 1. Introduction The purpose of this paper is to present estimates of young people in poverty in the world‚ with particular reference to South East Asia. The paper also describes the efforts by countries in the latter region to overcome poverty among youth
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Money is the most important in life Everything in modern society is based on money. As the saying goes‚ money makes the world go around. Parents object to their daughters’ marriages unless their future sons-in-laws have jobs with good prospects. Many young people marry for money rather than love. Security is more important than happiness. Some people in Shanghai would even trade their self-esteem for money. Materialism influences education‚ too. Students acquire knowledge not for its own
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WORKING PAPER SERIES Theories of Poverty and Anti-Poverty Programs in Community Development Ted K. Bradshaw RPRC Working Paper No. 06-05 February‚ 2006 Rural Poverty Research Center http://www.rprconline.org/ Introduction Community development has a variety of strategies available to meet the needs of those persons and groups who are less advantaged‚ usually in poverty. Community developers help all communities‚ but their passion lies disproportionately with people who do not have adequate
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