Irving L. Janis’ Victims of Groupthink Author(s): Paul’t Hart Source: Political Psychology‚ Vol. 12‚ No. 2 (Jun.‚ 1991)‚ pp. 247-278 Published by: International Society of Political Psychology Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3791464 Accessed: 11/01/2010 13:57 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use provides‚ in part‚ that unless
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or not I become a victim; or more specifically‚ whether or not I seem to be tempting my attacker dictates whether or not I will be attacked. According to the theory of victim precipitation‚ in active precipitation‚ victims provoke their attackers by tempting them to attack. In my opinion‚ I found it rather interesting that in studies of this theory‚ homicide‚ rape‚ and feminism go hand in hand when merely talking of the subject. What sparked my interest of this specific theory was what Menachem Amir
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challenges faced with victims of human trafficking which among others include psychological disorders such as vicarious trauma. 1. How vicarious trauma might influence the way the criminal justice system handles trafficking victims: Most trafficking victims have been through frustrating moments that torment them day-in-day-out throughout their lives. The criminal justice system is‚ therefore‚ meant to take into consideration the psychological condition of the trafficking victims when they are taken
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Yummy: A Bully or A Victim? As said by Haniel Long‚ “A gang is the same as a wolfpack; gang members do not use their energies in friendship with one another‚ for they do not know what friendship is. If they are united‚ it is by the common bond of a desire to attack their world.”(doublequotes.net) Throughout the book Yummy‚ Robert “Yummy” Sandifer does not have any parental role models in his life and has nowhere left to go. He decides to join the Black Disciples‚ a gang. He refers to the Black
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Women as Victims of Crimes Elisha M. Snead Women in Crime April.24‚ 2012 Gender violence is a prevalent problem worldwide‚ touching all aspects of women’s lives from the home to the workplace to the street. Efforts to understand the nature global extent of violence against women are recent activism and building on gender violence is in a period of fast development. In this paper I will discuss what violence against women is‚ signs of abuse‚ I will also discuss the increasing violence against
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Legal Essay The legal system does not effectively balance the rights of the victims‚ offenders and society. Areas of the legal system failing to provide a satisfactory amount of rights to the victim‚ then fails to provide equal rights to the offender and society and this creates the unbalancing of rights among these categories. The legal system reflects the ideals of society’s expectations and values and therefore when these expectations are fragmented they are remedied through law reform. Certain
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Groupthink Model In American psychologist Irving Janis’ work Victims of Groupthink: A Psychological Study of Foreign-Policy Decisions and Fiascos‚ Janis defines groupthink as the “psychological drive for consensus at any cost that suppresses disagreement and prevents the appraisal of alternatives in cohesive decision-making groups” (Janis 9). Janis successfully links the groupthink theory to events such as the Cuban Missile Crisis‚ the Bay of Pigs invasion‚ the Iran-Contra
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The victim typologies are classifications developed by several authors to study the role of the victim in the conflict that had it as a passive subject. Victims should not be considered as inert‚ immovable and applied mechanical way categories‚ since each fact must be analyzed individually according to the special and particular characteristics of the case. Typologies work in order to bring together in large groups those more meaningful characteristics of people defined as victims. Benjamin Mendelsohn
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feel a strong sense of empathy for the victim‚ yet many others criminalize the victim for how they themselves got into the assault. Why does our society continue to persecute a victim? For the only ones who should be questioning in this fashion‚ are those investigating the crime in of itself. Rape culture has become a natural part of our society and the largest part of this “culture‚” is victim blaming. Yes‚ there are two sides to this issue‚ but whether the victim was truly raped or not‚ it does not
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22nd March 2011 Jessica: Victim/Villain Within the content of this essay I will be discussing about two main characters in this novel. Jessica and Shylock. Jessica being the daughter of Shylock with both following the Jewish religion. However Jessica passionately falls in love with a Christian man Lorenzo‚ she is very determined and enthusiastic to be with this man. To such an extent that she would leave her religion and her father to become a Christian and follow her desires. Your probably be
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