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Hot coffee spill worth cool award McDonald ’s may fork over $2.9 million Denver Post Copyright 1994 Friday‚ August 19‚ 1994 The Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE - A woman‚ who was scalded when her McDonald ’s coffee spilled won a jury award of $2.9 million - or about two days ’ coffee sales for the fast-food chain. Lawyers for Stella Liebeck‚ 81‚ who suffered thirddegree burns in the 1992 incident‚ contended that McDonald ’s coffee was too hot. A state district court jury imposed $2.7 million in
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Bambam2 Because crime is one of the more appealing themes in popular culture‚ the public receives a skewed version of crime. The public’s knowledge may be particularly lacking with regard to the entire field of criminology‚ the differences between blue-collar and white-collar crime‚ and the general perception of the incidence of crime in the United States. You are asked‚ as the public relations representative of your police department‚ to provide an information session on the field of criminology
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crime have on criminology? Please be sure to provide at least one real life example to help illustrate/support your comments. The changing nature of crime has an impact on Criminology. Criminology is the study of crime‚ the circumstances of crime‚ victimology and how we react and respond to crime. Criminologists test theories to be able to understand and possibly explain why crime is committed in hopes to be able to apply what has been learned to real life problems. (Barlow & Kauzlarich‚ 2010). Crime
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police administration and policy‚ juvenile and delinquency‚ corrections‚ correctional administration and policy‚ drug addiction‚ criminal ethnography‚ macro- level models of criminal behavior‚ radical criminology‚ theoretical criminology‚ and victimology. In addiction‚ they evaluate various biological‚ sociological‚ and psychological factors related to criminology. Some criminologists may also engage themselves in community initiatives and evaluation and policy projects with local‚ state‚ and federal
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To become a serial killer by definition you would have had to kill two or more people over a period of time from hours to years. There are even different kinds‚ there are the ones that do it for profit‚ for political reasons‚ and even the occasional professionals that do it for a “family”. Most serial killers have a compulsion or sexual need that drives them to kill‚ and John Wayne Gacy was no exception. His killing spree lasted for years and his addiction to torturing‚ raping‚ and eventually killing
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Academic Achievement Gap The education system has improved in many ways‚ however we still face many problems as a nation. Among many current education system problems is the academic achievement gap between different races. The academic achievement gap has existed for many years but has really been brought to the attention of United Stated citizens in the last decade. Statistics show that on average African American students score lower than white students on examinations‚ performance and overall
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References: Davies‚ Kim. (2010). Victim Assistance Programs‚ United States. Encyclopedia of Victimology and Crime Prevention. Retrieved March 21‚ 2011‚ from http://www.sage-ereference.com/victimologyandcrime/Article_n333.html Davis‚ Robert C.‚ and Delmira Gonzalez. "Victim Advocates." Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment. 2002. SAGE Publications
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In the 19th century‚ the streets of London were terrorized by whom many have deemed the first notorious serial killer‚ Jack the Ripper. Jack killed prostitutes on the streets but was never caught. He left notes taunting investigators. Jack the Ripper has went down in history as the world’s first infamous serial killer‚ sadly he would not be the last. All throughout the 20th century‚ infamous serial killers like Ted Bundy‚ Ed Gein‚ Pedro Lopez‚ and the Zodiac killer killed dozens of people. Eventually
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However‚ how can we provide inclusion for the marginalized ones in the global era? 4. Victims: Victimology is not so much a new topic as a mature one. However‚ the process of globalization‚ as the previous heading shows‚ creates new victimization. Old and new‚ victimization calls for better understanding and better responding. During periods of big processes and changes in global creativities‚ victimology calls for humanity for the weak‚ in a global perspective that meets the local. Globalization
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