SOCIOLOGY 341 STUDY GUIDE FOR EXAM II (This is a guide) VIOLENT CRIMES: -Different Stages of Criminal Career Identification Commitment Progression Identification w/ crime – similar to secondary deviance. Commitment w/ crime – social role becomes tied to the crime. Progression w/ crime – more you do it‚ more involved you become. -Rape Definitions of rape Statutory rape Forcible rape Similarities between forcible rape and homicide Correlates of rape and sexual assault Reasons
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today’s society are not held accountable for their actions. In 2015 alone‚ 53‚500 juveniles were arrested for committing violent crimes. However‚ many of these crimes go unpunished under the Juvenile Justice Act‚ “on the theory that long sentences are unlikely to help rehabilitate young offenders‚ the new act specifies relatively short terms for offences”(Dolphin). While violent crimes are being committed‚ the juvenile offenders go on‚ hardly punished at all. These juveniles need to be taught that
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“No matter how the Supreme Court decides the fate of violent video game laws‚ parents must have the final responsibility and say (Ulanoff).” The video game does not make a person go out and steal or shoot people‚ in fact‚ video games make people smarter. Parents should understand if they do not want their kids playing violent video games‚ then they should not let them. Parents need to be the ones to take charge‚ not the government. Games like “Call of Duty” and other shooting games were made for
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In Michael Britt’s video podcast‚ Violent Video Games-What Does the Research Say? (2010)‚ he discusses two studies that analyze the effects violent video games can have on individuals. The first article that was discussed claimed that violent video games lead to the desensitization to real-life violence (Carnagey‚ Anderson‚ & Bushman‚ 2007). Whereas‚ research conducted by Bosche (2009)‚ used Carnagey et al.‚ (2007) desensitization hypothesis that states violent content may elicit negative responses
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March 22‚ 2012 Environment affect Human Behavior Most people would believe that we are shaped and defined by our values and moral character. However‚ Malcolm Gladwell argues‚ in the chapter “The Power of Context‚ Bernie Goetz and the Rise and Fall of New York City Crime”‚ that “the features of our immediate social and physical world‚ the streets we walk down‚ the people we encounter – play a huge role in shaping who we are and how we act” (160). Gladwell points out that people are shaped
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Unit IV – Research Paper Strategic behavior entails ascertaining what firms are likely to do in a specific situation‚ and then following tactics that maximize the firms’ gain or minimize any harm to the firms. In oligopolies‚ strategic behavior is the rule. When making the decisions‚ the firms must to predict how their competitors would respond. Even when the decision is not related to price‚ strategic behavior still comes to play. In this research paper‚ real cases in Vietnam would be analyzed
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The Importance of Ethical Behavior and its Significance in Persuasion Ethical behavior is often seen as amoral when used for persuasive purposes. This is possible because persuasion may be used in unethical situations as well as ethical situations. Either way‚ it depends upon the person who is trying to persuade others. Adolf Hitler is an excellent example of someone who persuaded millions of people to behave unethically. On the other hand‚ Mother Teresa used persuasion for ethical reasons by caring
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The psychology behind violent crimes–particularly homicide and murder–in psychopathic individuals will be the focus of this study. The distortion of empathy in certain individuals brings interest to this topic. People committing violent crimes against others and lacking the ability to empathize or show remorse is something that some of these individuals experience. Psychopathic individuals that commit violent crimes are different from others in the sense that they lack the ability to empathize and
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in the violent gaming realm has increased. In the alter-reality children have become desensitized and obsessed with violence. As each game becomes more bona fide and tolerable children cannot disconnect fact from fiction. Today’s video games have become an ever-rushing stream of death and gore; they have become a part of our culture‚ and have caused the modern young person to become more aggressive and less respectful of life. Every red-blooded American child has interacted with violent video
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additional medical or law enforcement units arrive on the scene of a terrorist attack‚ and find that those who have arrived previously have been incapacitated through violent attack‚ they will be more hesitant to enter the scene to perform their duties‚ which could result in additional loss of life or property. As one ideal behind terrorist behaviors is to cause maximum fear and damage through each singular attack‚ first responders‚ including medical and law enforcement personnel‚ should assume that‚ unless
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