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    yourself‚ what causes a convicted felon to get out of prison and commit another crime? After being punished by having to serve time in prison‚ why? In this essay we are going to discuss a reason why. The average person knows people who commit felonies are punished by being forced to spend time in prison. However‚ convicted felons lose more than this type of freedom as part of their punishment. It is as if the punishment is never over and the sentence never ends. That is what I believe causes most convicted

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    Causes of Accident Challenger’s STS-51L mission was scheduled for Launch at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral‚ Fla. “After several technical and weather-related delays‚ Challenger launched at 11:38 a.m. EST on Jan. 28‚ 1986” (Chow‚ 2011). The ship exploded 73 seconds after liftoff (Howell‚ 2012). The (mechanical) cause of the accident points to pressure seals (O-rings) but more importantly points to the serious problems that NASA had with its communication channels and safety information

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    Imperialism was also a main contributor to cause of the Great War. Most of the European Countries were Imperialist. Imperialism can be defined as political pressure and millitary force. Most of the more powerful countries in Europe used their military powers to help influence political powers

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    The Four Causes of World War I Mary Kate Fleisher Honors Global 101 Period 7 The four main causes of World War I are nationalism‚ militarism‚ imperialism‚ and alliances. As Europe underwent extreme changes and industrialization‚ these causes began to pop up throughout Europe. The Industrial Revolution and Scientific Revolution had just ended‚ and Europe was looking for a time of peace. Although there were many movements for peace‚ concepts like nationalism‚ imperialism‚ militarism‚ and

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    poverty the cause of crime to increase during the 19th century or was alcohol the reason why the crime activity increased. This paper will be talking about the punishments being humane or inhumane‚ was poverty the cause of the increase in criminal activity‚ or was it alcoholism that caused the criminal activity to increase. Education also influences criminal activity such as making it decrease. The punishment for criminals in 19th century were so harsh that you would think that the crime rate would

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    in these societies due to revolts and rebellions by the people. They were unhappy with the way they were treated and their life style that they were forced to live by their mother countries. This caused tensions within the societies. The greatest cause of these tensions was the Stono Rebellion‚ followed by the Bacon’s Rebellion and the witchcraft trials in Salem‚ and finally‚ the

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    The second Punic war was between Rome and Carthage; the struggle of Carthage to remain the power house in the western Mediterranean was the major cause of the war. It took place between 218 to 201 B.C. and during his period‚ cartage lost Spain and the Islands in Italy to Rome‚ which it was dominating prior to the second Punic war. Rome became vigilant because the Carthage was expanding her territory in the Spanish peninsula; Rome could not stand the chance to lose her grip on power. The Carthaginian

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    Outline and assess Marxist explanations of the causes of crime (50 marks) It is to a large extent that Marxism is a useful theory in explaining the causes of crime. This is because it highlights the inequalities in society and how the ruling class owns the means of production. This fails to show reasons why not everyone is facing status frustration and lower income turn to crime. One way in which Marxism is a useful theory for explaining the causes of crime is the concept of capitalism‚ criminogenic

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    symptoms: swellings or tumors in the armpits and groin‚ which led to blackness on different parts of the body. There’s no doubt that the Europeans had their own opinion on the cause of the plague and how to contain it. The Black Death was a plague that very unfamiliar to the victims. As a result‚ they had different beliefs on the cause of the plague; however‚ they all shared one common belief: the disease was airborne. According to the “Ordinances Against the Spread of Plague‚ Pistoia‚ 1348‚” “no citizen

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    gunshots were the opening shots of the famous American Revolution. England had been situated in the Americas for over a hundred and fifty years and had maintained a dominant establishment. So why was there a revolution? There were multiple causes of the American Revolution; however‚ a primary reason for the revolution was for economic self- interest. Leading up to the American Revolution‚ there were plenty of occasions were England provoked the Colonies. The beginning of economic

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