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    In John Marsden’s novel‚ ’So much to tell you’ he uses a variety of techniques to illustrate the main character Marina’s‚ growth and change. The author traces her progress from being isolated to how she heals and develops with the help of her friends and teacher. When the diarist first started at Warrington High she isolated herself‚ “people whisper‚ talk‚ pass messages‚ exclaim out loud when they make a mistake. They do not whisper or pass messages to me‚” She did not participate in with the

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    Assess the strengths and weaknesses of using unstructured interviews to investigate violent crime. (15 marks) Violent crime is difficult to study in the context where it occurs; this is because by their nature‚ violent crimes are often swift and unexpected. It is very difficult‚ if not impossible‚ for a researcher to know when and where a violent crime is likely to be committed. Unstructured interviews are a research method which entails a sociologist asking participants a series of open-ended

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    Jessica Baeza March 17‚ 2005 History 281 Journal Assignment #3 Post-Modernity and Its Effects on Historical Writings The struggle to find truth in telling the stories of history has been a source of constant debate amongst historians and intellectuals. With the emergence of religious rejection during the seventeenth and eighteenth century Enlightenment‚ the influence and undoubted supremacy of the heroic model of science provided historians with new ways for obtaining truth—absolute

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    “A father tell his son about the Statue of Liberty” In the whole world‚ people are searching for Liberty and no discrimination of who they are. Everyone have different cultures colors and religions. America is known for having many different races and cultures in their country. In the 60’ties racism and discrimination was a big problem‚ not to mention the time where white people had black people as slaves. Because of all this ignorance the KKK got created. KKK was a group of people‚ who hated

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    violent tv programs have been blamed for causing crime rates to rise in many countries. but many people dont agree that violence is related to TV viewing. Discuss the possible reasons for both opinions. give your opinion as to wether or not violent programs should be taken off the air. It has long been asserted that watching crime on television or playing violent video games contributes to violent behavior. In other words‚ it is what a person watches that allegedly influences and desensitizes him

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    Max Beerbohm once said‚ “History repeats itself. Historians repeat each other." Beerbohm’s quote completely differs from what historians do. Historian’s jobs are to study history of a particular period‚ geographical region‚ or social phenomenon. Even though historians may look at same issues‚ each historian brings a particular knowledge to the issue that may have never been noticed previously; therefore Beerborhm’s quote can be challenged. One way to see the different viewpoints historians may have

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    Policies for Reducing Unemployment There are two main strategies for reducing unemployment - • Demand side policies to reduce demand-deficient unemployment (unemployment caused by recession) • Supply side policies to reduce structural unemployment / (the natural rate of unemployment) Demand Side Policies [pic] Demand side policies are important when there is a recession and rise in cyclical unemployment. (e.g. after 1991 recession and after 2008 recession) 1. Fiscal

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    Assignment 1: Crime in History: A Historical Investigation Gaskill (2000‚ p. 127) states that ‘historians of crime have tended to see coining in two ways: first‚ as an offence which the authorities treated with the utmost seriousness; secondly‚ as something which the population at large regarded as no crime at all.’ This was the opinion of coining in the late 18th Century and throughout much of the 19th Century. Emsley‚ Hitchcock and Shoemaker (consulted 2010) defines coining offences as ‘a number

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    colleges have quietly gained not only in enrollments‚ but in public institution market share as well (25 Ways to Reduce the Cost of College Tuition‚ 2006). Colleges and universities are not in a position to give you a discount on the cost of tuition. What they can do‚ however‚ is offer you gift aid in the form of scholarships‚ grants and work-study programs to reduce your out-of-pocket cost of attendance. Even if you’ve been awarded some

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    problems which lead to crime rising even more so the government had a work overtime to help stop this rise in crime. Prohibition was considered to be the most negatively impacting amendment since it increased the number of speakeasies‚ created a demand for illegal bootlegging‚ and caused the

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