Gated communities in England as a response to crime and disorder: context‚ effectiveness and implications Sarah Blandy Abstract Gated communities‚ meaning residential developments which restrict access by non-residents and have a specifically collective legal framework‚ are a recent global phenomenon. The paper discusses aspects of neo-liberalism which may explain their growth: increasing fear of crime alongside commodification‚ the movement from community to individualism‚ and from informal
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Abstract This paper will conduct a community assessment of Marion County‚ Indiana. Marion County is located in the heart of Indianapolis‚ which is the capital of the state of Indiana. Marion County was created April 1‚ 1822 and was formed from Delaware New Purchase. It was named after General Frances Marion from South Carolina in the Revolutionary War period. This assessment will address the health needs and risks of Marion County through the use of the WGU assessment forms identifying the population’s
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An Online Community "Tumblr is life and culture and that total antithesis of the modern day pop culture which is the ingrained in today’s children. There is no possible way to explain such a phenomenon to others. You either get it‚ or you don’t‚" Urban Dictionary description number four. Though Tumblr is a little complicated to explain‚ it is not impossible. Tumblr is a blogging website that has become a huge web phenomenon and a unique kind of social networking site. You can make your blog look
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COMMUNITY CORRECTION Community Correction Ines Romero College of the Southwest CRJ 3313 Correctional Process Professor Lynn Baade 7 October 2011 Community Corrections Community corrections programs are the step stool in controlling prison functions‚ but it was not until the 1970’s‚ community-based programs sprang up across the country (Seiter‚ pg.106). This was the starting point that the government caught wind of it and its strengths. Along
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Discourse Communities are defined as “a group of people that share and hold similar beliefs and ideas and communicate amongst each other through unique interactions”. These communities are all around us‚ from the classes in a university‚ to all sorts of sports lingo. Growing up I was involved in the Hockey Discourse community. The people in the community with me all shared the passion for hockey‚ and it was part of everyone’s life. Not only was it just my team‚ and New Mexico hockey‚ but all around
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In preparing to do service‚ I learned a great deal about what it would mean to do my first community service. I first had to learn that in order to do my service successfully‚ I had to be willing to make some sacrifices‚ my time and energy in particular. I knew that that would be difficult‚ but ultimately‚ I was able to summon the ability to do that. Through my activities‚ I developed‚ first and foremost‚ the ability to connect with younger children. I feel that the kids I worked with
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Each of the Families and villages within the Shaker community consisted of approximately a hundred members‚ who were governed by elders and eldresses. The Shakers were highly organized people‚ and they set up a system of people inside their “tribes” so that each person has their own position and label. They were stroke with heavy responsibilities to care for the spiritual needs and became bastions for young Believers‚ maintaining the order and union of Shakers. The Shakers all believed and hoped
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The term ‘community’ cannot be defined from one perspective due to its complexity and the complex reality or context in which it exists and as well as the complexity of human nature. Community psychology is mainly concerned with individuals‚ groups and the community as a whole. Community psychologists have their own definitions of the concept ‘community’. Those studying community are introduced to new explanations to the terms community and community psychology for a better understanding. These new
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solution for communities to restore themselves though knowledge and action so that people in the community have a structure for belonging. The community that is stuck is constantly addressing the negative of the world and the problems that need to be faced. Along with this Block explains that the people that have the most information about the community can place the fault on the reasons for being stuck to come to a conclusion. Reverend Nelson Johnson has contributed to the community with his information
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INTRODUCTION It may be useful to describe community psychology by distinguishing it from other disciplines with which it is closely allied. Community psychology is like clinical psychology and community mental health in its action orientation. That is‚ community psychology aims to promote human welfare. But community psychology arose largely out of dissatisfaction with the clinician’s tendency to locate mental health problems within the individual. Community psychologists are more likely to see threats
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