Is prison always the best solution? Some people think that the best way to reduce crime is to give longer prison sentences. Others‚ however‚ believe there is better alternative ways of reducing crime. Nowadays‚ the number of crime is rapidly increasing. Many people indicate that all the lawbreakers should be sent into jail. First‚ it is essential to base on the seriousness of crimes in order to give appropriate punishments. Because it is society’s money to build and manage prisons‚ governments
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“There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love.” This line really struck me when I first read it. At first glance‚ such words quite obviously appear harsh and cold but this aphorism is really just a stone-cold truth‚ one most people are not entirely comfortable with. The majority of said people who might question the ethics of such a statement would most likely be those who are on the receiving end of such a comment or rather the indifference of
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Do you feel that cultural relativism is always positive? Why or why not? Under what circumstances do you feel that it is appropriate to condemn the practices of a culture other than your own Cultural relativism is the view that all beliefs‚ customs‚ and ethics are relative to the individual within his own social context.. "In other words‚ “right” and “wrong” are culture-specific; what is considered moral in one society may be considered immoral in another‚ and‚ since no universal standard of
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Society Women do not have the same position as men‚ though much progress has been made in the society to bring women to a stage where they have equal rights‚ equal pay‚ equal independence but still it is not achieved. Though it may seem that women have a great deal of freedom and independence‚ the overall condition of women in the world of today is not as it should be. Still the bird flies with only one wing as the other is hampered and not fully functional. Equality requires that those women who
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Violence against women is an everyday reality act now‚always and forever before its too late. I was told Indian women don ’t think like that about equality. But I would like to argue that if they don ’t think like that they should be given a real opportunity to think like that." -- Amartya Sen …gender equality is critical to the development and peace of every nation." -- Kofi Annan "…there is no tool for development more effective than the empowerment of women." -- Kofi Annan "women themselves
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of 43%‚ the largest proportion of homicide victims was Latino‚ followed by 28.4% black and 21.3% white. Mostly 29% of homicides were gang-related therefore many people throughout the entire world had to deal with violence. The title of the book is Always Running by Luis J. Rodriguez. This book is about the author and how he was raised in Los Angeles following a harsh gang life. Despite the school board’s recent sentiment regarding the lack of value that fiction provides‚ fiction should remain in the
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No matter how old a child is‚ the divorce of a parent is a highly stressful event. Most children are not prepared for the upcoming split of his/her parents. Studies have shown that less than 10% of children have support from grownups outside the family during the worst part of the divorce. The other 90% of children don’t have anyone. A divorce can affect a child in many ways. For example‚ their grades could drop drastically or they can be very unpleasant to be around. Each child is affected differently
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Women –The Disenfranchised in Nigeria Tension is building in Nigeria’s largely Christian South over reports that Muslim women are being asked to take off their hijab or deny the right to register for the April presidential elections. The women are asked to remove their headscarf and she refuses to because it is against their religion. The Muslim Rights Concern said that it has received a flood of complaints from Muslim women being denied the right to register
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Women ’s Roles Then and Now Katrina D. Pratt Professor Naomi Sanderovsky World Cultures II (HUM -112) Strayer University 25 August 2013 1. Biographical information for each woman. Betsy Ross was born Elizabeth Griscom to Samuel Griscom and the former Rebecca James in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania‚ on January 1‚ 1752‚ the eighth of seventeen children. She grew up in a household where the plain dress and strict discipline of the Society of Friends dominated her life. She learned to sew from
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Lahtinen‚ Fiona M. Wilson‚ (1994) "Women and Power in Organizations"‚ Executive Development‚ Vol. 7 Iss: 3‚ pp.16 - 23 Emerald (2012) Women and Power in Organizations [online]‚ available: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?articleid=881806& [accessed 22 Sep 13]. Women and Power in Organizations Women’s absence of power in organizations is not unusual. In last two decades amount of employed women in the UK has increased‚ but the number of women in power has diminished. The job segregation
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