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What is Organized Crime?

house and steal, or mug someone on the street, in order to get money to get more drugs. This is not organized and is ultimately ve...

Organized Crime

the society was used to having it and thus would not simply sit quite while it was illegal. But, Prohibition is a good example of ...

Equity Theory

When examining this very there are a number of inputs that need to be considered which will impact on the way that the...

Theories in Criminology

the author notes that labelists do not generally support such simplistic notions (Goode, 1994). In other words, one label does not...

Criminology Theory Glossary

go unexplained based on ordinary criminological theory. Trait theory provides new explanations for odd behavior. At the same time,...

Word Processing Programs Support Cognitive Learning

Word processing programs support the cognitive learning theory by helping students learn how to edit their documents from beginnin...

Issues pertaining to Causality

This essay addresses two topics. First, single versus multiple-cause explanations are discussed and then the writer relates single...

Walking Without Sight Exercise

This 3 page paper gives an explanation of a walk the author took while blindfolded. This paper includes explanation of how it was ...

Explaining Exploitation Theory and Exploitation Theory of Prejudice

The paper gives a good overview of exploitation theory and exploitation theory of prejudice. The basis of the theory and the way ...

Festinger's Theory

There have been many important contributions to social psychology. Many scholars state that the most important theory in the field...

One of the Themes Throughout the Bible

the laws regarding the firstborn, substituting something for an animal or a person (New International Version, Exod. 113:13; 34:20...

Critiquing Postmodernism

started to fall out of favour, and the fall of this from popualrity is claimed by Charles Jenks to have marked the end of the mode...

State Views of Michel Foucault and Emile Durkheim

down, in eating certain meats...in not celebrating certain holidays, etc.?" (1933, p. 72) While such prohibitions are common in ma...

Questions on Juvenile Delinquency

In nine pages this research paper examines juvenile delinquency questions in a compilation of 4 brief essays that include such the...

Society, Deviance, and Differences

In five pages deviance in society is examined in a discussion of the labeling theory along with the philosophies of Emile Durkheim...

Different Views on Chaos Theory

7 pages and 7 sources. This paper provides an overview of the basic elements of chaos theory and relates them to views of their a...

A Review of The Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan

The writer reviews The Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan, in which the scientists challenges many current theories. The writer arg...

Addiction Behaviors and Two Psychological Theories

up with them. They will become compulsive and obsessive about getting their drug or drink. Classical conditioning theory would e...

Theories Moral and Social-Cognitive Development

bridge from behavior theorists to social theorists (Davis, 2006). It encompasses some of the foundations of each field. Bandura wa...

Explanation of Karl Marx's Theories

In twelve pages this paper examines concepts of capitalism, alienation, class struggle, and revolution in an overview of Karl Marx...

Explanation of Theories Pertaining to Physics

In five pages this research paper discusses modern physics in a consideration of 2 major theories with the groupings or Eightfold ...

Occupational Pay Diversity and Economic Theory Explanation

social workers. This group had a 24 percent turnover rate" (Ryan, 2004) and social workers were not awarded the same type of pay i...

Evolution Explanation and Complexity Theory

In five pages the ways in which the theory of evolution are supported by complexity theory are discussed with references to Comple...

Internet Friendships

online gaming where there is a high level of communication between players, for example; World of Warcraft (WoW) has been a signif...

Can "Laziness" Explain Poverty in America?

to cast the issue as a moral wrong is entirely fraudulent: the system is there to be used by those having difficulty finding work,...

Social Justice and Human Rights

the principles he outlines. The burden of proof for any exception is directly on the shoulders of those attempting to make the exc...

John Ragsdale on ISO 14000

able to report that the worlds largest chemical company had been operating under both for a number of years, senior management agr...

Racial Factors Within the Context of Sports

a high school junior who made jaws drop when he played; his skill was exemplary but he is white (Cray, 1998). In fact, he would be...

Wilsonian Conceptualization of Grief

process, each person may exhibit different behaviors when grieving. This is also true to the amount of time the person feels grief...

An Overview of Action Research

In ten pages Action Research is defined, explored, and an explanation of problems is offered along with how it can be applied to s...