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Gang Membership and Criminology Theory

This research paper/essay pertains to Strain theory and Routine Activity theory as explanation for gang involvement among young pe...

Crime, Criminology Theory, and Delinquency

of behavior upon individual members of the group" (Bursik & Grasmick, 1995, p. 110). Thomas and Znaniecki also included the term ...

Aggression Considered in Three Views

can result in aggressive responses" (FAT, 2004). A triggering event can frequently be something insignificant, such as a joke, ges...

Approaches to Psychology

as cycle speed follows no set pattern and can overlap one another within the maturation process. "In early developmental theories...

Considering a Leadership Experience

leadership style of the student may be seeking to emulate this, with consideration of others and seeking to listen. However, more...

ICT Learning Program Design

Social constructivism is a part of the larger school of cognitive constructivism, developed by the Soviet psychologist Lev Vygotsk...

Social Reality Construct and Crime

The theory states that there is something missing in the criminal, one of the links that controls then actions and links the...

Drug Usage and Theories on Juvenile Crime

In ten pages this paper examines drug use as one of the primary juvenile crime causes in a consideration of various theories inclu...

Social Psychology of Identity, An Article Analysis

is a cognitive skill necessary for survival. This innate tendency is the root cause for the formation of in-groups, people similar...

Judith Rollins' All is Never Said

This paper provides a sociological examination of the text along with such applicable terms as social stratification, social map, ...

Rawls, Nozick And Others

that the more of that good a person has, the less valuable having even more of it becomes (Greene and Baron, 2000; also your text,...

Social Change Theories

homeless people happened after they had been homeless for a while? Would that change the publics perception of the homeless? ONeil...

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...

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...

Festinger's Theory

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

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Criminology Theory Glossary

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

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...

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...

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...

Theories in Criminology

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

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 ...

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...

Issues pertaining to Causality

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

Internet Friendships

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