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30 of the respondents or 32.6% had no history of abuse. 24 respondents equating to 26.08% of the sample had a history of abuse as ...

marriage of close relatives is to prevent inbreeding, or consanguinity. The reasoning behind such prohibitions revolve around the...

then, after a time, actions follow (Waliszewksy and Smithouser, 2001). The human brain, they note, doesnt need that "garbage" (Wal...

and destiny must have been in the air. Certainly the idea of freedom and destiny, of purpose and potential are embodied in the cha...

suggested also is that the new type of corporation, while more flexible is nothing like what work once was. In other words, the go...

functions and being apologetic for slips in bodily control. With the advancement of more liberal attitudes toward profanity, bodi...

to a problem. For example, if someone wants to lose weight, therapists sometimes ask what they gain by being fat. The individual i...

when an individual is treated in a distinct different manner than other employees (or students) due to their sex. Indirect discrim...

arms because of the no smoking signs which are appearing in office buildings, restaurants and other public areas around the nation...

are lacking in confidence so they believe what the media offers them. The following paper examines one media television show, "Ext...

a life of fear and torment, yet this is nothing more than a fa?ade of assurance. The people have no idea that each and every enti...

become the individuals they do, noting that a combination of genetic and environmental influences mark the two most significant as...

Clearly, the leaders are Noah and Allie, who refuse to surrender their cause (love) despite the diversity that frequently forces t...

twenty-five years. Last year just under 2.1 million offenders are incarcerated around the country (Whitford, 2004). Another 15 m...

care physician (Ridings, Rapp, Boosalis, and Pomeroy, 1998). Millions of Americans, in fact, can be classified as obese. Obesity...

upon individuals within a group" (Wong, 2005). This theory lays the blame for delinquent behavior on the community, which was una...

she became a prostitute and fulfilled her role as a drug addict who would do anything to get a fix. Of course, labeling theory has...

of abuse. In fact, it can be argued that a large percentage of children who are sexually abused become sexual predators in adulth...

myriad of ways. For example, someone might become "street wise" and make sure their pocketbook is held tightly. They can continual...

of the subject. He notes that many earlier studies tend to focus on a psychiatric model (such as Abrahamsen, 1973) or with what he...

is both a government (via the Vatican) and an organization, it is a church. The data are astounding. The John Jay College of Crimi...

childhood, that influenced the function of their own offending (Gerber, 1994). Goncu (1993) also applied a Kleinian mode...

contradictions. He describes Brownsville as a "vibrant community," abounding in communal and religious organization, giving it a "...

try to get some more rest at night); and that Jim needs to spend more time with the kids, and not use his extra time to simply rea...

clearly defined socio-cultural parameters. Gauntlett (2002) states that in those societies where modernity is well developed...

Marx). In other words, Marx saw societies as being composed of classes in constant conflict. Differing markedly from his predecess...

author Nick Davies investigates the problems of drug abuse in Britains largest cities. The slums, ghettos, and red-light areas he...

with one last chance at a relationship in the form of Homer Barron, a day laborer from the North. When the community realized that...

while drugs are regarded today as a social problem that encompasses both objectivist and functionalist perspectives, it was not al...

problem is that during the 2000 campaign, some stations projected the winner before polls closed in California. This means that so...