In the classical school of thought‚ individuals must be motivated to commit crimes through the availability of an opportunity. In practice‚ classical theories are important in understanding victimization as well. Demographics and lifestyle are important predictors of victimization (the process by which victims and offenders get in contact with one another). Many researchers have found that aspects such as being male‚ unmarried‚ leading an active lifestyle and using bars can have an important influence
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THERAPIES AND TREATMENTS Due to the harmful effects created by the traumatic experience of being bullied some victims have a hard time recovering from the said situation. They are greatly affected not only socially but mentally‚ emotionally and personally as well. Some even have the psychotic tendency of retreating to their personal haven because of the fear that they will again be experiencing the traumatic experience. Mostly these victims are so affected that their self-esteem suffers great damage
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……… I leant forward and took a whiff of the delicate poison. Its pungent smell burnt my nostrils and made my eyes water. I could almost feel the scorching sensation of it trickling down my throat. The sky modelled my affection for the vile drink he held in his hand; a thick crimson cloud obscuring from my view what I sought - light. Another approach to my predicament seemed impossible. -“Come on then! Take a swig‚” said James. “It’ll be good for ya!” Of course I knew this was complete
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Max Weber believes that every day of our lives‚ we are living within "an iron cage of rationality". Weber believes that we are greatly trapped in this rationality and it is almost impossible to get out of it. When it comes to rationalization‚ Weber says "the course of development involves...the bringing in of the calculation in to the traditional brotherhood‚ displacing the old religious relationship" (Weber pp. 356‚ 1927). What he meant by this is that many of the social actions taking place were
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reason using superstition and rationality. Jonathan and Seward are both British men and subsequently express a more rational mindset. As the text continues and Dracula plays a larger role‚ the characters are forced to use a superstition to describe his role. By the end of the text‚ Jonathan and Seward use spiritual reasoning to defeat Dracula. Yet these characters use spiritual reasoning‚ scientific reason becomes the successor because throughout England‚ rationality is the more adopted method. Stoker
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DIFFERENT CULTURES‚ DIFFERENT RATIONALITIES? Peter Winch ’s remarkable essay‚ ’Understanding a Primitive Society ’ (Winch‚ 1964) raised several deep and troubling questions and offered some no less deep and troubling answers. It was the essay of a philosopher inspired by Wittgenstein‚ who had questioned the very idea of a social science‚ reflecting upon and‚ indeed‚ criticizing the interpretation of witchcraft in one of the classics of twentieth-century anthropology‚ Evans-Pritchard ’s Witchcraft
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Understanding Bounded Rationality Approach in a Globalized World: Observing the World Bank’s decision making process through Simon’s Approach By S.Bhavani‚ MPP-27-2014‚ Public Administration Introduction: When Herbert Simon created his Bounded Rationality Model for decision-making processes by administrative bodies‚ it was important to remember that during this time the world had just come out of the Great Depression and the Second World War and the promotion of the welfare state had come into
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but such a system would have to take for granted Hobbes’ values and rationality—it would not work ‘right out of the box’ as deontology or utilitarianism does; more on this later. For now‚ let’s assume that our purpose will require an appeal to a Pareto Superior alternative to Hobbes. Theories abound of how to do this‚ but we need one that can do this without permitting state coercion‚ while also accounting for morality. Unfortunately‚ it is difficult‚ though not impossible‚ to find compelling examples
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Classical Rationality as the Basis of Utopism and its Criticism from the Viewpoints of Language and Experience The constant return to utopian projects of re-organizing society testifies that utopism is deeply rooted in the structure of the Classical episteme. In this case to break with utopian line of thinking means to uncover and eliminate all the presuppositions which inevitably lead to the transformation of social ideals into utopias. If we approach the problem of utopism from this point of
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Bounded Liberation of the ’Captives’ Given the inherently scripted nature of call centre work that CSRs carry out under high surveillance and under very stringently monitored environment‚ Callcom propagates a work context characterized by fun. This is a deliberate attempt by the organization to counter the monotonous nature of work tasks. As on employee Punita working as a CSR for 2 years puts it‚ "the whole idea is to create an open and a play feel to the atmosphere. The idea is to just loosen
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