Defining Crime Crime Is usually defined as whether the law has been broken which may lead to a punishment by the legal system however crime is hard to define because if the law or penal system did not exist than neither would the labelling of a behaviour or act as criminal or not. The legal system defines acts as criminal if a person has broken the law either by “actus reus” (guilty act)‚ when a criminal act has occurred or “mens rea” (guilty mind) when a person had the intention of carrying
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1. Define Risk Risk is the potential of losing something of value. Values (such as physical health‚ social status‚ emotional well being or financial wealth) can be gained or lost when taking risk resulting from a given action‚ activity and/or inaction‚ foreseen or unforeseen. Risk can also be defined as the intentional interaction with uncertainty. Risk perception is the subjective judgment people make about the severity and/or probability of a risk‚ and may vary person to person. Any human endeavor
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The roots‚ of which date‚ back to classical Greek philosophers Plato and Aristotle. The defining difference between the two schools of thought has become knows as “nature v. nurture.” Plato advocated nature‚ known as nativist view‚ which seeks to define one’s actions based on the assumption that we are endowed with certain‚ intrinsic modes of behavior. Alternately‚ Aristotle advocated nurture‚ known as the empiricist view‚ which asserts one’s behavior is dictated by what one is taught and experiences
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Discuss the reasons for the global distribution of heart disease. Consider: "h The nature of Coronary Heart Disease. What is it? "h The Global distribution of Coronary Heart Disease. "h The likely causes for this - include diet‚ smoking‚ lack of exercise as a minimum. For the heart to function properly‚ your heart needs a steady supply of oxygen from the blood‚ which flows through the coronary arteries‚ to the heart muscle. Coronary heart disease is a term used to describe the condition when
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of these form of relationship meaning and purpose are very different but the thing they have in common is very much the just in different intervals. It all boiling down to who‚ what‚ where‚ when‚ and how; But to try define something based emotion and the human mind is to try and define why most water runs south or why the wind blows or how the earth is the only inhabited planet. Each one of these is related because all relationships need these three things to function. To be hones this is all I can
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Define Culture “A person without the knowledge of their past history‚ origin and culture is like a tree without roots.”- Marcus Garvey. This says that a person is defined by his or her culture by the way he/she acts‚ thinks‚ and speaks. A person is defined by his or her culture by the way he or she thinks. A person see’s the world differently so the way they think and act would be distinct. They would think differently because of the different backgrounds that they have. In the story “Imagine”
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Discuss the Possibility of Global Pandemic in Modern Times When we are talking of the possibility of a global pandemic it is not so hard to imagine as it is a current reality‚ the risk and rate of infection seems to be steadily on the increase. A pandemic is a worldwide epidemic that‚ according to the World Health Organisation‚ (WHO) has to meet three conditions; the infectious microbe infects and causes serious illness to humans and humans don’t have immunity against the Virus. This virus can also
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Define conflict in your own terms Alexander Wong Conflict and Conflict Resolution Dr. Richard Holton Date: 03-06-2013 Conflict in my own terms Without looking into a dictionary for the meaning of the word conflict‚ to me it is define as a problem in a situation that can be internal‚ external‚ or/and both. There can be many different situations where conflicts can occur. We can experience conflict in our personal life‚ workplace‚ within ourselves‚ and on a universal level. People often have
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P 2.2 Discuss the global impact of e-Commerce on society. Ans Positive effects of e-commerce on society * Convenience * Helpful for disables and aged people * Time saving * Information availability * Helpful for new business * Jobs for society * 24 hour service * Available niche products * Disintermediation * Environment friendly Negative effects of e-commerce on society * Unemployment * Increase in crime * Health
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How do you define dystopia? What about utopia? Many people don’t know the difference between the two‚ because the line can be very thin. Hopefully‚ this article will help you discover the specifics of each. The key differences between dystopian and utopian fiction can be found in how the story is constructed and told. Dystopia usually presents a story told out of despair. Utopia presents the "prime directive"‚ so to speak‚ of a message of hope and occasionally‚ overwhelming so. Dystopia normally
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