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    up our society. For criminal justice practitioners these people can be broken up in to two groups the law abiding citizens and the criminals. The role of the criminal justice practitioner can at time be simple for example: when it comes to the law abiding citizen the role is to serve and protect. But when it comes to criminal the role of the criminal justice practitioner can become complex. In this paper I will attempt to explore the criminal justice professional’s role in fulfilling society as well

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    I have done my research on "The Influence of Organized Crime on Society." Organized crime is a global enterprise‚ a well oiled business machine that reaches all around the world from Japan to Russia to North America. The purpose of my research is to show the influence of this crime on the everyday lives of people who are not involved in it. In North America there are so many organized crime groups it is hard to keep up with them and even harder to fight their influence‚ from the Sicilian Mafia to

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    Since their appearance in the 1800s‚ the Italian criminal societies known as the Mafia have infiltrated the social and economic fabric of Italy and now impact the world. They are some of the most notorious and widespread of all criminal societies. There are several groups currently active in the U.S.: the Sicilian Mafia; the Camorra or Neapolitan Mafia; the ’Ndrangheta or Calabrian Mafia; and the Sacra Corona Unita or United Sacred Crown. We estimate the four groups have approximately 25‚000 members

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    Do you think IQ will determine your success in life? Why? If so‚ do you think life is based on "destiny/predestined" or "choice"? Have a successful life is everyone’s goal. Most of people think people who have higher IQ would always have a successful life. They believe that people who had talent is always better than people who don’t. However I think IQ would not determine people’s success in life. I would say have a higher IQ just can help people easier to do things but this doesn’t mean

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    A Criminal Record Does Matter April 11‚ 2013 Sociology 381 In the article‚ Mark of a Criminal Record by Devah Pager‚ the effect that a criminal record has on black and white males is examined. Pager ’s goal is to answer whether and to what extent employers use criminal history‚ whether race plays a role in hiring‚ and whether there are different results for black applicants than for white applicants when applying for a job. In order to conduct this research Pager uses Audit Methodology. The

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    What is sexism‚ and how does it affect our society? Sexism is simply classified as the the dehumanization of women in society‚ the act of previllaging men and or the discrimination based on geneder. It affects our society by creating inequality among genders. But the main focus of this paper is to give an example of sexism‚ patriarchy‚ the traditional gender roles in our society and the stereotypes about women and men‚ which are all relevant in the movie about a young boy called Billy Elliot. As

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    still held proudly by many in American society today. Men and women from across the country enlist in the military to protect American freedom‚ despite the threats to their well being that military service may present. There are some however‚ such as social critic H.L. Mencken‚ who argue that society only wants safety‚ and is willing to sacrifice freedom for it. This statement is true in some respects: society supports laws on trespassing on private property. Society also

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    When everyone in the society has a different belief than you it can cause rejection against the society. Montag doesn’t question what is happening in his society and goes along with it. Montag questions his job and what he does in his society. Montag wants to know what his society is missing and it is driving him. Montag changes his beliefs about society and this causes him to reject it because he wants to know what his society is hiding. At first Montag went along with his society without questioning

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    culture has existed in our society since the early days of man. From the wearing of white wigs by the upperclassmen of the 18th century to the backward jersey wearing of today ’s youth‚ there are few aspects that are totally devoid of pop culture influence. With the introduction of the moving picture machine‚ the entertainment industry has even more greatly spread popular culture. With popular culture so widely spread‚ it has undoubtedly had a great effect on our society. Unfortunately‚ there have

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    perceived in many different ways and it can either help or destroy the structure of society. An example of disobedience in society that has proved very successful in the past is civil disobedience. Throughout history‚ civil disobedience has made a huge impact on the U.S. government and is responsible for several popular social reforms. Many of the world’s most inspirational leaders used civil disobedience to reconstruct society and develop remarkable social change. Examples of these leaders include Ghandi

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